Commanders received a 15-day course and divisional officers a six–week course focused on the use of machine guns, "which was vital to the newly reorganised Ottoman infantry battalions."
Ledende officerer fik et 15 dages kursus, og divisionsofficerer fik et seks ugers kursus, som havde fokus på brugen af maskingeværer, "som var af vital betydning for de nye reorganiserede osmanniske infanteribataljoner."