Rifle and infantry tactics . of file closers, its guard will not fall back asprescribed No. 41, it will fire like the men \if thecompany of which it forms a part. 960. If the square be formed in four ranks, thefirst two ranks will alone execute the firings pre-scribed above; the other two ranks will remain eitherat sh(»ulder or support arms, 961. The formation of the square being often ne-cessary in war, and being the most complicated of themanoeuvres, it will be as frequently icj eated as thesupposed necessity. may require, in order to renderits mechanism familiar to both officers and men. 96
Rifle and infantry tactics . of file closers, its guard will not fall back asprescribed No. 41, it will fire like the men \if thecompany of which it forms a part. 960. If the square be formed in four ranks, thefirst two ranks will alone execute the firings pre-scribed above; the other two ranks will remain eitherat sh(»ulder or support arms, 961. The formation of the square being often ne-cessary in war, and being the most complicated of themanoeuvres, it will be as frequently icj eated as thesupposed necessity. may require, in order to renderits mechanism familiar to both officers and men. 962. In the executicm of this manoeuvre, the colo-nel will carefully observe that the divers movementswhich it involves succeed each (»ther without lose oftime, but also without confusion; .for, if the rapidityof cavalry movements requires the greatest prompti-tude in the formation of squares, so, on the otherhand, precipitancy always results in disorder, and inno circumstances is disorder more to be avoided. ^^r ^// Ji ! T. SCHOOL OF THE BATTALION—PART V. 211 963. When the colonel shall vwish to the movements of a column preparing toform squiire, he will detach tor this purpose one ortwo inner jjl;it<K(ns of one of the interior divisions ofthe column. In this case, the exterior platoons of•this division and the following subdivisions, will, ac-cording to circumstances, close on the preceding sub-division, in suih manner, that there may be betweenthem (mly the distance necessary for forming intoline. 9o4. When the oolonel shall be ready to formsquare, he will, in order to recall the skirmishers,cause to the color to be s<iunded. If on the returnof the skirmishers, there be not room for them toform into line of battle, double on the outerplatoons of their respective companies. Column against cavalry. 965. When a column closed in mass has to formsquare, it will begin by taking company distance;but if so suddenly threatened by cavali-y as n
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