Rifle and infantry tactics . tance close March or (douhle quick—Marcw^. 818. At the command march, the column will closeto company distance, the second division, taking itsdistance from, the rear rank of the first division. 819. At the moment of halting the fourth division,the file closers of each company of which it is com-posed, passing by the outer flank of their companieswill place themselves two paces before the front rankopposite, to their respective places in line of battle,and face towards the head of the column. 820. At the commencement of the movement, themajor will place h
Rifle and infantry tactics . tance close March or (douhle quick—Marcw^. 818. At the command march, the column will closeto company distance, the second division, taking itsdistance from, the rear rank of the first division. 819. At the moment of halting the fourth division,the file closers of each company of which it is com-posed, passing by the outer flank of their companieswill place themselves two paces before the front rankopposite, to their respective places in line of battle,and face towards the head of the column. 820. At the commencement of the movement, themajor will place himself on the right of the columnabreast with the first division ; the buglers formedin two ranks will place themselves at platoon distance,behind the inner platoons of the second division. 821. These dispositions being made, the colonelmay, according to circumstances, put the column in /y/- £4^, T- ? - IT -P ;ODD DO ? 0 0 ? 0 OO; H U P ;d q a 0 Q D DO qoq; |- 4 R • ->? loo ^ - J 0 o a o o «. ^ H ^- Fiel. SCHOOL OF THE BATTALION—PART V. 183 march, or cause it to form square; if he wish to dothe latter, he will command : 1. Form square. 2. Right and left into line, icheel. 822. At the first command, the lieutenant colonel,facing to the left guides, and the major, facing to thoseof the right, will align them, from the front, on therespective guides of the fourth division, who willstand fast, holding up their pieces, inverted, perpen-dicularly ; the right guides, in placing themselves onthe direction, will take their exact distances. t523. At the second command, the chief of the firstdivision will caution it to stand f^jst; all the captainsof the second and third divisions will place themselvesbefore the centres of their i^spective companies, andcaution tliem that they will have to wheel, the rightcompanies to the right, and the left companies to theleft into line of battle. 824. The color-bearer will step back into the lineof file closers, opposite to his pl
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