Rifle and infantry tactics . range the | ! 604: Th> ^. companies . vance of tl I or shorten j cause, to c i faults, is a , | of calmnes jwhich it is 605. Thdirected t(the centregive the giers, and h(the line olfrom the ^they will,or-rank, oito march (vanced pe 606. Pethe twf» miug, in promarker (ier (rf) wi]rear of (ilike in as thmarker, othe rear, iready estaor the qi. SCHOOL OF TOE BATTALION- PART V. 137 purpose, and who will hold himself constantly fifteenor twenty paces fiicing the marker farthest from thebattalion, will caution each marker when to shiftplace, and assure him on
Rifle and infantry tactics . range the | ! 604: Th> ^. companies . vance of tl I or shorten j cause, to c i faults, is a , | of calmnes jwhich it is 605. Thdirected t(the centregive the giers, and h(the line olfrom the ^they will,or-rank, oito march (vanced pe 606. Pethe twf» miug, in promarker (ier (rf) wi]rear of (ilike in as thmarker, othe rear, iready estaor the qi. SCHOOL OF TOE BATTALION- PART V. 137 purpose, and who will hold himself constantly fifteenor twenty paces fiicing the marker farthest from thebattalion, will caution each marker when to shiftplace, and assure him on the direction behind theother two. 607. The colonel will habitually hold himself aboutthirty paces in rear of the centre of his battalion,taking care not to put himself on the line of markers,if, for example, by the slanting of the battalion, orthe indications which will be given, Nos. 617 andfollowing, he finds that the march of the color-beareris not perpendicular, he will promptly command : Point of direction to the right for left). 608. At this command, v|;he major will hasten thir-ty or forty paces in advance of the color-rank, halt,face to the colonel, and place himself on the directionwhich the latter will indicate by signal of the sword;the corporal in the centre of the battalion will thendii-ect himself upon the major, on a caution from thecolonel, advancing, to t
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