Abstract of infantry tactics : including exercises and manoeuvres of light-infantry and riflemen : for use of militia of . Plate III. continued. School of the SCHOOL OF THE SOLDIER -PART II. 17 155. At the second word, which shall be given at the instant when theleft foot is coming to the ground, the recruit shall commence tie obliquestep to the. right, observing to conform to tbe above directions relative tothe execution and length of the step, and squareness of the shoulders tothe front, but without stopping at each step. He will thus march on atthe prescribed rate of ninety pa
Abstract of infantry tactics : including exercises and manoeuvres of light-infantry and riflemen : for use of militia of . Plate III. continued. School of the SCHOOL OF THE SOLDIER -PART II. 17 155. At the second word, which shall be given at the instant when theleft foot is coming to the ground, the recruit shall commence tie obliquestep to the. right, observing to conform to tbe above directions relative tothe execution and length of the step, and squareness of the shoulders tothe front, but without stopping at each step. He will thus march on atthe prescribed rate of ninety paces in a minute. 156. Obliquing to the left shall be executed on the same principles; theinstructer giving the word March, at the instant when the right footcomes to the ground. 157 To resume the inarch to the front, the instructer will command,1. Forward. 2. March. 15S. At the second word, which shall he given* when either foot is corn-ing to the ground, the recruit shall resume the march to the front, and theordinary step of twenty-eight inches. Remarks on the Oblique Step. (Omitted.) General Remarks on the Direct and Oblique Steps. 162. To ascertain whether the p
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