Rifle and light infantry tactics : for the exercise and manoeuvres of troops when acting as light infantry or riflemen . uide and the color-bearer to face him, and then establish them, bysignal of the sword, on the direction which hemay wish to give to the battalion. As soon asthey shall be correctly established,, the left gen-eral guide will place himself on their direction,and be assured in his position by the major. Thecolor-bearer will carry the color-lance perpendi-cularly between his eyes, and the two corporalsof his rank will return to their places in the frontrank the moment he shall f
Rifle and light infantry tactics : for the exercise and manoeuvres of troops when acting as light infantry or riflemen . uide and the color-bearer to face him, and then establish them, bysignal of the sword, on the direction which hemay wish to give to the battalion. As soon asthey shall be correctly established,, the left gen-eral guide will place himself on their direction,and be assured in his position by the major. Thecolor-bearer will carry the color-lance perpendi-cularly between his eyes, and the two corporalsof his rank will return to their places in the frontrank the moment he shall face to the colonel. 641. This disposition being made, the colonelwill command : 1. Guides—On the Line. 642. At this command, the right guide of eachcompany in the right wing, and the left guide ofeach company in the left, will each place himselfon the direction of the color-bearer and the twogeneral guides, face to the color-bearer, placehimself in rear of the guide who is next beforehim at a distance equal to the front of his com-pany, and align himself upon the color-bearer andthe general guide beyond. /44 SCHOOL OF THE BATTALION—PART V. 145 643. The captains in the right wing will shiftto the left of their companies, except the captainof the color-company, who will remain on its right,but step into the rear rank; the captains in theleft wing will shift to the right of their companies. 644. The lieutenant colonel will promptly rec-tify, if necessary, the positions of the guides ofthe right wing, and the major those of the other;which being executed, the colonel will command : 2. On the centre—Dress. 645. At this command, the companies willmove up in quick time against the guides, where,having arrived, each captain will align his com-pany according to prescribed principles, the lieu-tenant colonel aligning the color-company. 646. If the alignment be oblique, the captainswill take care to conform their companies to it inconducting them towards the line. 647. The bat
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