The Recruit; a Compilation of Exercises of Infantry, Light-Infantry, and Riflemen

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 Excerpt: ... of his company, cause two files to break to the rear, and place himself beside the leading front-rank man, to conduct him. At the command march, both guides will stand fast; the company will step off smartly; the first file, conducted by the captain, will wheel around the right guide, and direct its march along the front rank, so as to arrive behind, and two paces from the left guide; each file will wheel in succession, around the right guide; when the leading file is opposite to the left guide, the captain will command: J. Company; 2. Halt; 3. Front--Face; 4. Right--Dress. The first command will be given at four paces from the point where the leading file is to rest. At the second the company will halt. At the third, it will face to the front. At the fourth command, the company will dress by the right; the captain will step two paces outside of the left guide, now on the right, and direct the alignment, so that the front rank may be enclosed between the two guides; the company being aligned, he will command Front, and place himself before the centre of the company; the guides, passing along the front rank, will shift to their proper places. In a column, by platoon, the countermarch will be executed by the same commands, and according to the same principles; the guide of each platoon The REcfetqVv 89 will face about, and its chief will place himself by the side of the file on the right to conduct it. In a column, left in front, the countermarch will be executed by inverse commands and means, but according to the same principles. Thus, the movement will be made by the right flank of subdivisions, if the right be in front, and by the left flank, if the left be in front: in both cases the subdivisions will wheel by file to the side of the front rank. Marching...