The Infantry Exercise of the United States Army; Abridged for the Use of the Militia of the United States (Paperback)

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. 1819 Excerpt: ...1. Company.,2. Right--Face. 3. March. PlATB IT. FlO. 1. At the second word, the company will face to the right; the captain will also face, moving one pace out of the ranks sideways, so as to be on the left of the covering sergeant, and near him, after he has also faced to the right, and moved laterally, to occupy, before the front rank man, the place out of which the captain has just moved. At the word, inarch, the company steps off, smartly together, in common time; the coveting sergeant, placed before Ihe man on the right of (he front rank, and the captain placed at the aide or the covering sergeant, will march straight forward. "The men of the rear rank, will march, dressing on their file-leaders, and keeping the head direct to the front; and the rank of file closers will march, keeping exactly opposite to the file they respectively cover in line. The instructor must see that the following rules of marching to a flank are observed. That at each step, the man in the rear of another, plants his foot, on the spot, from whence the man in front of him has raised his foot. That the soldier does not bend the knee, to. avoid treading on the heels of the man before him. That the head of a man preceding another, must cover in and bide from this last, the heads of all the men who may be in front. The march to the left flank is executed by the same words of command, excepting, that the word left is substituted for the word right. At the instant that the company faces to the left, the guide of the left flank, will place himself before the man on the left of the front rankf the captain will go quickly to the left, placing himself close to, and to the right of the guide of the left; and the covering sergeant will post himself in the front rank, occupying the place...