Schools of the soldier and company. Instructions for skirmishers and musicD. Van Nostrand, 1862 "The following volumes of Infantry Tactics are based upon the French ordonnances of 1831 and 1845, for the manoeuvres of heavy infantry and chasseurs a pied. Both of these systems have been in use in our service for some year; the former having been translated by Lieutenant-General Scott, and the latter by Lieutenant-Colonel Hardee ... In this School [of the Battalion], several battalion manoeuvres have been introduced not in the original, several thrown out, and others changed and modified." -- From Preface, v. 1, p. 5-6. |
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alignment Allegro battalion bayonet briskly cadence captain will command centre change direction change of direction chiefs of platoon command guide command halt command march company will face conform continue to march covering sergeant deployed as skirmishers deployment distance double quick f f f f field music file closers forward front rank geant Guide right habitually inches instructor shall wish instructor will cause instructor will command intervals left file left flank left guide left hand left or right LESSON line of battle line of skirmishers load mand MARCH or double march straight-forward marching flank move movement oblique odd numbers paces in rear places in line position principles prescribed rammer rear rank recruits reserve right flank right hand right or left right shoulder route step second command Second motion second platoon second sergeant sergeant will place shoulder arms side SILAS CASEY squad structor subdivision third sergeant tion toon wish to cause
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Страница 34 - Recruits are also exercised in running, the principles being the same as for double time. When marching in double time and in running, the men breathe as much as possible through the nose, keeping the mouth closed.
Страница 88 - ... instead of merely turning in his place, will conform himself to the movement of the marching flank, feel lightly the elbow of the next man, take steps of full nine inches, and thus gain ground forward in describing a small curve so as to clear the point of the wheel. The middle of the rank will bend slightly to the rear. As soon as the movement shall commence...
Страница 35 - ... will, at first, look more particularly to the. execution of the motions, without requiring a nice observance of the cadence, to which he will bring the recruits progressively, and after they shall have become a little familiarized with the handling of the piece.
Страница 143 - The column being in march right in front, if the instructor should wish to change direction to the left, he will command, guide right. At this command, the two guides will move rapidly to the right of their respective platoons, each passing in front of his subdivision; the men will take the touch of elbows to the right ; the instructor will afterwards conform to what is prescribed No.
Страница 276 - A Course of Instruction in the Elements of the Art and Science of War, for the Use of the Cadets of the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY 12mo, cloth $1 .75 Field Fortifications.
Страница 184 - When the movement begins, the first lieutenant will face the second platoon about, and march it promptly, and by the shortest line, to about one hundred and fifty paces in rear of the centre of the line. He will hold it always at this distance, unless ordered to the contrary.
Страница 165 - 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 eases the subdivisions will wheel by file to the side of the front rank.
Страница 25 - Heels on the same line, as near each other as the conformation of the man will permit; The feet turned out equally, and forming with each other something less than a right angle; The knees straight without stiffness; The body erect on the hips, inclining a little forward; The shoulders square and falling equally; The arms hanging naturally; The elbows near the body...
Страница 34 - Finally, the instructor will take great care that the piece, at a shoulder, be not carried too high nor too low: if too high, the right elbow would spread out, the soldier would occupy too much space in his rank, and the piece be made to waver; if too low, the files would be too much closed, the soldier would not have the necessary space to handle his piece with facility, the right arm would become too much fatigued, and would draw down the shoulder.
Страница 51 - Third motion.) Reverse the piece, pass it under the left arm, the left hand remaining at the lower band, the thumb on the rammer to prevent it from sliding out, the little finger resting against the hip, the right hand falling at the same time by the side.