Cavalry Service Regulations, United States Army (experimental). 1914U.S. Government Printing Office, 1914 - 331 страници |
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action arms artillery and machine assembled attack body brigade captain carry Cavalry charge colonel column of squads combat command cover defense deployed deployment directing squadron dismounted distance double rank echelon echelon formations enemy enemy's escort executed exercises file closer fingers firing line flank foot foragers force form line formation forward front rank gait gallop grasp ground half-regiment half-squads halt head horse artillery horse rises horse's indicated Infantry instruction instructor intervals jump leading led horses left hand legs line of columns line of platoon loaded magazine machine guns mand maneuver MARCH mêlée mounted move movements necessary noncommissioned officers obstacles patrols pistol platoon columns platoon leaders position prescribed rally rear rank reconnaissance regiment regulate reins rider riding rifle right hand saber saddle salute scabbard sergeant shoulder shoulder arms shoulder-in side signal single rank snaffle stable stirrup supple tion trooper troops trot trumpeters turn unit yards
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Страница 46 - The magazine may be filled in whole or in part while " off " or " on " by pressing cartridges singly down and back until they are in the proper place. The use of the rifle as a single loader is, however, to be regarded as exceptional.
Страница 290 - When the position of the escort is at a considerable distance from the point where the personage is to be received, as for instance, where a courtyard or wharf intervenes, a double line of sentinels...
Страница 36 - Quick time, 2. MARCH. At the command march, given as either foot strikes the ground, advance and plant the other foot in double time; resume the quick time, dropping the hands by the sides. To Mark Time. 65. Being in march: 1. Mark time, 2. MARCH. At the command march...
Страница 287 - ... their staffs and orderlies place themselves respectively on the left of the staff and orderlies of the reviewing officer ; all others who accompany the reviewing officer place themselves on the left of his staff, their orderlies in rear.
Страница 290 - Escorts of honor are detailed for the purpose of receiving and escorting personages of high rank, civil or military. The troops for this purpose are selected for their soldierly appearance and superior discipline.
Страница 29 - ... each movement, first executing it himself if practicable. He requires the recruits to take the proper positions unassisted and does not touch them for the purpose of correcting them, except when they are unable to correct themselves. He avoids keeping them too long at the same movement, although each should be understood before passing to another. He exacts by degrees the desired precision and uniformity.
Страница 49 - In the training of men in the mechanism of the firing line, they should be practiced in repeating to one another target and aiming point designations and in quickly locating and pointing out a designated target. They should be taught to distinguish, from a prone position, distant objects, particularly troops, both with the naked eye and with field glasses. Similarly, they should be trained in estimating distances.
Страница 297 - Standing he faces an officer for the same purpose. If the parties remain in the same place or on the same ground, such compliments need not be repeated. Soldiers actually at work do not cease work to salute an officer unless addressed by him.
Страница 45 - ... foot, to such position as will insure the greatest firmness and steadiness of the body; raises, or lowers, the piece and drops it into the left hand at the balance, left thumb extended along the stock, muzzle at the height of the breast, and turns the cut-off up.
Страница 37 - Being at a halt or mark time: 1. Backward, 2. MARCH. Take steps of 15 inches straight to the rear. The back step is used for short distances only and is not executed in double time.