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68.
Lines of battle will habitually break into column by company; they
may also break by division or by platoon.
69.
It is here supposed that the colonel wishes to break by company to
the right; he will command:
1.
By company, right wheel. 2. MARCH (or double quick-MARCH.)
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At the first command, each captain will place himself rapidly before
the centre of his company, and caution it that it has to wheel to
the right; each covering sergeant will replace his captain in the
front rank.
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71.
At the command march, each company will break to the right,
according to the principles prescribed in the school of the company,
No. 173; each captain will conform himself to what is prescribed for
the chiefs of platoon; the left guide, as soon as he can pass, will
place himself on the left of the front rank to conduct the marching
flank, and when he shall have approached near to the perpendicular,
the captain will command:
1.
Such company. 2. HALT.
72.
At the second command, which will be given at the instant the left
guide shall be at the distance of three paces from the
perpendicular, the company will halt; the guide will advance and
place his left arm lightly against the breast of the captain, who
will establish him on the alignment of the man who has faced to the
right; the covering sergeant will place himself correctly on the
alignment on the right of that man; which being executed, the
captain will align his company by the left, command FRONT, and place
himself two paces before its centre.
73.
The captains having commanded FRONT, the guides, although some of
them may not be in the direction of the preceding guides, will stand
fast, in order that the error of a company that has wheeled too much
or too little may not be propagated; the guides not in the direction
will readily come into it when the column is put in march.
74.
A battalion in line of battle will break into column by company to
the left, according to the same principles, and by inverse means;
the covering sergeant of each company will conduct the marching
flank, and the left guide will place himself on the left of the
front rank at the moment the company halts.
75.
When the battalion breaks by division, the indication division will
be substituted in the commands for that of company; the chief of
each division (the senior captain) will conform himself to what is
prescribed for the chief of company, and will place himself two
paces before the centre of his division; the junior captain, if not
already there, will place himself in the interval between the two
companies in the front rank, and be covered by the covering sergeant
of the left company in the rear rank. The right guide of the right
company will be the right guide, sad the left guide of the left
company the left guide, of the division.
76.
When the battalion shall break by platoon to the right or to the
left, each first lieutenant will pass around the left of his company
to place himself in front of the second platoon, and, for this
purpose, each covering sergeant, except the one of the right
company, will step, for the moment, in rear of the right file of his
company.
77.
When the battalion breaks by division to the right, and there is an
odd company, the captain of this company (the left), after wheeling
into column, will cause it to oblique to the left, halt it at
company distance from the preceding division, place his left guide
on the direction of the column, and then align his company by the
left. When the line breaks by division to the left, the odd company
will be in front; its captain, having wheeled it into column, will
cause it to oblique to the right, halt it at division distance from
the division next in the rear, place his right guide on the
direction of the other guides, and align the company by the right.
78.
The battalion being in column, the lieutenant colonel and major will
place themselves on the directing flank, the first abreast with the
leading subdivision, and the other abreast with the last, and both
six paces from the flank. The adjutant will be near the lieutenant
colonel, and the sergeant major near the major.
79.
The colonel will have no fixed place as the instructor of his
battalion; but in columns composed of many battalions, he will place
himself habitually on the directing flank fifteen or twenty paces
from the guides, and abreast with the centre of his battalion.
80.
When the colonel shall wish to move the column forward without
halting it, he will caution the battalion to that effect, and
command:
1.
By company, right wheel. 2. MARCH (or double quick -MARCH).
81.
At the first command, the captains of companies will execute what is
prescribed for breaking into column from a halt.
82.
At the second command, they will remain in front of their companies
to superintend the movement; the companies will wheel to the right
on fixed pivots as indicated in the school of the company No. 185;
the left guides will conform to what is prescribed above; when they
shall arrive near the perpendicular, the colonel will command:
3.
Forward. 4. MARCH. 5. Guide left.
83.
At the third command, each covering sergeant will place himself by
the right side of the man on the right of the front rank of his
company. At the fourth command, which will be given at the instant
the wheel is completed, the companies will cease to wheel, and march
straight forward. At the fifth, the men will take the touch of
elbows to the left. The leading guide will march in the direction
indicated to him by the lieutenant colonel. The guides will
immediately conform themselves to the principles of the march in
column, school of the company No. 200 and following.
84.
If the battalion be marching in line of battle, the colonel will
cause it to wheel to the right or left, by the same commands and the
same means; but he should previously caution the battalion that it
is to continue the march.
85.
A battalion in line of battle will break into column by company to
the left, according to the same principles and by inverse means; the
covering sergeant of each company will conduct the marching flank,
and the left guides will place themselves on the left of their
respective companies at the command forward.
86.
When a battalion has to prolong itself in column towards the right
or left, or has to direct its march in column perpendicularly or
diagonally in front, or in rear of either flank, the colonel will
cause it to break by company to the right or left, as has just been
prescribed; but when the line breaks to the right, in order to march
towards the left, or the reverse, the colonel will command: Break to
the right to march to the left, or break to the left to march to the
right, before giving the command, by company, right (or left) wheel,
As soon as the battalion is broken, the lieutenant colonel will
place a marker abreast with the right guide of the leading company.
The instant the column is put in motion, this company will wheel to
the left (or right), march ten paces to the front without changing
the guide, and wheel again to the left (or right). The second wheel
being completed, the captain will immediately command guide left (or
right). The guide of this company will march in a direction parallel
to the guides of the column. The lieutenant colonel will be careful
to place a second marker at the point where the first company is to
change direction the second time.
87.
When the colonel shall wish to cause the battalion to break to the
rear, by the right, into column by company, he will command:
1.
By the right of companies to the rear into column. 2. Battalion
right-FACE. 3. MARCH (or double quick-MARCH).
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At the first command, each captain will place himself before the
centre of his company, and caution it to face to the right; the
covering sergeants will step into the front rank.
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89.
At the second command, the battalion will face to the right; each
captain will hasten to the right of his company, and break two files
to the rear; the first file will break the whole depth of the two
ranks; the second file less; which being executed, the captain will
place himself so that his breast may touch lightly the left arm of
the front rank man of the last file in the company next on the right
of his own. The captain of the right company will place himself as
if there were a company on his right, and will align himself on the
other captains. The covering sergeant of each company will break to
the rear with the right files, and place himself before the front
rank of the first file, to conduct him.
90.
At the command march, the first file of each company will wheel to
the right; the covering sergeant, placed before this file, will
conduct it perpendicularly to the rear. The other files will come
successively to wheel on the same spot. The captains will stand
fast, see their companies file past, and at the instant the last
file shall have wheeled, each captain will command:
1.
Such company. 2. HALT. 3. FRONT. 4. Left-DRESS.
91.
At the instant the company faces to the front, its left guide will
place himself so that his left arm may touch lightly the breast of
his captain. 92. At the fourth command, the company will align
itself on its left guide, the captain so directing it that the new
alignment may be perpendicular to that which the company had
occupied in line of battle; and, the better to judge this, he will
step back two paces from the flank.
93.
The company being aligned, the captain will command: FRONT, and take
his place before its centre.
94.
The battalion marching in line of battle, when the colonel shall
wish to break into column by company, to the rear, by the right, he
will command:
1.
By the right of companies to the rear into column. 2. Battalion, by
the right flank. 3. MARCH (or double quick-MARCH).
95.
At the first command, each captain- will step briskly in front of
the centre of his company, and caution it to:face by the right
flank.
96.
At the command march, the battalion will face to the right; each
eaptain will move rapidly to the right of his company and cause it
to break to the right; the -first file of each company will wheel to
the right, and the covering sergeant placed in front of this file
will conduct it perpendicularly to the rear; the other files will
wheel successively at the same place as the first. The captains will
see their companies file past them; when the last files have
wheeled, the colonel will command:
3.
Battalion, by the left flank-MARCH. 4. Guide left.
97.
At the command march, the companies will face to the left, and march
in column in the new direction. The captains will place themselves
in front of the centres of their respective companies. At the fourth
command, the guides will conform to the principles of the march in
column; the leading one will move in the direction indicated to him
by the lieutenant colonel. The men will take the touch of elbows to
the left.
98.
To break to the rear by the left, the colonel will give the same
commands as in the case of breaking to the rear by the right,
substituting the indication left, for that of right.
99.
The movement will be executed according to the same principles. Each
captain will hasten to the left of his company, cause the first two
files to break to the rear, and then place his breast against the
right file of the company next on the left of his own, in the manner
prescribed above.
100.
As soon as the two files break to the rear, the left guide of each
company will place himself before the front rank man of the headmost
file, to conduct him.
101.
The instant the companies face to the front, the right guide of each
will place himself so that his right arm may lightly touch the
breast of his captain.
102.
The battalion may be broken by division to the rear, by the right or
left, in like manner; in this case, the indication divisions will be
substituted, in the first command, for that of companies; the chiefs
of division will conform themselves to what is prescribed for the
chiefs of company. The junior captain in each division will place
himself, when the division faces to a flank, by the side of the
covering sergeant of the left company, who steps into the front
rank.
103.
If there be an odd number of companies, and the battalion breaks by
division to the rear, whether by the right or left, the captain of
the left company will conform to what is prescribed No. 77.
104.
This manner of breaking into column, being at once the most prompt
and regular, will be preferred on actual service, unless there be
some particular reason for breaking to the front.
105.
If the battalion be in line and at a halt, and the colonel should
wish to advance or retire by the right of companies, he will
command:
1.
By the right of companies to the front (or rears 2. Battalion,
right-FACE. 3. MARCH (or double quick-MARCH). 4. Guide right (left)
or (centre).
106.
At the first command, each captain will move rapidly two paces in
front of the centre of his cmpany, and caution it to face to the
right; the covering sergeants will replace the captains in the front
rank.
107.
At the second command, the battalion will face to the right, and
each captain moving quickly to the right of his company will cause
files to break to the front, according to the principles indicated
No. 89.
108.
At the command march, each captain placing himself on the left of
his leading guide will conduce his company perpendicularly to the
original line. At the fourth command, the guide of each company will
dress to the right, left, or centre, according to the indication
given, taking care to preserve accurately his distance. 109. If the
colonel should wish to move to the front, or rear, by the left of
companies, the movement will be executed by the same means and the
same commands, substituting left for right.
110.
If the battalion be in march, and the colonel should wish to advance
or retire by the right of companies, he will command:
1.
By the right of companies to the front (or rear). 2. Battalion, by
the right flank. 3. MARCH (or double quick-MARCH). 4. Guide right
(left) or (centre).
111.
Which will be executed according to the principles and means
prescribed Nos. 95 and following, and 106 and following. At the
first command, the color and general guides will take their places
as in column.
112.
If the colonel should wish to advance or retire by the left of
companies, the movement will be executed by the same means and the
same commands, substituting left for right.
113.
If the battalion be advancing by the right or left of companies, and
the colonel should wish to form line to the front, he will command:
1.
By companies into line. 2. MARCH (or double quick-MARCH). 3. Guide
centre.
114.
At the command march, briskly repeated by the captains, each company
will be formed into line, as prescribed in the school of the
company, No. 154.
115.
At the third command, the color and general
guides will
move rapidly to their places in line, as will be hereinafter
prescribed No. 405.
116.
If the battalion be retiring by the right or left of companies, and
the colonel should wish to form line facing the enemy, he will first
cause the companies to face about while marching, and immediately
form in line by the commands and means prescribed Nos. 113 and
following.
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