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776.
This movement consists in ploying the corresponding companies of the
right and left wings into column at company distance, or closed in
mass, in rear of the two centre companies, according to the
principles prescribed Article Third, Part Second, of this School.
777.
The colonel, wishing to form the double column at company distance
(the battalion being in line of battle), will command:
1.
Double column, at half distance. 2. Battalion, inwards-FACE. 3.
MARCH (or double quick —MARCH).
778.
At the first command, the captains will place themselves two paces
in front of their respective companies; the captains of the two
centre companies will caution them to stand fast, and the other
captains will caution their companies to face to the left and right,
respectively. The covering sergeants will step into the front rank.
779.
At the second command, the fourth and fifth companies will stand
fast; the others of the right wing will face to the left, and the
others of the left wing will face to the right; each captain whose
company has faced will hasten to break to the rear the two files at
the head of his company; the left guide of each right company, and
the right guide of each left company, will each place himself at the
head of its front rank, and the captain by the side of his guide.
780.
At the command march, the fourth and fifth companies, which are to
form the first division, will stand fast; the senior captain of the
two will place himself before the centre of the division, and
command: Guide right; the junior captain will place himself in the
interval between the two companies, and the left guide of the left
company will place himself in the front rank on the left of the
division, as soon as he shall be able to pass.
781.
All the other companies, conducted by their captains, will step off
with life to arrange themselves in column at company distance, each
company behind the preceding one in the column of the same wing, so
that, in the right wing, the third may be next behind the fourth,
the second next to the third, and so on to the right company; and,
in the left wing, the sixth may be next behind the fifth, the
seventh next to the sixth, and so on to the left company of the
battalion.
782.
The corresponding companies of the two wings will unite into
divisions in arranging themselves in column; an instant before the
unit at the centre of the column, the left guides of right companies
will pass into the line of file closers, and each captain will
command:
1.
Such company; 2. Halt; 3. FRONT
783.
At the second command, which will be given at the instant of union,
each company will halt; at the third, it will face to the front. The
senior captain in each division will place himself on its right, and
command, Right-DRESS, and the junior captain will place himself in
the interval between the two companies. The division being aligned,
its chief will command FRONT, and take his position two paces before
its centre.
784.
The column being thus formed, the divisions will take the respective
denominations of first, second, third, &c., according to
position in the column, beginning at the front.
785.
The lieutenant colonel, who at the second command given by the
colonel will have placed himself at a little more than company
distance in rear of the right guide of the first division, will
assure the right guides on the direction as they successively
arrive, by placing himself in their rear.
786.
The music will pass to the rear of the column.
787.
The battalion being in march, to form the double column at company
distance without halting the battalion, the colonel will command:
1.
Double column, at half distance. 2. Battalion by the right and left
flanks. 3. MARCH (or double quick -MARCH).
788.
At the first command, each captain will move briskly in front of the
centre of his company; the captains of the fourth and fifth will
caution their companies to march straight forward; the other
captains will caution their companies to face to the right and left.
789.
At the command march, the fourth and fifth companies will continue
to march straight forward; the senior captain will place himself
before the centre of his division, and command, Guide right; the
junior captain will place himself in the interval between the two
companies. The left guide of the fifth company will place himself on
the left of the front rank of the division. The men will take the
touch of elbows to the right. The color and general guides will
retake their places. The three right companies will face to the
left, and the three left companies will face to the right. Each
captain will break to the rear two files at the head of his company;
the left guides of the right companies, and the right guides of the
left companies, will each place himself at the head of the front
rank of his company, and the captain by the side of his guide.
790.
The third and sixth companies will enter the column and direct
themselves parallelly to the first division. Each of the other
companies will, in like manner, place itself behind the company of
the wing to which it belongs, and will be careful to gain as much
ground as possible towards the head of the column.
791.
The corresponding companies of each wing will unite into divisions
on taking their positions in column, and each captain, the instant
the head of his company arrives at the centre of the column, will
command:
1.
Such company by the right (or left) flank. 2. MARCH.
The
senior captain of the two companies will place himself in front of
the centre of his division, and command, Guide right; the junior
captain will place himself in the interval between the two
companies. The two companies thus formed into a division will take
the touch of elbows to the right, and when each division has gained
its proper distance, its chief will cause it to march in quick time.
792.
When the battalion presents an odd number of companies, the
formation will be made in like manner, and the company on either
flank which shall find itself without a corresponding one, will
place itself at company distance behind the wing to which it
belongs.
793.
The double column, closed in mass, will be formed according to the
same principles and by the same commands, substituting the
indication, closed in mass, for that of at half distance.
794.
The double column never being formed when two or more battalions are
to be in one general column, it will habitually take the guide to
the right, sometimes to the left, or in the centre of the column; in
the last case, the command will be, Guide centre. The column will
march and change direction according to the principles prescribed
for a simple column by division.
795.
The double column at company distance will be closed in mass, or, if
in mass, will take half distance, by the commands and means
indicated for a simple column by division. Deployment of the double
column, faced to the front.
796.
The colonel, wishing to deploy the double column, will place a
marker respectively before the right and left files of the first
division, and a third before the left file of the right company,
same division; which being done, he will cause the two general
guides to spring out on the alignment of the markers a little beyond
the points at which the respective flanks of the battalion ought to
rest; he will then command:
1.
Deploy column. 2. Battalion outwards-FACE 3. MARCH (or double
quick-MARCH).
797.
The column will deploy itself on the two companies at its head,
according to the principles prescribed for the deployment of columns
in mass. The captains of these companies will each, at the command
march, place himself on the right of his own company, and align it
by the right; the captain of the fourth will then place himself in
the rear rank, and the covering sergeant in the rank of file
closers, at the moment the captain of the third shall come to its
left to align it.
798.
The deployment being ended, the colonel will command: Guides-POSTS.
799.
If it be the wish of the colonel to cause the fire to commence
pending the deployment, he will give an order to that effect to the
captains of the fourth and fifth companies, and the fire will be
executed according to the principles prescribed No. 438
800.
The battalion being in double column and in march, if the colonel
shall wish to deploy it without halting the column, he will cause
three markers to be posted on the line of battle, and when the head
of the column shall arrive near the markers, he will command:
1.
Deploy column. 2. Battalion, by the right and left flanks. 3. MARCH
(or double quick —MARCH).
801.
The column will deploy on the two leading companies, according to
the principles prescribed for the deployment of a close column, No.
533 and following; at the command march, the chief of the first
division will halt it, and the captains of the fourth and fifth
companies will align their companies by the right.
802.
If the column be in march, and it be the wish of the colonel to
deploy the column and to continue to march in the order of battle,
he will not cause markers to be established at the head of the
column. The movement will be executed by the commands and means
indicated No. 800, observing what follows. At the first command, the
chief of the first division will command, Quick time. At the command
march, the first division will continue to march in quick time; the
colonel will command, Guide centre. The captains of the fourth and
fifth companies, the color, and the men, will immediately conform to
the principles of the march in line of battle. The companies will
take the quick step by the command of their captains, as they
successively arrive in line. The movement completed, the colonel may
cause the battalion to march in double quick time. To form the
double column into line of battle, faced to the right or left.
803.
The double column, being at company distance and at a halt, may be
formed into line of battle faced to the right or left; when the
colonel shall wish to form it faced to the right, he will command:
1.
Right into line wheel, left companies on the right into line. 2.
Battalion, guide right. 3. MARCH (or double quick-MARCH).
804.
At the first command, each captain will place himself before the
centre of his company; the right companies will be cautioned that
they will have to wheel to the right into line, the left companies
that they will have to march straight forward.
805.
At the second command, the left guide of the fourth company will
place himself briskly on the direction of the right guides of the
column, face to them, and opposite to one of the three last files of
his company when in line of battle; the lieutenant colonel will
assure him in that position.
806.
At the command march, briskly repeated by all the captains, the
right companies will form to the right into line of battle, the left
companies will put themselves in march in order to form on the right
into line of battle; these formations will be executed by the means
indicated No. 391 and following, No. 416 and following; the
lieutenant colonel will assure the guides of the left wing on the
line of battle as they successively come upon it.
807.
If the column be in march, the colonel will command:
1.
Right into line wheel. 2. Left companies, on the right into line. 3.
Battalion, guide right. 4. MARCH (or double quick-MARCH).
808.
At the first command, each captain will place himself promptly
before the centre of his company; the right companies will be
cautioned that they will have to wheel to the right, and the left
companies that they will have to form on the right into line.
809.
At the command march, briskly repeated, the right companies will
form to the right into line, and the left companies on the right
into line. These formations will be executed as prescribed Nos. 402,
417, and following.
810.
If the colonel should wish to move the battalion forward, at the
moment the right companies have completed the wheel, he will
command:
5.
Forward. 6. MARCH (or double quick-MARCH).
811.
At the command forward, the captains of the right companies will
command, Quick time. At the command march, the right companies will
cease to wheel, and march straight forward. The colonel will then
add:
7.
Guide centre.
812.
The movement of the left companies will be executed in double quick
time as prescribed above, and as they arrive on the line each
captain will cause his company to march in quick time.
813.
The column may be formed faced to the left into line of battle
according to the same principles.
814.
If the column be closed in mass instead of at company distance,
these movements will be executed according to the principles
prescribed Nos. 417, 502, and 510. Remark on the deployment of the
double column.
815.
The depth of the double column, at company distance, being
inconsiderable, closing it in mass, if at a halt, in order to deploy
it, may be dispensed with; but if it be in march, it will be
preferable to cause it so to close, in halting, before deploying.
816.
The double column will be deployed habitually on the centre
companies, but the colonel may sometimes deploy it on any interior
company, or on the first or eighth company.
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