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ARTICLE
V.
The
company being in march by the flank, to form it by company, or by
platoon, into line, and to cause it to face to the right and left in
marching.
155. The company being in march by the right
flank, the instructor will order the captain to form it into line;
the captain will immediately command: 1. By company,
into line; 2. MARCH.
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Plate No. 20 - By Company into Line
156. At the
command march, the covering sergeant will continue to march
straight-forward; the men will advance the right shoulder take the
double quick step, and move into line by the shortest route, taking
care to undouble the files, and to come on the line one after the
other.
157. As the
front-rank men successively arrive in line with the covering
sergeant, they will take from him the step, and then turn their eyes
to the front.
158. The men of the rear rank will conform to the movements of their
respective file leaders, but without endeavoring to arrive in line
at the same time with the latter.
159. If the company, marching either by the right or left flank, be
faced about previous to forming line, the men will come into line by
twos, and according to the means as above indicated, taking care to
undouble files, the, two frontrank men taking their places in the
line at the same time, to be covered by their rear-rank men taking
an oblique step.
160. At the instant the movement begins, the captain will face to
his company in order to follow up the execution; and, as soon as the
company is formed, he will command, guide
left, place himself
two paces before the centre, face to the front, and take the step of
the company.
161. At the command guide
left, the second
sergeant will promptly place himself in the frontraii1c, on the
left, to serve as guide, and the covering sergeant who is on the
opposite flank will remain there.
162. When the company marches by the left flank, this movement will
be executed by the same commands, and according to the same
principles; the company being formed, the captain will command guide
right, and place
himself in front of his company as above; the covering sergeant who
is on the right of the front rank will serve as guide, and the
second sergeant placed on the left flank will remain there.
163. Thus, in a column by company, right or left in front, the
covering sergeant and the second sergeant of each company will
always be placed on the right and left, respectively, of the front
rank; they will be denominated right guide,
and left
guide, and the one
or the other charged with the direction.
164. The company being in march by the flank if it be the wish of
the instructor to cause it to form platoons, he will give an order
to that effect to the captain, who will command:
1.
By platoon, into line. 2. MARCH.
165. The
movement will be executed by each platoon according to the above
principles. The captain will place himself before the centre of the
first platoon, and the first lieutenant before the centre of the
second, passing through the opening made in the centre of the
company, if the march be by the right flank, and around the left of
his platoon, if the march be by the left: in this last case, the
captain will also pass around the left of the second platoon, in
order to place himself in front of the first. Both the captain and
lieutenant, without waiting for each other, will command guide
left (or right) at
the instant their respective platoons are formed.
166. At the command guide
left (or right),
the guide of each
platoon will pass rapidly to the indicated flank if not already
there.
167. The right guide of the company will always serve as the guide
of the right or left of the first platoon, and the left guide of the
company will serve, in like manner, as the guide of the second
platoon.
168, Thus in a column, by platoon, there will be but one guide to
each platoon; he will always be placed on its left flank, if the
right be in front, and on the right flank, if the left be in front.
169. In these movements, the file closers will follow the platoons
to which they are attached.
170. The instructor may cause the company, marching by the flank, to
form. by company, or by platoon, into line, by his own direct
commands, using those prescribed for the captain, No. 155 or 164.
171, The instructor will exercise the company in passing, without a
halt, from the march by the front, to the march by the flank, and
reciprocally. In either case, he will employ the commands prescribed
in the S. S., No. 374, substituting company for squad.
The company will
face to the right or left, in marching, and the captain, the guides,
and file-closers, will conform themselves to what is prescribed for
each in the march by the flank, or in the march by the front of a
company supposed to be a subdivision of a column. If, after
facing to the right or left, in marching, the company find itself
faced by the roar rank, the captain will place himself two paces
behind the centre of the front rank, now in the rear, the guides
will pass to the rear rank, now leading, and the file closers will
march in front of this rank..
173. The company being in march either by the front or flank, and if
the instructor should wish to face it by a flank without continuing
the march it will be executed by the commands and means prescribed
in the S. S., Nos. 379-80, substituting company
for squad.
174. The company
marching in column by platoon, can be faced to the right or left, by
the commands, as above indicated. At the first command, the chiefs
of platoons and the guides, will go quickly to the indicated flank.
At the command march,
each subdivision
will face, and be led off in the new direction by its chief. If the
right be in front, the subdivision can be filed to the left,
immediately after being faced either to the right or left, by the
command by file left
before the command march.
If the left be in
front, the command will be by file
right before the
command march.
175. The
instructor, in order to avoid fatiguing the men and to prevent them
from being negligent in the position of shoulder arms, will
sometimes order support arms in marching by the flank, and arms on
the right shoulder, when marching in line.
LESSON FIFTH.
ARTICLE I.
To
break into column by platoon, either at a
halt or on march.
176. The company being at a halt, in line of
battle, the instructor, wishing to break it into column, by platoon
to the right, will command:
1.
By platoon, right wheel. 2. MARCH.
177. At the
first command, the chiefs of platoon will rapidly place themselves
two paces before the centres of their respective platoons, the
lieutenant passing around the left of the company. They need not
occupy themselves with dressing one upon the other. The covering
sergeant will replace the captain in the front rank.
View
Plate No. 21 - By Platoon, Right Wheel
178. At the
command march, the
right front-rank man of each platoon will face to the right, the
covering sergeant standing fast; the chief of each platoon will move
quickly by the shortest line, a little beyond the point at which the
marching flank will rest when the wheel shall be completed, face to
the late rear, and place himself so that the line which lie forms
with the man on the right (who had faced), shall be perpendicular to
that occupied by the company in line of battle; each platoon will
wheel according to the principles prescribed for the wheel on a
fixed pivot, and when the man who conducts the marching flank shall
approach near to the perpendicular, its chief will command:
1.
Platoon. 2. HALT.
179.
At the command halt,
which will be given
at the instant the man who conducts the marching flank shall have
arrived at three paces from the perpendicular, the platoon will
halt; the covering sergeant will move to the point where the left of
the first platoon is to rest, passing by the front rank; the second
sergeant will place himself, in like manner, in respect to the
second platoon. Each will take care to leave between himself and the
man on the right of his platoon a space equal to its front; the
captain and first lieutenant will look to this, and each take care
to align the sergeant between himself and the man of the platoon who
had faced to the right.
180. The guide of each platoon, being thus established on the
perpendicular, each chief will place himself two paces outside of
his guide, and, facing toward him, will command:
3.
Left-DRESS.
181. The alignment being ended, each chief of
platoon will command, FRONT, and place himself two paces before its
centre.
182. The file closers will conform themselves to the movement of
their respective, platoons , preserving always the distance of two
paces from the rear rank.
183, The company will break by platoon to the left, according to the
same principles. The instructor will command:
1.
By platoon, left wheel. 2. MARCH.
184.
The first command will be executed in the same manner as if breaking
by platoon right.
185. At the command march,
the left front rank
man of each platoon will face to the left, and the platoons will
wheel to the left, according to the principles prescribed for the
wheel on a fixed pivot; the chiefs of platoon will conform to the
principles indicated Nos. 178 and 179.
186. At the command halt, given by the chief of each platoon, the
covering sergeant on the right of the front rank of the first
platoon, and the second sergeant near the left of the second
platoon, will each move to the points where the right of his platoon
is to rest. The chief of each platoon should be careful to align the
sergeant between himself and the man of the platoon who had faced to
the left, and will then command:
Right-DRESS.
187. The platoons being aligned, each chief of
platoon will command, FRONT, and place himself opposite its centre.
188. The instructor wishing to break the company by platoon to the
right, and to move the column forward after the wheel is completed,
will caution the company to that effect, and command:
1.
By platoon, right wheel. 2. MARCH.
189.
At the first command, the chiefs of platoon will move rapidly in
front of their respective platoons, conforming to what has been
prescribed No. 177, and will remain in this position during the
continuance of the wheel. The covering sergeant will replace the
chief of the first platoon in the front rank.
190. At the command march
the platoons will
wheel to the right, conforming to the principle herein prescribed;
the man on the pivot will no face to the right, but will mark time,
conforming himself to the movement of the marching flank; and when
the man who is on the left of this flank shall arrive near the
perpendicular, the instructor will command:
3.
Forward. 4. MARCH. 5. Guide left.
191. At the fourth command which will be given at
the instant the wheel is completed, the platoons will move straight
to the front, all the men taking the step of twenty-eight inches.
The covering sergeant and the second sergeant will move rapidly to
the left of their respective platoons, the former passing before the
front rank. The leading guide will immediately take points on the
ground in the direction which may be indicated to him by the
instructor.
192. At the fifth command, the men will take the touch of elbows
lightly to the left.
193. If the guide of the second platoon should lose his distance, or
the line of direction, he will conform to the principles hereinafter
prescribed, Nos. 207 and 208.
191 If the company be marching in line to the front, the instructor
will cause it to break by platoon to the right by the same commands.
At the command march,
the platoons will
wheel in the manner already explained; the man on the pivot will
take care, to mark time in his place, without advancing or
receding; the instructor, the chiefs of platoon, and the guides,
will conform to what has been prescribed Nos. 189, and following.
195. The company may be broken by platoons to his left, according to
the same principles, and by inverse means, the instructor giving the
command prescribed Nos. 188 and 190, substituting left,
for right, and
reciprocally.
196. The movements explained in Nos. 188 and
194 will only be
executed after the company has
become well
established in the principles of the march in column, Articles
Second and Third.
REMARKS.
197. The
instructor, placed in front of the company, will observe whether the
movement be executed according to the principles prescribed above;
whether the platoons, after breaking into column, are perpendicular
to the line of battle just
occupied; and
whether the guide, who placed himself where the marching flank of
his platoon had to rest, has left, between himself and his
front-rank man on the right (or left), the space necessary to
contain the front of the platoon.
198. After the platoons have broken, if the rearmost guide should
not accurately cover the leading one, lie will not seek to correct
his position, till the column be put in march, unless the
instructor, wishing to wheel immediately into line, should think it
necessary to rectify the direction of the guides, which would be
executed as will be hereinafter explained in Article V. of this
Lesson.
199. The instructor will observe, that the man on the right (or
left) of each platoon, who, at the command march, faces to the right
(or left) being the true pivot of the wheel, the front-rank man next
to him ought to gain a little ground to the front in wheeling, so as
to clear the pivot-man.
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