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PART
SECOND.
GENERAL
RULES.
125.
The instructor will not pass the men to this second part until they
shall be well established in the position of the body, and in the
manner of marching at the different steps.
126.
He will then unite four men, whom be will place in the same rank,
elbow to elbow, and instruct them in the position of shouldered
arms, as follows:
LESSON
1. PRINCIPLES
OF SHOULDERED ARMS.
127.
The recruit being placed as explained in the first lesson of the
-first part, the instructor will cause him to bend the right arm
slightly, and place the piece in it, in the following manner.
128.
The piece in the right hand-the barrel nearly vertical and resting
in the hollow of the shoulder - the guard to the front, the arm
hanging nearly at its full length near the body; the thumb and
fore-finger embracing the guard, the remaining fingers closed
together, and grasping the swell of the stock just under the cock,
which rests on the little finger.
129.
Recruits are frequently seen with natural defects in the
conformation of the shoulders, breast and hips. These the instructor
will labor to correct in the lessons without arms, and afterwards,
by steady endeavors, so that the appearance of the pieces, in the
same line, may be uniform, and this without constraint to the men in
their positions.
130.
The instructor will have occasion to remark that recruits, on first
bearing arms, are liable to derange their position by lowering the
right shoulder and the right hand, or by sinking the hip and
spreading out the elbows.
131.
He will be careful to correct all these faults by continually
rectifying the position; he will sometimes take away the piece to
replace it the better; he will avoid fatiguing the recruits too much
in the beginning, but labor by degrees to render this position so
natural and easy that they may remain in it a long time without
fatigue.
132.
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.
133.
The instructor, before passing to the second lesson, will cause to
be repeated the movements of eyes
right, left and front,
and the facings.
LESSON
III. MANUAL
OF ARMS.
134.
The manual of arms will be taught to four men, placed, at first, in
one rank, elbow to elbow, and afterwards in two ranks.
135.
Each command will be executed in one time
(or pause), but
this time will be divided into motions) the better to make known the
mechanism.
136.
The rate (or swiftness) of each motion, in the manual of arms, with
the exceptions herein indicated, is fixed at the ninetieth part of a
minute, but, in order not to fatigue, the attention, Clio instructor
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.
137.
As the motions relative to the cartridge, to the rammer, and to the
fixing and unfixing of the bayonet, cannot be executed at the rate
prescribed, nor even with a uniform swiftness, they will not be
subjected to that cadence. The instructor will, however, labor to
cause these motions to be executed with promptness, and, above all,
with regularity.
138.
The last syllable of the command will decide the brisk execution of
the first motion of each time (or pause). The commands two,
three, and four,
will decide the brisk execution of the other motions. As soon as the
recruits shall well comprehend the positions of the several motions of
a time, they will
be taught to execute the time without resting on its different
motions; the mechanism of the time will nevertheless be observed, as
well to give a perfect use of the piece, as to avoid the sinking of,
or slurring over, either of the motions.
139.
The manual of arms will be taught in the following progression; the
instructor will command:
Support
- ARMS.
One time and three motions.
140.
(First motion.) Bring
the piece, with the right hand, perpendicularly to the front and
between the eyes, the barrel to the rear; seize the piece with the
left hand at the lower band, raise this hand as high as the chin,
and seize the piece at the same time with the right hand four inches
below the cock.
141.
(Second motion.) Turn
the piece with the right hand, the barrel to the front; carry the
piece to the left shoulder, and pass the fore-arm extended on the
breast between the right hand and the cock; support the cock against
the left fore-arm, the left hand resting on the right breast.
142.
(Third motion.) Drop
the right hand by the side.
143.
When the instructor may wish to give repose in this position, he
will command:
REST.
144.
At this command, the recruits will bring up smartly the right hand
to the handle of the piece (small of the stock), when they will not
be required to preserve silence, or steadiness of position.
145.
When the instructor may wish the recruits to pass from this position
to that of silence and steadiness, he will command:
1.
Attention. 2.
SQUAD.
146.
At the second word, the recruits will resume the position of the
third motion of support arms.
Shoulder-ARMS.
One time. and three motions.
147.
(First motion.) Grasp
the piece with the right hand under and against the left fore-arm;
seize it with the left hand at the lower band, the thumb extended;
detach the piece slightly from the shoulder , the left fore-arm
along the stock.
148.
(Second motion.) Carry
the piece vertically to the right shoulder with both hands, the
rammer to the front, chancre the position of the right hand so as to
embrace the guard with the thumb and fore-finger, slip the left hand
to the height of the, shoulder, the fingers extended and joined, the
right arm nearly straight.
149. (Third motion.) Drop
the left hand quickly by the side.
Present-ARMS.
One time and two motions.
150.
(First motion.) With
the right hand, bring the piece erect before the centre of the body,
the rammer to the front; at the same time seize the piece with the
left hand half-way between the guide sight and lower band, the thumb
extended along the barrel and against the stock, the forearm
horizontal and resting against the body, the hand as high as the
elbow.
151.
(Second motion.) Grasp
the small of the stock with the right hand, below and against the
guard.
Shoulder-ARMS.
One time and two motions.
152.
(First motion.) Bring
the piece to the right shoulder, at the same time change, the
position of the right hand so as to embrace the guard with the thumb
and fore-finger, slip up the left hand to the height of the
shoulder, the fingers extended and joined, the right arm nearly
straight.
153.
(Second motion.) Drop
the left hand quickly by the side.
Order-ARMS
One time and two motions.
154.
(First motion.) Seize
the piece briskly with the left hand near the upper band, and detach
it slightly from the shoulder -with the right hand: loosen the grasp
of the right hand, lower the piece with the left, reseize the piece
with the right hand above the lower band, the little finger in the
rear of the barrel, the butt about four inches from the ground, the
right hand supported against the hip, drop the left hand by the
side. If the rifle musket is used, the piece will be seized by the
left hand a little above the middle band, and it will be seized by
the right hand, just above the lower band.
155.
(Second motion.) Let
the piece slip through the right hand to the ground by opening
slightly the fingers, and take the position about to be described.
POSITION
OF ORDER ARMS.
156.
The hand low, the barrel between the thumb and fore-finger extended
along the stock; the other fingers extended and joined; the muzzle
about two inches from the right shoulder; the rammer in front; the
toe (or beak) of the butt, against, and in a line with, the toe of
the right foot, the barrel perpendicular.
157.
When the instructor may wish to give repose in this position, he
will command:
REST.
158.
At this command, the recruits will not be required to preserve
silence or steadiness.
159.
When the instructor may wish the recruits to pass from this position
to that of silence and steadiness, he will command:
1.
Attention. 2.
SQUAD.
160.
At the second word, the recruits will resume the position of order
arms.
Shoulder-ARMS.
One time and two motions.
161.
(First motion.) Raise
the piece vertically with the right hand to the height of the right
breast, and opposite the shoulder, the elbow close to the body;
seize the piece with the left hand below the right, and drop quickly
the right hand to grasp the piece at the swell of the stock, the
thumb and fore-finger embracing the guard; press the piece against
the shoulder with the loft hand) the right arm nearly straight.
162.
(Second motion.) Drop
the left hand quickly by the side.
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