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LOAD
IN NINE TIMES.
1. LOAD.
One time and one motion.
163.
Grasp the piece with the left hand as high as the right elbow, and
bring it vertically opposite the middle of the body, shift the right
hand to the upper band, place the butt between the feet, the barrel
to the front; seize it with the left hand near the muzzle, which
should be three inches from the body; carry the right hand to the
cartridge-box. If the rifle musket is used the right hand will be
shifted to just below the upper band. The muzzle will be eight
inches from the body.
2.
Handle-CARTRIDGE.
One time
and one motion.
164.
Seize the cartridge with the thumb and next two fingers, and place
it between the teeth.
3.
Tear-CARTRIDGE.
One time and one motion.
165.
Tear the paper to the powder, hold the cartridge upright between the
thumb and first two fingers, near the top; in this position place it
in front of and near the muzzle-the back of the hand to the front.
4.
Charge-CARTRIDGE.
One time and one motion.
166.
Empty the powder into the barrel: disengage the ball from the paper
with the right hand and the thumb and first two fingers of the left;
insert it into the bore, the pointed end uppermost, and press it
down with the right thumb; seize the head of the rammer with the
thumb and fore-finger of the right hand, the other fingers closed,
the elbows near the body.
5.
Draw-RAMMER.
One time and three motions.
167.
(First motion.) Half draw the rammer by extending the right arm;
steady it in this position with the left thumb; grasp the rammer
near the muzzle with the right hand, the little finger uppermost,
the nails to the front, the thumb extended along the rammer.
168. (Second motion.) Clear the rammer from the pipes
by again extending the arm; the rammer in the prolongation of the
pipes.
169. (Third motion.) Turn the rammer, the little end
of the rammer passing near the left shoulder; place the head of the
rammer on the ball, the back of the hand* to the front.
6.
Ram-CARTRIDGE.
One time and one motion.
170.
Insert the rammer as far as the right, and steady it in this
position with the thumb of the left hand; seize the rammer at
the small end with the thumb and fore-finger of the right hand, the
back of the band to the front - press the ball home, the elbows near
the body.
7.
Return-RAMMER.
One time and three motions.
171.
(First motion.) Draw the rammer half-way out, and steady it in
this position with the loft thumb; grasp it near the muzzle with the
right hand, the little finger uppermost, the nails to the front, the
thumb along the rammer: tear the rammer from the bore by extending
the arm, the nails to the front, the rammer in the prolongation of
the bore.
172. (Second motion.) Turn the rammer, the head of the
rammer passing near the left shoulder, and insert it in the pipes
until the right hand reaches the muzzle, the nails to the front.
173. (Third motion.) Force the rammer home by placing
the little finger of the right hand on the head of the rammer; pass
the left hand down the barrel to the extent of the arm, with-out
depressing the shoulder.
8.
PRIME.
One time and two motions.
174.
(Fourth motion.) With the left hand raise the piece till
the band is as high as the eye, grasp the small of the stock with
the right hand; half face to the right; place, at the same time, the
right foot behind and at right angles with the left; the hollow of
the right foot against the left heel. Slip the left hand down to the
lower band, the thumb along the stock, the left elbow against the
body; bring the piece to the right side the butt below the right
fore-arm -- the small of the stock against the body and two inches
below the right breast, the barrel upwards, the muzzle on a level
with the eye.
175.
(Second motion.) Half
cock with the thumb of the right hand, the fingers supported against
the guard and the small of the stock remove the old cap with one of
the fingers of the right hand, and with the thumb and forefinger of
the same hand, take a cap from the pouch, place it on the nipple,
and press it down with the thumb; seize the small of the stock with
the right hand.
9.
Shoulder-ARMS.
One time and two motions.
176.
(First motion.) Bring
the piece to the right shoulder and support it there with the left
band, face to the front; bring the right heel to the side of and on
a line with the left; grasp the piece with the right hand as
indicated in the position of shoulder
arms.
177.
(Second motion.) Drop
the left hand quickly by the side.
READY.
One time and three motions.
178.
(First motion.) Raise the piece slightly with the right hand, making
a half face to the right on the left heel; carry the right foot to
the rear, and place it at right angles to the left~ the hollow of it
opposite to and against the left heel; grasp the piece with the left
hand at the lower band and detach it slightly from the shoulder.
179.
(Second motion.)
Bring down the piece with both hands, the barrel upward, the left
thumb extended along the stock, the butt below the right fore-arm
the small of the stock against the body and two inches below the
right breast, the muzzle as high as the eye, the left elbow against
the side; place at the same time the right thumb on the head of the
cock the other fingers wider and against the guard.
180.
(Third motion.) Cock,
and seize the piece at the small of the stock without deranging the
position of the butt.
AIM.
One time
and one motion.
181.
Raise the piece
with both hands, and support the butt against the right shoulder;
the left, elbow down, the right as high as the shoulder - incline
the head upon the butt, so that the right eye may perceive quickly
the notch of the hausse the front sight, and the object aimed at, the
left eye closed,
the right thumb extended along the stock, the fore-finger on the
trigger.
182.
When recruits are formed in two ranks to execute the firings, the
front rank men will raise it, little less the right elbow, in order
to facilitate the aim of the rear rank men.
183.
The rear rank men, in aiming, will each carry the right foot about
eight inches to the right, and towards the left heel of the
man next ()it the right, inclining the upper part of the body
forward.
FIRE.
One time and one motion.
184.
Press the fore-finger against the trigger, fire, without lowering or
turning the head, and remain in this position.
185.
Instructors will be careful to observe when the men fire, that they
aim at some distinct object, and that the barrel be so directed that
the line of fire and the line of sight be in the same vertical
plane. They will often cause the firing to be executed on ground of
different inclinations, in order to accustom the men to fire at
objects either above or below them.
LOAD.
One time and one motion.
186.
Bring down the piece with both hands at the same time face to the
front and take the position of load as indicated, No. 163. Each rear
rank man will bring his right foot by the side of the left.
187.
The men being in this position, the instructor will cause the
loading to be continued by the commands and means prescribed, No.
163, and following.
188.
If, after firing, the instructor should not wish the recruits to
reload, he will command:
Shoulder-ARMS.
One time and one motion.
189.
Throw up the piece briskly with the left hand and resume the
position of shoulder
arms, ie, the same
time face to the front, turning on the left heel, and bring the
right heel on a line with the left.
190.
To accustom the recruits to wait for the command fire,
the instructor,
when they are in the position of aim,
will command:
Recover-ARMS.
One, time and one, motion.
191.
At the first part of the command, withdraw the finger from the
trigger; at the command
arms, retake the
position of the third motion
of ready.
192.
The recruits being in the position of the third motion of ready,
if the instructor
should wish to bring them to a shoulder, he will command:
Shoulder-ARMS.
One time
and one motion.
193.
At the command shoulder,
place the thumb
upon the cock, the fore-finger on the trigger, half cock, and seize
the small of the stock with the right hand. At the command arms,
bring up the piece briskly to the right shoulder, ioid retake the
position of shoulder arms.
REMARKS
ON LOADING AND FIRING.
194.
Whenever the loadings and firings are to be executed, and the
cartridge-boxes are slung upon the waist-belt, the instructor will
cause them to be brought to the front.
195.
If Maynard's primer be used the command will be
Load
in eight times.
and
the eighth command will be shoulder
arms, and executed
from return rammer in
one time and two motions, as follows:
(First motion.) Raise
the piece with the left hand, and take the position of shoulder arms
as indicated No. 152.
(Second motion.) Drop
the left hand quickly by the side.
196.
The recruits being at shoulder arms, when the instructor shall wish
to fix bayonets, he will command:
Fix-BAYONET.
One time
and three motions.
197. (First motion.) Grasp
the piece with the left hand at the height of the shoulder, and
detach it slightly from the shoulder with the right hand.
198.
(Second motion.) Quit
the piece with the right hand, lower it with the left hand, opposite
the middle of the body, and place the butt between the feet without
shock; the rammer to the rear, the barrel vertical, the muzzle three
inches from the body; seize it with the right hand at the upper
band, and carry the left hand reversed to the handle of the bayonet.
If the rifle musket be used the barrel will be inclined forward, the
muzzle eight inches from the body, and the left hand reversed to the
handle of the bayonet.
199.
(Third motion.) Draw
the bayonet from the scabbard and fix it on the extremity of the
barrel; seize the piece with the left hand, the arm extended, the
right hand at the upper band. If the rifle musket be used the clasp
will be turned as soon as the bayonet is fixed upon the barrel.
Shoulder-ARMS.
One time and two motions.
200.
(First motion.) Raise
the piece With the left hand and place it against the right
shoulder, the rammer to the front: seize the piece at the same time
with he right hand at the swell of the stock, the thumb and
fore-finger embracing the guard, the right arm nearly extended.
201.
(Second motion.) Drop
briskly the left hand by the side.
Charge-BAYONET.
One time and two motions.
202.
(First motion.) Raise
the piece slightly with the right hand and make a half face to the
right on the left heel; place the hollow of the right foot opposite
to, and three inches from the left heel, the feet square; seize the
piece at the same time with the left hand a little above the lower
band.
203.
(Second motion.) Bring
down the piece with both hands, the barrel uppermost, the. left
elbow against the body - seize the small of the stock, at the same
time, with the right hand, which will be supported against the hip;
the point of the bayonet as high as the eye.
Shoulder-ARMS.
One time and two motions.
204.
(First motion.) Throw
up the piece briskly with the left band in facing to the front,
place it against the right shoulder, the rammer to the front; turn
the right hand so as to embrace the guard, slide the left hand to
the height of the shoulder, the right hand nearly extended.
205.
(Second motion.) Drop the
left hand smartly by the side.
Trail-ARMS.
One time
and two motions.
206.
(First motion.) The
same as the first motion of order
arms.
207. (Second motion.)
Incline the muzzle slightly to the front, the butt to the rear and
about four inches from the ground. The right hand supported at the
hip, will so hold the piece that the rear rank men may not touch
with their bayonets the men in the front rank.
Shoulder-ARMS.
208.
At the command shoulder,
raise the piece
perpendicularly in the right hand, the little finger in the rear of
the barrel; at the command arms, execute what has been prescribed
for the shoulder from
the position of order
arms.
Unfix-BAYONET.
One time and three motions.
209. (First and second
motions.) The same
as the first and second motions of fix bayonet,
except that, at the
end of the second command, the thumb of the right hand will be
placed on the spring of the sabre-bayonet, and the left hand will
embrace the handle of the sabre-bayonet and the barrel, the thumb
extended along the blade. If the rifle musket is used, at the end of
the second command turn the clasp of the bayonet by pressing against
it with the thumb of the left hand, and then grasp the socket of the
bayonet with the left hand, the shank resting between the thumb and
fore-finger, the, thumb pointed up.
210.
(Third motion.) Press
the thumb of the right band on the spring, wrest off the sabre
bayonet, turn it to the right, the edge to the front, lower the
guard until it touches the right hand, which will seize the back and
the edge of the blade between the thumb and first two fingers, the
other fingers holding the piece; change the position of the hand
without quitting the handle, return the sabre-bayonet to the
scabbard, and seize the piece with the left hand, the arm extended.
If the rifle musket is used, the following will be the method, viz.:
(Third motion.) Wrest
off the bayonet, turn it to the right, bringing the point of the
bayonet down; change the position of the hand without quitting hold
of the shank of the socket, return the bayonet to the scabbard, and
seize the piece with the left hand, the arm extended.
Shoulder-ARMS.
One time and two motions.
211.
(First
motion.) The same
as the first motion from fix bayonet, No. 200.
212.
(Second
motion.) The same
as the second motion from fix bayonet, No. 201.
Secure--ARMS.
One time and three motions.
213.
(First motion.) The
same as the first motion of
support arms, No. 140,
except with the right hand seize the piece at the small of the
stock.
214.
(Second motion.) Turn
the piece with both hands, the barrel to the front; bring it
opposite the left shoulder, the butt against the hip, the left hand
at the lower band the thumb as high as the chin and extended on the
rammer; the piece erect and detached from the shoulder, the left
fore-arm against the piece.
215.
(Third motion.) Reverse
the piece, pass it under the left arm, the left hand remaining at
the lower band, the thumb on the rammer to prevent it from sliding
out, the little finger resting against the hip, the right hand
falling at the same time by the side.
Shoulder-ARMS.
One time and three motions.
216.
(First motion.) Raise
the piece with the left hand, and seize it with the right hand at
the small of the stock. The piece erect and detached from the
shoulder, the butt against the hip, the left fore-arm along the
piece.
217.
(Second motion.)
The same as the second motion of shoulder arms from a support.
218.
(Third motion.)
The same as the third motion of shoulder arms from a support.
Right
shoulder shift-ARMS.
One time and two motions.
219.
(First motion.) Detach
the piece perpendicularly from the shoulder with the right hand, and
seize it with the left between the lower band and guide-sight, raise
the piece, the left hand at the height of the shoulder and four
inches from it; place, at the same time, the right hand on the butt,
the beak between the first two fingers, the other two fingers under
the butt plate.
220.
(Second motion.) Quit
the piece with the left hand, raise and place the piece on the right
shoulder with the right hand, the lock plate up ward; let fall at
the same time, the left hand by the side.
Shoulder-ARMS.
One time and two motions.
221.
(First motion.) Raise
the piece perpendicularly by extending the right arm to its full
length, the rammer to the front; at the same time seize the piece
with the left hand between the lower band and guide sight.
222.
(Second motion.) Quit
the butt with the right hand, which will immediately embrace the
guard, lower the piece to the position of shoulder arms, slide up
the left hand to the height of the shoulder, the fingers extended
and closed. Drop the left hand by the side.
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