Formation of a regiment in order of battle, or in line; 

Posts of company officers, sergeants and corporals; 

Posts of field officers and regimental staff; 

Posts of field music and band; 

Color-guard; 

General guides

ARTICLE SECOND.

Instruction of the battalion;

Instruction of officers;

Instruction of sergeants;

Instruction of corporals;

Commands

TITLE SECOND - SCHOOL OF THE SOLDIER. -
PART FIRST.

General rules and division of the school of the soldier
Lesson I. - Position of the soldier, Eyes right, left and front
Lesson II. - Facings  
Lesson III. - Principles of the direct step in common and quick time  
Lesson IV. - Principles of the double quick step  

PART SECOND.
General rules

Lesson I. - Principles of shouldered arms

Lesson II. - Manual of arms 

Support arms (No. 133.) Present arms (No. 143.) Order arms (No. 147.) Load in nine times (No. 156.) Ready (No. 171.) Aim (No. 174.) Fire (No. 177.) Fix bayonet (No. 188.) Charge bayonet (No. 193.) Trail arms (No. 197.) Unfix bayonet (No. 200.) Secure arms (No. 204.) Right shoulder shift arms (No. 210.) Arms at will (No. 219.) Ground arms (No. 222.) Inspection arms (No. 227.) Remarks on the manual of arms (No. 237) Mark time (No. 241.)Change step (No. 245.) March backwards 

Lesson III. - Load in four times (No. 250.)  Load at will (No. 257.) 

Lesson IV. - Firings.  

Direct fire (No. 261.) Oblique firings (No. 266.) Position of the two ranks in the oblique fire to the right (No 267.) Position of the two ranks in the oblique fire to the left (No. 270.) Fire by file (No. 275.) Fire by rank  

Lesson V. - Fire and load kneeling. To Fire and load lying  

Lesson VI. -Bayonet exercise

PART THIRD.

Lesson I. -Alignments
Lesson II. -March by the front (No. 325.) March by the front in double quick time (No. 334.) Face about in marching(No. 343.) March backwards (No. 345.)
Lesson III. -March by the flank (No. 351.) March by the flank in double quick time (No. 368.)
Lesson IV. -General principles of wheeling  

Wheeling from a halt (No. 383.) Wheeling in marching (No. 393.) Turning (No. 400.) Wheeling and turning in double quick time (No. 403.)
Lesson V. -Long marches in double quick time and the run (No. 406.) Stack arms (No. 410.) Take arms 

TITLE FOURTH. 

SCHOOL OF THE BATTALION. - 

Formation of the Battalion.

General Rules and Division of the School of the Battalion. 

PART FIRST. 

Opening and closing ranks, and the execution of the different fires. 

ARTICLE FIRST.

To open and to close ranks.

ARTICLE SECOND. 

Manual of arms.

ARTICLE THIRD. Loading at will, and the Firings.

The fire by company.

The fire by wing.

The fire by rank.

PART SECOND.

Different modes of passing from the order in battle to the order in column.

ARTICLE FIRST.

To break to the right or the left into column.

ARTICLE SECOND.

To break to the rear, by the right or left, into column, and to advance or retire by the right or left of companies.

ARTICLE THIRD.

To ploy the battalion into close column.

PART THIRD. 

ARTICLE FIRST. 

To march in column at full distance. 

The column arriving in front of the line of battle, to prolong it on this line. 

The column arriving on the right or the left of the line of battle, to prolong it on this line.

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