The Company Drill of the Infantry of the Line: Together with the Skirmishing Drill of the Company and Battalion, After the Method of Gen. Le Louterel. Bayonet Fencing ... |
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alignment battalion reserve cadenced step CAPT captain commands carte cavalry centre chief of platoon column by platoon COMMANDS EXPLANATIONS COMMANDS INSTRUCTOR COMMANDS OF CAPTAIN COMMANDS OF INSTRUCTOR company faces company marching covering sergeant deploy deployment distance double-quick MARCH double-quick step executed fifth sergeant file leaders file left file-closers fire forward geant Guide left guide places Guide right halt instruc instructor commands left file left flank left guide left in front left or right LIEUTENANT light infantry line of battle line of skirmishers loaded mands MARCH or double-quick mishers move movements oblique odd number paces in front paces in rear pany pass piece platoons wheel rally rear rank rection right flank right foot right in front right or left route step second platoon second sergeant sergeant takes Shoulder arms Silas Casey square stands fast structor take their posts third sergeant throw thrust tierce toon twenty paces undouble ward
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Page 145 - been approved by the President, is adopted for the instruction of the Infantry of the Armies of the United States, whether Eegular, Volunteer, or Militia, with the following modifications, viz. : first. That portion which requires that two companies shall be permanently detached from the battalion as skirmishers, will be
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Page 151 - folio, cloth. $10. ELEMENTS OF Military Art and History. Comprising the History of the Tactics of the separate Arms, the Combination of the Arms, and the minor operations of war.
Page 146 - My Dear Doctor—Having heard that yon have given much attention to the usages and customs of war as practised in the present age, and especially to the matter of guerilla war, I hope you may find it convenient to give to the public your views on that subject. The rebel authorities claim the
Page 157 - Evolutions of Field Batteries not embraced in this system, are prohibited, and those herein prescribed will be strictly observed JB FLOYD, Secretary of War.
Page 147 - The Political and Military History OF THE CAMPAIGN OF WATERLOO. Translated from the French of General BARON DE JOMINI. By Capt. SV
Page 146 - that when captured they have extended to them the same rights as other prisoners of war. They also threaten that if such persons be punished as marauders and spies, they will retaliate by executing
Page 6 - bring down the piece with both hands, the barrel upward, the left elbow against the body; seize the piece at the same time
Page 157 - been approved by the President, is published for the information and government of the army.
Page 146 - to send men, in the garb of peaceful citizens, to waylay and attack our troops, to burn bridges