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Drill Regulations for Field Artillery United States Army --- Author:United States Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: full step after a turn, the guide is announced as soon as the march in the new direction is begun. For example— Being in line at a halt: 1. Forward, 2. MAR... more »CH, 3. Guide (right or left). Being in line: 1. Sections right, 2. MARCH, 3. Full step, 4. MARCH, 5. Guide (right or left). Being in flank column: 1. Sections column right (left), 2. MARCH, 3. Guide (right or left). Marching in line: 1. To the rear, 2. MARCH, 3. Guide (right or left) ; or, 1. Right turn, 2. MARCH, 3. Full step, 4. MARCH, 5. Guide (right or left). CHAPTER II.—THE SOLDIER DISMOUNTED. Section I.—General provisions. 42. This instruction has for its object the training of the individual recruit and afterwards that of the squad. It must be given with the greatest attention to detail. 43. In the instruction of the recruit, frequent short rests should be given, in order that the men may not be unduly fatigued. The instructor will take advantage of these rests to instruct the recruits in the customs and courtesies of the service, the duties of orderlies, the proper manner of receiving messages from and delivering them to officers, etc., so that when the recruit is finally reported for duty he will not only know his prescribed drill thoroughly, but will know how to conduct himself out of ranks as a trained soldier. 44. From the beginning the instructor will insist on a smart appearance of the recruits, and will require that their clothing be clean and neatly adjusted. 45. The instructor briefly explains each movement, at first executing it himself if necessary. He exacts by degrees the desired precision and uniformity. Section II.—The recruit. 46. For the individual instruction, a few recruits, usually not exceeding four, are placed in a single rank, facing to the fron...« less