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"The Plattsburg Manual A Handbook for Military Training"

e., 100 inches.]
At the command march, all face to the right and No. 1 front and rear
rank step off. No. 2, front and rear rank, follow No. 1, front and rear
rank, at a distance of four paces. Likewise with the other numbers.
[Illustration: Like this, when No. 1 front and rear rank have gained
four paces distance.]
At the command halt, given when No. 3 is three paces distant from No. 4,
all halt and face to the front.
[Illustration: The squad looks like this when the movement is
completed.]
Being at intervals: 1. Assemble, to the right, (left), 2. MARCH.
At the command march, No. 1 front rank stands fast. No. 1 rear rank
closes to 40 inches. The other men face to the right, close by the
shortest line, and face to the front.
[Illustration]
Being in line at a halt: 1. Take distance, 2. MARCH, 3. Squad, 4. HALT.
At the command march, No. 1 of the front rank moves straight to the
front; Nos. 2, 3, and 4 of the front rank and Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the
rear rank, in the order named, move straight to the front, each stepping
off so as to follow the preceding man at four paces.


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