Squads right (left), 2. MARCH, 3.
Company, 4. HALT.
Executed by each squad as described in the School of the Squad.
[Illustration]
If the company or platoons be formed in line toward the side of the file
closers they dart through the column and take posts in rear of the
company at the second command. If the column of squads be formed from
line, the file closers take posts on the pivot flank, abreast of and 4
inches from the nearest flank.
Being in column of platoons, to change direction: 1. Column right
(left), 2. MARCH.
At the first command the leader of the leading platoon commands: Right
turn. At the command march the leading platoon turns to the right on
moving pivot; its leader commands: Forward, 2. MARCH, on completion of
the turn. Rear platoons march squarely up to the turning point of the
leading platoon and turn at the command of their leaders. When each
platoon has completed its turn, the leader commands forward, MARCH.
[Illustration]
Being in column of squads, to form line of platoons or the reverse: 1.
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