TABLE
OF CONTENTS.
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
PART
I.
SCHOOL
OF THE SOLDIER IN THE BAYONET EXERCISE.
Table
of the thirty radical movements of the Bayonet Exercise
Table
of the Bayonet Exercise divided into Twelve Lessons
FIRST
LESSON—WITHOUT MUSKETS.
The
Guard; the Advance; the Retreat; the Volt —Pl.
I. II
SECOND
LESSON—WITHOUT MUSKETS.
The
Development; the Passade; the Leap to the Rear—PI. III. IV
THIRD
LESSON—WITH MUSKETS.
The
Middle Guard; the Thrust; the Lunge; the Lunge-out——Pl. V.
VI. VII
The Thrust with the
Development—PL VII
The Thrust with the
Passade—PL VIII
FOURTH
LESSON.
The
Four Directions of Attack
FIFTH
LESSON.
The
Parries—In Prime; in Seconde; in Tierce;
in Quarte—PI. IX. X. XI. XII
SIXTH
LESSON.
The
Parries in High Tierce and High Quarte; the Parries in Seconde in
Retreat and Tierce in Retreat—Pl. XIII. XIV. XV
SEVENTH
LESSON.
The Shortened Thrust—PI.
XVI. XVII. XVIII
EIGHTH
LESSON.
The
Blows with the Butt of the Piece—Fl. XIX,
XX
The
Blows with the Butt, followed by the Development—PL XXI
NINTH LESSON.
REPETITION
AND COMBINATION OF THE MOVEMENTS.
— The Advance; the Retreat; the Leap to the Rear, Combined with
the Movements of Attack and Defence
TENTH
LESSON.
REPETITION
AND COMBINATION OF THE MOVEMENTS. —The Volts and Leap to the
Rear, Combined with the Movements of Attack and
Defence
ELEVENTH
LESSON.
The
Directions of Attack combined with each other
TWELFTH
LESSON.
The
Different Combinations of the Parries.
PART
II.
INSTRUCTIONS
WITH THE PLASTRON.
General
Principles of Fencing with the Bayonet
and Instructions for the Lessons with the
Plastron, for the Guidance of Instructors—
P1. XXII. XXIII
The
Guard
The
Measure
The
Means of Locomotion
The
Use of the Arms in the Attack
The
Manner of Combining the Use of the Arms and Legs
The
Recovery of the Guard The Lines
The
Engagement
The
Attack
The
Blow and the Point
The
Simple Blows
The
Parries
The
Parry of Tierce Sixte
Sixte
Feints
Appels
The
Attack upon the Weapon
The
Riposte
Repeats
Time-Thrusts
Stop-Thrusts
The
Shortened Thrusts
The
Blows with the Butt Lessons with the Plastron
The
Salute with the Bayonet
Printed
by Order of the War Department.
PHILADELPHIA:
J.
B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.
MDCCCLXII.
Entered,
according to the Act of Congress, In the year 1852, by
GEORGE
B. MCCLELLAN,
In
the Office of the Clerk of the District Court of the United States
In and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
HEAD-QUARTERS OF THE
ARMY,
Washington, D. C., Dec. 31, 1861.
HON.
C. M. CONRAD,
Secretary
of War.
Sir:
Herewith I have the honor to submit a System of Bayonet Exercise,
translated from the French, by Capt. Geo. B. McClellan, Corps
Engineers, U. S. Army.
I
strongly recommend its being printed for distribution to the
Army; and that it be made, by regulation, a part of the “System
of Instruction.”
The
inclosed extracts from reports of the Inspector General, etc.,
show the value.
I
have the honor to be, sir,
With
high respect,
Your
most obed’t serv’t,
(Signed)
WINFIELD SCOTT.
APPROVED.
(Signed)
C. M. CONRAD,
Secretary of War.
January
2, 1862.
R.
JONES,
Adjutant General.
