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TITLE
III.
SCHOOL OF THE
COMPANY.
General Rules and Division of the School of the
Company.
1.
INSTRUCTION by company will always precede that by battalion, and
the object being to prepare the soldiers for the higher school, the
exercises of detail by company will be strictly adhered to, as well
in respect to principles, as the order of progression herein
prescribed.
2. There will be attached to a company undergoing elementary
instruction, a captain, a covering sergeant, and a certain number of
file closers, the whole posted in the manner indicated, Title First,
and, according to the same Title, the officer charged with the
exercise of such company will herein be denominated the instructor.
3. The School of the Company will be divided into six lessons, and
each lesson will comprehend five articles as follows:
LESSON I
1. To open ranks.
2. Alignments in open
ranks.
3. Manual of arms.
4. To close ranks.
5.
Alignments., and manual of arms in closed ranks.
LESSON II
1. To
load in four times and at will.
2. To fire by company.
3. To fire by file.
4. To fire by rank.
5. To fire by the
rear rank.
LESSON III.
1. To march in
line of battle.
2.
To halt the company marching in line of battle, and to align it.
3. Oblique march in
line of battle.
4.
To mark time, to march in double quick time, and the back step.
5. To march in retreat in
line of battle.
LESSON IV.
1. To march by the flank.
2. To change
direction by file.
3.
To halt the company marching by the flank and to face it to the
front.
4.
The company being in march by the flank, to form it on the
right or left by file into line of'
battle.
5.
The company marching by the flank, to form it by company or platoon
into line, and cause it to face to the right and left, and file to
the left and right in marching.
LESSON V.
1.
To break into column by platoon either at a halt, or while
marching.
2. To march in column.
3. To change direction.
4. To halt the column.
5.
Being in column by platoon, to form to the right or left into line
of battle, either at a halt or marching.
LESSON VI.
1.
To break into platoons, and to re-form the company.
2.
To break files to the rear, and to cause them to re-enter into line.
3.
To march in column in route, and to execute the movements
incident thereto.
4. Countermarch.
5.
Being in column by platoon, to form on the right or left into line
of battle.
FORMATION
OF A COMPANY FROM TWO RANKS INTO SINGLE RANK, AND RECIPROCALLY.
FORMATION
OF A COMPANY FROM TWO RANKS INTO FOUR, AND RECIPROCALLY, AT A HALT)
AND IN MARCH.
TITLE IV. INSTRUCTION
FOR SKIRMISHERS.
MANUAL
OF THE SWORD OR SABRE, FOR OFFICERS.
MANUAL
FOR RELIEVING SENTINELS.
INSTRUCTION FOR THE CHIEF
BUGLER AND DRUM MAJOR.
4. The company will always be formed in two
ranks. The men will take their places in ranks as prescribed in No.
15 Title I., and without any preliminary formation. The instructor
will then cause the files to be numbered, and for this purpose will
command:
In
each rank- Count Twos.
5. At this command, the men count in each rank,
from right to left, pronouncing in a loud and distinct voice, in the
same tone, without hurry and without turning the head, one, two,
according to the place which each one occupies. He will also cause
the company to be divided into platoons and sections, taking care
that the first platoon is always composed of an even number of
files.
6. The instructor will be as clear and concise as possible in his
explanations; he will cause faults of detail to be rectified by the
captain, to whom he will indicate them, if the captain should not
himself have observed them; and the instructor will not otherwise
interfere, unless the captain should not well comprehend, or should
badly execute his intentions.
7. Composure, or presence of mind, in him who commands, and in those
who obey, being the first means of order in a body of troops, the
instructor will labor to habituate the company to this essential
quality, and will himself give the example.
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