Exercises in Small-arms and Field Artillery: Arranged for the Naval Service, Under an Order of the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography of the Navy Department ...T. K. and P. G. Collins, 1852 - 168 pages |
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Page 2 - ... the thumb extended along the barrel and against the stock, the fore-arm horizontal and resting against the body, the hand as high as the elbow. 144. (Second motion.) Grasp the small of the stock with the right hand below and against the guard.
Page 36 - ... arm ; that they yield to pressure coming from the side of the guide, and resist that coming from the opposite side...
Page 14 - At the command right, turn the head to the right oblique, eyes fixed on the line of eyes of the men in, or supposed to be in, the same rank. At the command front, turn the head and eyes to the front.
Page 18 - With the left hand raise the piece till the hand is as high as the eye, grasp the small of the stock with the right hand ; half face to the right ; place, at the same time, the right foot behind and at right angles with the left ; the hollow of the right foot against the left heel.
Page 17 - ... and seize the rammer at the little end, between the thumb and fore-finger bent, the other fingers closed, the right elbow touching the body. 7.
Page 14 - The piece in the right hand — the barrel nearly vertical and resting in' the hollow of the shoulder — the guard to the front, the arm hanging nearly at its full length near the body; the thumb and fore-finger embracing the guard, the remaining fingers closed together, and grasping the swell of the stock just under the cock, which rests on the little finger.
Page 24 - At the command shoulder, place the thumb upon the cock, the fore-finger on the trigger, halfcock, and seize the small of the stock with the right hand. At the command arms, bring up the piece briskly to the right shoulder, and retake the position of shoulder arms.
Page 177 - One. At the distance of six paces from the person to be saluted, raise the sword or sabre perpendicularly, the point up, the flat of the blade opposite to the right eye, the guard at the height of the shoulder, the elbow supported on the body. Two. Drop the point of the sword or sabre by extending the arm, so that the right hand may be brought to the side of the right thigh, and remain in that position until the person to whom the salute is rendered shall be passed, or shall have passed, six paces....
Page 14 - One time and two motions. 154. (First motion.) Raise the piece vertically with the right hand to the height of the right breast, and opposite the shoulder, the elbow close to the body ; seize the piece with the left hand below the right, and drop quickly the right hand to grasp the piece at the swell of the stock, the...