Infantry Tactics: Comprising the School of the Soldier; School of the Company; Instruction for Skirmishers; School of the Battalion; Evolutions of the Brigade; and Directions for Manœuvring the Division, and the Corps D'armée, Volume 1 |
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according advance alignment arrive barrel battalion bayonet body break bring butt cadence captain carry cartridge cause centre chief close column commence conform continue covering sergeant deploy direction distance double double-quick elbow executed exercise extended eyes face fifth file-closers fingers fire fixed flank follow foot forward four front rank give given ground guard habitually half halt head heel immediately inches indicated instant instructor commands intervals leading left hand LESSON line of battle load mands manner means move movement oblique observe officers opposite paces pass piece platoon position prescribed principles quick raise Rally rammer rear rank recruits remain reserve resting resume retreat right hand right or left right shoulder School Second motion second platoon seize Shoulder Arms side skirmishers Soldier soon squad square step straight subdivision successively supported thumb touch turn wheel wish
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Page 47 - ... out ; at the same time throw the weight of the body forward, and plant the foot without shock, weight of body resting upon it ; next, in like manner, advance the right foot and plant it as above ; continue the march, keeping the face to the front. The instructor indicates from time to time the cadence of the step by calling one, two, three four ; or, left, right...
Page 117 - The rate (or swiftness) of each motion, in the manual of arms, with the exceptions herein indicated, is fixed at the ninetieth part of a minute ; but, in order not to fatigue the attention, the instructor will, at first, look more particularly to the. execution of the motions, without requiring a nice observance of the cadence, to which he will bring the recruits progressively, and after they shall have become a little familiarized with the handling of the piece.
Page 124 - ... (Second motion.) Half cock with the thumb of the right hand, the fingers supported against the guard and the small of the stock — remove the old cap with one of the fingers of the right hand, and with the thumb and forefinger of the same hand, take a cap from the pouch, place it on the nipple, and press it down with the thumb ; seize the small of the stock with the right hand.
Page 54 - As the motions relative to the cartridge, to the rammer, and to the fixing and unfixing of the bayonet, cannot be executed at the rate prescribed, nor even with a uniform swiftness, they will not be subjected to that cadence. The instructor will, however, labor to cause these motions to be executed with promptness, and, above all, with regularity.
Page 174 - The movement will be executed by each platoon according to the above principles. The captain will place himself before the centre of the first platoon, and the first lieutenant before the centre of the second, passing through the opening made in the centre of the company, if the march be by the right flank, and around the left of his platoon, if the march be by the left: in this last case, the captain will also pass around the left of the second platoon in order to place himself in front of the first....
Page 109 - instructor will make the rank wheel round the circle once or twice before halting, in order to cause the principles to be the better understood, and he will be watchful that the center does not break.
Page 154 - The company having faced by the rear rank, the instructor will cause it to execute the fire by company, both direct and oblique, the fire by file, and the fire by rank, by the commands and means prescribed in the three preceding articles ; the captain, covering sergeant, and the men will conform themselves, in like manner, to what is therein prescribed.
Page 128 - Raise the piece slightly with the right hand and make a half face to the right on the left heel ; place the hollow of the right foot opposite to, and three inches from the left heel, the feet square ; seize the piece at the same time with the left hand a little above the lower band.
Page 231 - The men of the same group will continue to preserve between each other the distance of five paces, unless the nature of the ground should render it necessary that they should close nearer, in order to keep in sight of each other. The intervals refer to the spaces between the groups, and not to the distances between the men in each group. The intervals will be taken from the right or left man of the neighboring group.
Page 250 - To assemble the line of skirmishers at a halt, and on the line they occupy, the captain will give the same commands; the skirmishers will face to the right or left, according as they should march by the right or left flank, re-form the groups while marching, and thus arrive on the file which served as the point of formation. As they successively arrive, the skirmishers will support arms.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Infantry Tactics: Comprising the School of the Soldier; School of the Company; Instruction for Skirmishers; School of the Battalion; Evolutions of the Brigade; and Directions for Manœuvring the Division, and the Corps D'armée, Volume 1 Infantry Tactics: Comprising the School of the Soldier; School of the Company; Instruction for Skirmishers; School of the Battalion; Evolutions of the Brigade; and Directions for Manœuvring the Division, and the Corps D'armée, William Hopkins Morris |
| Author | William Hopkins Morris |
| Publisher | D. Van Nostrand, 1865 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Jun 13, 2007 |
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