PART VI.
CEREMONIAL.
184. General rules 181
185. Sizing a company 183
186. A company in line saluting 185
187. A company marching past 185
REVIEWS.
188. Formations to be practised 188
189. The Colours 188
190. Review of a battalion 189
191. A battalion marching past 192
192. A battalion advancing in review order 196
193. Review of a brigade 196
194. A brigade marching past 199
195. A brigade advancing in review order 202
196. Review of a division 202
197. A division marching past 204
198. Review of any larger body of troops than a division 205
199. A larger body of troops than a division marching past 207
200. Royal review 208
GUARDS.
201. General rules 209
202. Relieving or posting a guard 210
203. Relieving and posting sentries, and marching reliefs 210
204. Sentries challenging 211
205. Guards turning out at night 212
206. Guards of honour 213
207. Trooping the Colour 213
208. PRESENTATION OF COLOURS 220
209. FIRING A FEU-DE-JOIE 221
210. FUNERALS 223
KEY TO PLATES.
_Officers, Warrant officers, Non-commissioned officers, &c._
COMMANDING OFFICER [Symbol] SECOND IN COMMAND [Symbol] ADJUTANT [Symbol] COMPANY COMMANDER [Symbol] SENIOR SUBALTERN [Symbol] JUNIOR SUBALTERN [Symbol] QUARTERMASTER [Symbol] THE KING’S COLOUR [Symbol] THE REGIMENTAL COLOUR [Symbol] SERJEANT-MAJOR [Symbol] STAFF SERJEANT [Symbol] SECTION COMMANDER [Symbol] SQUAD COMMANDER [Symbol] PRIVATE, FRONT RANK [Symbol] PRIVATE, REAR RANK [Symbol] PIONEER SERJEANT [Symbol] PIONEER [Symbol] BAND MASTER [Symbol] BAND SERJEANT [Symbol] BANDSMAN [Symbol] SERJEANT-DRUMMER [Symbol] DRUMMER [Symbol] SIGNALLER [Symbol]
ORIGINAL FORMATION { Front Rank ---------- { Rear Rank ----------
FINAL FORMATION { Front Rank { Rear Rank
DEFINITIONS.
GENERAL DEFINITIONS.
_Alignment._ Any straight line on which a body of troops is formed, or is to form.
_Battalion._ The administrative unit of infantry, consisting generally of eight companies.
_Brigade._ Four battalions (normally), with certain additional administrative units.
_Column._ Bodies of troops on parallel and successive alignment, at a distance from one another equal to their own frontage.
_Company Column._ A company in column of sections.
_Quarter Column._ Companies on parallel and successive alignments, at a distance from one another of six paces.
_Company._ The tactical unit of infantry. It is divided into two half-companies, each of which is again divided into two sections.
A squad is the half of a section, formed under a selected leader, for purposes of discipline and manœuvre.
_Covering._ The act of one or more men placing themselves correctly in rear of one another.
_Defile._ A portion of the route which troops can only traverse on a narrow front; _e.g._, a mountain pass, a bridge, an embankment.
_To Deploy._ To change formation from column or quarter column into line on the same alignment.
_Depth._ The space occupied by a body of troops from front to rear.
_Distance._ The space between men or bodies of troops, from front to rear.
_Division._ Two brigades with certain divisional troops.
_Direction, The battalion, company, section, or file, battalion responsible for keeping the direction of the (company, line of march. section or file) of._
_To Dress._ To take up the alignment correctly.
_Drill._ The execution of movements in unison. Drill is of two kinds.
_Close order drill_ teaches the formations and movements suitable to the assembly, the march, to many phases of savage warfare, and to ceremonial parades. In close order the troops are formed and move in accordance with the instructions laid down in this manual; the words of command are prescribed, and the rank and file have only to obey orders.
_Skirmishing drill_ is the foundation of the formations and movements suitable to battle and reconnaissance. Very few rules can be prescribed, and all ranks must act to a large extent independently in carrying out orders.
_Echelon._ A formation of successive and parallel units facing in the same direction; each on a flank and to the rear of the unit in front of it.
_File._ A front rank man and his rear rank man.
_Fire unit._ Any number of men firing by the executive command of one man.
_Flank, directing._ That by which units march or dress.
_Flank, inner._ That nearer to the point of formation or direction.
_Flank, outer._ That opposite to the inner or directing flank.
_Frontage._ The extent of ground covered laterally by troops.
_Interval._ The lateral space between men, units, or corps, measured from flank to flank.
_Interval, deploying._ The lateral space between units in quarter column or in column, on the same alignment, the space being equal to the frontage of a unit in line.
_Line._ Troops formed on the same alignment.
_Mass._ Battalions in quarter column, on parallel and successive alignments with any named distance between battalions.
_Patrol._ A body of men sent out to reconnoitre or to guard against surprise.
_Point of formation._ The point on which a formation is based.
_Position, change of._ A movement by which a body of troops takes up a new alignment.
_Rank._ A line of men, side by side.
_Reconnaissance._ Searching for information of the enemy, or as to the nature of the ground.
_Section._ The quarter of a company.
_Section of Defence._ A portion of a defensive position which is allotted to a distinct body of troops.
_Squad._ The half of a section, or a small number of men, formed for drill, or for work.
_Super-numeraries._ The non-commissioned officers, &c., forming the third rank.
_Wheeling._ A movement by which a body of troops brings forward a flank on a fixed or moving pivot.
INFANTRY TRAINING.