Fig. 95. When the column HALTS, and is ordered to FORM THE SQUARE, the first company falls back to the fecond; the last company clofes up to the one before it: The whole companies make an interval of 2 paces in their center, by their fub-divifions taking each one pace to the flanks; 2 officers with their ferjeants place themselves in each of the front and rear intervals; 2 officers with their ferjeants alfo take poft in rear of each flank of the company from which the additional interval has been kept; and a ferjeant takes the place of each flank front rank man of the firft divifion, and of each flank rear rank man of the laft divifion; all other officers, ferjeants, the 4 difplaced men, &c. &c. affemble in the center of the companies which are to form the flank faces. Thofe laft named companies having been told off each in 4 fections, WHEEL up by fections, 2 to the right, and 2 to the left; (the 2 rear companies at the fame time clofing up, and facing outwards) the inner Fig. 95. fections then CLOSE forward to their front ones, which drefs up with the extremities of the front and rear companies, and 4 files on each flank of the fecond companies, from the front and from the rear, FACE outwards. The whole thus ftand faced outwards and formed 6 deep, with 2 officers and their ferjeants in the middle of each face to command it; all the other officers as well as ferjeants, &c. are in the void space in the center, and the files of the officers in the faces may be completed from ferjeants, &c. in the interior, in fuch manner as the commandant may direct.The mounted field officers muft pafs into the

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center of the column, by the rear face, if neceffary, opening from its center 2 paces, and again clofing in.

When ordered, the 2 first ranks all round the column will kneel and flope their bayonets, the 2 next ranks will fire ftanding, and all the others will remain in reserve; the file coverers behind each officer of the fides will give back, and enable him to ftand in the 3d rank.--When the march is to be refumed, the fections that clofed up fall back to their diftance; the fections then WHEEL back into column; the officers, ferjeants, &c. take their places on the flanks; and when the column is again put in motion, the companies that clofed fucceffively take their proper distance.

Unless the companies are above 16 file they cannot be divided into 4 fections; if therefore they are under 16 file, and told off in 3 fections, the column will march at the diftance of a fection; and in forming the fquare, the 2 outward fections will wheel up, but the 3d one will stand faft, and afterwards, by dividing itself to right and left, will form a 4th rank to the others; in refuming column the outward fections wheel back, and the rear of the center fections easily recover their places: as to all other circumftances they remain the fame.

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BY the foregoing REGULATIONS, and the RULES they lay down, is every battalion to direct its practice; to regulate the parades, guards, and field exercife; to difufe whatever is contrary and repugnant to them; and in no inftance to deviate from the principles they contain, for, to their flrict obfervance is every one enjoined.-Among many other effential circumftances they pointedly require hurry and difunion to be avoided; order and mutual effort to be held facred; ranks and files closed; mufic to be difufed in inftruction, march, or manoeuvre; uniformity of pofition ; equality of ftep in length and cadence; accuracy of diftances; precifion of file marching; movements and formations made on determined points and lines, and mounted officers ready and accustomed to give fuch points and lines; alertnefs and intelligence in officers; energy and decifion in their commands; modes of execution fully determined, and never varying. Thus, previous explanation being no longer neceffary, prompt performance in all fituations may immediately follow the ordered measures of the commander.

INSPECTION OR REVIEW

OF A

BATTALION OF INFANTRY,

THE battalion marches to its ground in open column of companies or half companies;-marches into the alignement by companies; forms in close order; takes open order as directed in the formation of the battalion.

In this difpofition, and the whole dreffed to the right, the general is awaited.-He is to be received with the compliments due to his rank, as fet forth in the regulation of military honours.-The colonel and lieutenant-colonel on this occafion are on foot at the head of the colours; at all other times they are to remain on horfeback.

A camp colour is to be 100 paces in front of the

originally placed So or center of the battalion,

where

where the general is fuppofed to take his ftation but although he may chufe to quit that pofition, ftill the colour is to be confidered as the point to work upon, and to which all movements and formations are relative.

The general then goes towards the right, the whole remaining perfectly fteady without paying any farther compliment while he paffes along the front of the battalion, and without facing when he goes along the flank and rear.-While the general is going round the battalion, the mufic will play, and the drums

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