Show I 1 SELF HELPS for the NEW SOLDIER by ft a uni aed states army officer 1 T 1111 br iba syndicate lie ito CHANGING THE DIRECTION ON OP OF THE rhe COMPANY being in column of wiling anti wishing to ell arige in without resorting to the lio more cumbersome company front cumbersome if tho space Is IH limited anti altogether impossible ir if marching on it 11 rond tho dui coptain of it gives ghen 1110 Col Coil liall right loft left AtAl MARCH tOll 1 I IS scented executed ns its right turn ili n tit he school of at the squad tant Is each rank turns turna to the right separately on oil it moving pivot and continues tho tha without further command belag being in line if it Is desired to form column of it squads and ut tit tile tho sumo baltic time to change direction Il one command Is iia as follows follow si squads right left column right lift left I 1 in ili tills his case tho the extreme right squad initiates initiated that Is begins tile tho column right its soon as n it tins lina completed squad right anti the other saunda follow avith ali a right turn As AN fur far us rig the channel change of direction Is 14 concerned cone emd it will 10 lo be seen that lint tho same galli result could lio bo obtained by squads right left about which alch would aull completely reverie the ho front but tills would bring tho company MIMI back in line exactly its before whereas tit tho present requirement am to throw the lie into nt volumn or of naunda na ill well ell ns as to change cli the ho direction the alin second of tile the two ways ait in ili which a company in line ciui call form colu nill of squads and 11 icil tit lit the thestine saine time direction la Is indicated by ho 1110 glit left by I 1 at march the lio right squad lKa for word tho remainder of tho the company exec utra squads right columns colu inna left and follows fol lotts ilia right baund living elther elthor in line or in ili column of squads if it Is elther cither to fact or to tho rear these may tie be given Squal iq right loft left about or squads right loft left about I 1 com pliny HALT in ili tile lie first command tt it li 14 apparent that tile tho march la Is to continue but in tile tho opposite op direction in talo li kiyond lio lie Is to 0 o halt ns eoon na is tile lie movement to Is find and results lit in a re vergal ot of front it tile lio company Is 18 in column of squads tho lh lite au that ta Is till dIt lolInI men inell riot dot included in III tile for ot of squads turn tho column iiii take their posts which con coll dinue to ile bo on tho the right of tilt in lint line atthe end of at lie front of n squad it if tho in tho ho ille dart through the lie nearest interval belmain belM fin squads and anko tal 0 o their heir posts in ibo file rear leur of tile tho company to file ho company to tho rent for a tow few prices backward march may be given but it li Is cult for a comp company tiny in line to keep tho 1110 alno dressed in ili tills movement so it Is preferable to command about ronnard ronn rd MARCH 1 in lili ills case tie no further movement to Is executed until tile tho line Is brought brou slit to it i halt and faced to Us its original front it if in line the gullies guides place themselves in tile benr tills lins now bl become r tile front rank tho file allo racing ithel lt their relative positions no reason ranson eliut alio guides change to the hie rear rank Is that thear at oil all kilps la Is to to beondy find and gulda Ki ilde tho the line in order to do tills flits they must bo be lit in tin tilt i hitik which nt at the ho moment leat lit Is lending tile company THE TWO MOST DIFFICULT COM PANY MOVEMENTS we now conic como to tile tho two to cortini iny movements most difficult to Int ister they tire on right left into line find right left front into line iloth inove ments tits must bo be executed from column of to form fonn the company line on oil the right or lift left from froin tho column of squads tile command Is on light left into line corn COM pany HALT at tho the preparatory command from tiia cP catilla tilla tile tho corporal corpor nl of the first loflund alves tits bla own inen the command con imand turn tile the corporals odthe of tho re rc squads plo give For forwald waid 11 at 11 tto com commaleta malta ot at execution tho the lending leading squad turns to tile on oil a n moving pivot flint Is in it executes right turn as aa taught in the school of the squad the command unit Is given when the first squall line lias advanced tile lio desired distance stanco dl in tire new direction tills command la is front from tile captain and will halt the whole company squad by squat squad as an tho the successive place lilace in line with tho the lending leading squad As ali soon ns as the halt la Is executed toy by tho the first bret squad the corporal corp onil commands flight dress and tho the squad continues to remain nt at the right dress until tile the movement Is completed by tho the company ond tile captain front confirming tho company alignments the other squads ln in obed obedience lence to tho the command 1117 forward orward from their corporals continue to march straight to tile ho front until eachl is opposite tile right of la its place in tho the line it then their executes right turn tum ut lit the command of tile corporal and Is s halted on tile line nt lit tile command of its corporal lip ile then gives inight dress bacal unit in succession dresses tu the first unit in line hue to form company line in the front when rhen in column ot of squads alie command would be inight left front into line MAR MAUCH Clif company halt rhonel l at the ho arc ev cow eamand nand mand all corporals ex er copt tho the lender loffler of tile the erst squad ait the hight oblique it if tile HIB company Is at a halt tire alio corporal of the first squall commands forward lie ile usually floes tills this anyhow for to tile instruction of ills hta tolen men although it to Is riot not required by the regulations it if the lie column already la is marching at Imar cli 11 the command of execution from tile the captain the first squad aund moves straight to tile front while the rear squads each oblique its indicated indicate when tin the lending leading squad tins fine iid id vitt danced iced the lie desired distance the com illand allatt Il latt ts Is given by tile captain the squad li tilts it kiil tilt the corporal alvs the command left dress anch or of thu the succeeding squads when liy by to tit the tins tills it n point opposite its position in tire line marches forward tit nt the command of its corporal corpor nl liy by tills command it to Is a alfo ISO mid arid executes tile tho left dress alt all dress on tho the first unit qunitin III line lit in this hits it wilt all ile bo observed that thero Is 13 at variation from tile usual dirlea or of commands for exam plo although wo we have right front into line followed by right light oblique tills ills Is not brought to ft a conclusion with aith right dress but with aija FT S yet the reason la Is obvious to it alio now new soldier when lion lio lie ling once seen tilt executed the lending rein ember marches straight to the front arid lio ilia other squads oblique to 0 o lio lie right tills this causes lipin to form forin on tile right of tile lio first arst squad when thoy reach tho the line hin tile tho first ther therefore eforo the lio squad upon which alch nil all the alo others anra to iri 14 now established lulled lit their left it Is then to give left dress TURNING THE COMPANY ON A FIXED OR on A MOVING PIVOT tile coni conically lally 1110 tho the squad la Is fixa turned on oil it 11 nood or it moving inov liiK pivot it n t battalion or ent Is H lit in alno and it t la Is desired de hired to throw it into colo of 0 llo lite JI I 1 executed by compatibles com right left li tl upon tho same principle as squads right left II 11 it tho ilia battalion lintt nHon or regiment Is lit in column of anti it Is Alred to turn it litick back into it alln alno of tile lio baft nilon or regiment the alio comp companies antes right left will all bring about tills result just ns as oyo funds right left jurt 11 will give alvo the com amny front front n ot of squads also companies lit in like squads lit in column turn on oil at n moving pivot when hon it la ito desired simply to clui direction without interrupting thu tho on oil the isad fixed pivot the tire nrc company inight lett left company 11 ur or forward I 1 ns nil the case inny be at following file lio nry command coin ini nd coin puny plin Y tight right rt Alit ilan I 1 in it tle lio rank facci squarely to tile ahal nintha time tin tilt oilier front frnnk tion men oblique to tile right themselves abreast of tile limit and idso alfio mark tinie line lit in tho the riena runic tito third mail from froin ilia lio 3 of if tile first ni as in ili squall squa right moves straight glIt to tho alto front until in ili tho rear of ills front runic rank annil lio ito la IN followed lit in vol ullin liy by tho lie second arid first men from tit alm right in the rear rank miili these place themselves in ili tile lio rear of 0 front rank men when nil face to the right in ili marching and murk mark thile tho the rem remaking ahing inen of the reni runic rank move straight to the iho front for tour four paces then oblique to tile right place themselves of the alo third mail cover their respective flip allf lenders anti and marle the right guide steps bock back takes float on oil lio file finnk and marks time tile fourth conini and nu nui irth reb it if it Is desired to KO go forward or Ili lindt tilt if tho company Is to como come to a stop Is given ph en when lon tho the last or end mail of file alio company Is 8 crib anee to the rear 0 of ilia iho new line I 1 it tile halt however limy lo be 10 given nt at tiny any time after tile movement begins but only those linit who are lit in tle lite new liew position pohl llon hach ortho of tho others haltli upon arriving on oil tlc alc line aligns ill ns himself to tile right and executes front without further command A cli clini tingo iKo it direction on oil it moving pivot Is executed ns its linh liall been saldo still ul tile same way tie ns lit in the school of the squad tile aliu Is I llight Ill glit left turn MARCH forward MA IlCin tho the between turn in tile tho school of iho file company and the school of tho the squad Is 18 hint flint with tile company trie tile men do riot not glance toward the marching flank unit nil all tah tahe e tho the full step only nt at the command Fo fonward nvard 11 Alean meanwhile while nil all who bo havo have reached the alite abreast the lie pivot ninn mail take tho the liala stop of 15 inches anch benr frnnk ninn man oblique i cn ca tho the same ground us its ills his file lender leader in ili the lie school of tho the compa tv little hns has been said so BO lar far of tilt the pi III toon the atio reason to Is that lint tho the squad movements in tile nature of things lings ti come first in the instruction idso also because tho the platoon since platoons are composed of front from two to four milre simply company compit ity inove or on a after anle oud ex executed in the rnino mit munner tiner |