Show SELF H HELPS ELPS for the 1 NEW by a united SULK states array army officer 1817 by tho ahler inc THE COMPANY IN LINE OF SKIR MISHER 8 the company in skirmish line executes a number of commands ns as if in close order except that tho the skirmish intervals are maintained for this reason tile movements tire nrc in fit tile lie nature of things less precise hut but they those in close order thus tile tho comp company ottly lit in line of skirmishers nil advances advance halts moves by the lank flank or to tho the rear ob liques resumes the direct march passes front from quick aul ac time to double time by tile tho anine commands ns its in close order Comp company tiny right left deft hy by tho alio albir mish title Is a ns its for the ho front milk ITI in tho school of the conr com rany pany that la IH to say may we have now a rank extended extend cI ly by twice aljo alio num dumber berof of nion tit nt half ance Inter intervals villi or 15 itches apart approximately ft a yard of front to each eccli man main ns ivi against 22 in Inc clies liLs la in close order which holcli sin single gle rank rafik may bo be turned on it fixed pivot precisely like the front rank of it n com coin finny or a platoon I 1 Coni Com puny half right left Is executed in the sanio wily except that tile line in li halted tilled when it lins swung around to all al angle of 45 degrees the rules culpa for or the of a company all necessarily less simple than those blinso tor for tile tho deployment qt of a 11 for or more mere Is it double consideration tion to be borno in mind in tile tle tie of the company the individual squad edund faust be deployed hut lit it must also bi be deployed with reference to tini lit in conformity with nit nil the other squalls of tin tho company for tills this reason it Is naia na part of tile command niso to establish n huso hase brund which if la to serve ns as a gulde guide to tile tho line the preparatory commend Is therefore As skirmishers guide right left or center cener if lie company compi iny li 14 in ili line this designates the actual right left or center squad as the buse bitse squad it if the lie company Is lit in column of squads tho the command commend buldo right left designates tile leading squad upon which tile the other oilier will deploy either to tho the right or left tito tho command guide buldo center designates tile tho center squad which may or may not deploy without further according to directions the other squads conform to it and the gulde guide thereafter la Is center unless otherwise to repent repeat the lie baso squad designas dusl glinted us ns above advances or not nt at the comiti command and of execution depending upon the point chosen by the captain on which the baso base Is to rest iest tile corporal of each of the lie other ronnda commands ills his ulen men follow me ine or illy hy tile the right left flank dependent upon whether the command to dv deploy ploy la Is given when tile tho Is in line hue or I 1 in a C column alu n in of squads if in line the corporal marches hufi lilts men on by the right or left inck us jis tho the case inny ie e until he has interval lit in which to deploy tito squad tile the base anae squad deploys first after tho the hase base squad the second squad front from the base deploys and so on until all the squads are deployed if tho company Is in column of squads nt at the preparatory conini command and the corporal its as has ham been said rives givel follow me 1110 unit und nt fit 11 lie he places films himself elf lit in front of the ho f and lends leads it into place the squad re linins nt at close clome order until it reaches tho the line to which the corporal takes it by tho shortest route no ri 0 4 of the rear rank however steps nto tho the place of the lie corporal corpor nl lit in flit he front frnnk and marches arches in there hero ns ng long is the corporal remains lit in front of ills husid arriving on oil the skirmish line abreast of tile the squad ahead abend the squat squad then deploys DEPLOYING THE COMPANY IN LINE the base squad us its we have seen deploys its as soon as it hail a eidl tient interval and the other squads of lie company are deployed na as soon ns as they reach tho the general line but if tactical considerations demand it squads may be deployed before reaching the line otherwise each corporal corpor nl when to reaches the line lne gives the cont coni inrid ind or signals with lilt ills arin As AB ills squad thereupon hereupon deploys ond and halts abreast of him an orderly lir ogress of the tha whole alno II 11 no Is of farst importance and for this reason the deployed aquada preserve a general alignment toward tile tho guide nevertheless tile different squads qu ads within their respective fronts fronto advance according to how best they runy ruay pro guess girss owing to peculiarities of tile tho ground or the possibilities of covet cover oa halting tho the men in all cases face to tho front which in combat or tx ex traded Is always the direction of the enemy even when a squad marches to the rear it fac faces e s I 1 to 0 tile front immediately tb ahn halt at tho iho halt also the lie men tao nd lid of cover by lyonl down if no cabre tabre complete cover Is available nelrita in line to form ski skirmish line to 0 o tile the front the command Is as follows 0 As i ers atilde amide rl right gilt left n or r center if marching ng thy corporal of the buse squad deploys it t and moves streight str night to the front when his bolund ha ham advanced to the point on which the captain dethea desires to form tho the skirmish kirmish fi line tile ho captain commands company HALT tile ilio then halts rind the other squads halt on the sumo same line if the guide la Is right left the he other othe 1 r I 1 torpo corporals rit Is move to the jho left rl right I 1 lit front or ond jn in succession from tile the base base I 1 piece olace dibir or on tho the line if tho the guide la Is right observe the so luftI must advance to tho I 1 he left I 1 front it if the gulde guide Is left then to tho the rig right lit front rr if the guide bo be center tho the other corpo rala move to tho the right or left front according as they aro on the right or left of the cunfer canter squad and tit in succession from tho the center ci liter squad place thelt their squads on the line if nt at a linit tho the base squad Is deployed plo without advancing tito the other squads arf in fl then conducted to their proper places hy by the flank interior squads bany bo be moved when squads more distant from the insa imse havo gained comfortable marching distance that Is to say while the llie squads deploy in buc according as they tire are near the llie base it Is necessary first for the lie other squalls quads to clear a front for them by marching oft off on the lank flank at this thir point it may bo be explained that it as s lit in the close order attention lias so BO far been confined to the comp tiny and the lie squad without reference to tho the platoon this has baa been to avoid confusion As AB it gener alprin caple however it may be said that the rules for tho the deployment of it plat tire tit lie same saine us no those hose for tile tho company yet by tills this time tho the new soldier will have hare comprehended tile the importance of tho the platoon lit in that it combines nos I 1 both the functions of the squad and the company MORE COMPANY deployments when the copany li 19 in column of squads to 0 o form the skir skirmish intall line to the front the command would be As skirmishers gulde guide right left or cen ter MARCH 1 ill if then marching motre hing the corporal of tho the ansu squad deploys it and moves straight to the front it if at a lin bialt at lie ho dp deploy loys H it without advancing it if the guide bo be right left tile othor other corporals move to the left right front and in ili succession from the base place their squads on the line it if the gulde guide be center tile corporals in front of the center squad move to a the right if lit a halt to 0 o tile lie rear tile the corporals in the rear of tile the center squad move to the llie left front and each in succession front from tho the base bage places ills his squad on the line the company may also be deployed in nil an oblique dirve tion whether in ili flit alno L or lit in column iv squads the captain points out tint desired direction and tho corporal corpo ial of the base squad moves in the ho direction indicated indicate the other corporals with their squads conform to form tile skirmish line to lie flank or r rear lear the line or column of 13 19 turned hy by squads to the flank or rear it Is im then deployed na aa described the intervals between the lie mon men oie are increased or diminished lim as already described in the school of tile he squad fil al though it may bo be necessary necess iry to add to the lie preparatory command guide tight left or center to it 11 company deployed ns as skirmishers the lie captain elther either designates or dikes its ills post in n front of alip climent chient on oil which the company Is to in ns assemble at the he command nimond co assemble march the men move promptly the lie designated point and the hn company Is 19 reformed in tile line if it Is to be assembled by platoons the pin pill tire are first conducted to the desler besl bated point by tile the platoon leaders na the comp company tiny is reformed re formed in ili line the platoons may mai be us rm by the command platoons Philo inis ii assembly march I 1 this Is then executed by vach each platoon us its described for the company but it may also bu be d de sired to assemble certain platoons platt ions one or more and this may lie bo accomplished by the such platoons tit unit it t Is 19 the first ind and second platoons 11 or lieutenant blanks blanka platoon Algeni bly march juarch 11 the movement its as said above abaye Is then executed by the lie drs platoon or platoon as described for the llie com company parly it must be admitted that deployments by bv the company tire are ut at first confusing to in ahn new soldier but it if lie attends strictly to ills corporal and rr re members inet ahers ills instruction in ili skirmish ing for the squad maund lie be will havo no lit dlf naulty all that devolves upon him will mill he be to do ills his individual share nil mid tills this lit in practically jill all cases Is confined to what lie ho ailts lilts learned lit in biltl sall chool ol 01 of tile the squad it la Is for ills his noncom officers to handle bandle llie squad in a wity to conform with the alio rest of tile the platoon or company nevertheless file new soldier the intelligent american will want to know why lie Is culled upon to execute certain movements ns am well veil ns no how to negotiate them this lie he con can rea readily jilly learn it if while performing ills his own duties to tit the best of hir ability lie keeps a close eye upon tile tho coMPO composite EIN movement |