Show SELF HELPS for the NEW by a united sute states army amy officer 1 br tb ladle tn iba 41 TURNING THE SQUAD COM ABOUT we now ratum to the squad tor for tur ther instruction therein squad T tight I 1 g ht which nus as explained in the thirteenth article of this gerits ie to at once a movement do so difficult and so imbor tant important as the basis f for 0 r changing the front of a n platoon or company that it would be bene facial to sooner omer it again in preparation for forslund squad right about in squad right the right inan on the front rank at the command I 1 faces faced to the right in march ing aa and marks time he ile must ceab absolutely ta advance until the movement la Is completed if ho lie indies inches forward he then cens to bo be a blied pivot phot and unless squad right Is N pt pr r formed upon a fixed pivot phot the squads will not fit together properly property when a column of squads swin swings i into a company front if how however the phot otman man turns upon the fixed flied spot and marks time as he should the various ur fou squads in company front at flip slip into pince place like boards nith a ath tongues and grooves at tin the command of execution MARCH the three other frost front rank men to the right place themselves selves alarea tt t of ot the tile pivot roan man and mark time they do not stumble into position in loose and sagging circles each of these movements should be precise and military Othet otherwise NIse the squad formation will be ns as black stuck ns as the movement ot of the slackest man in the rear rank the third man mau from the right no 1 3 in the count off follo followed ned in column by nos 2 and I 1 straight to the front until he finds himself immediately to the rear of his front rank man nos 2 end and 1 place themselves behind their front rank men likewise then all till face to the right in marching and mark time the other man of the roar rear rank ral no 4 moves amov straight to the front nt at the bide mile of no 3 for four paces an I 1 places himself abreast of the man on his right f fach vach roan man as ho he reaches the new line glances toward the ing flank that Is I 1 those still to come on to the new line while halo he marks time ani when the last man arrives on the line both ranks proceed ith forward march without furt further b er command for the guidance of the tile squad members the movement movi ment hns been worked out in six counts at the quick time cadence of steps a froni front the command MARCH in other words if it each roan man will perform his appointed task while counting six including the marking time the squad will be ready to advance in the e new apon the sixth count squads left Is lq of course executed as above with with the fourth man in the front rank as the fixed pivot now in order completely to revede the front of a company and abe direction of march squads right left about la Is executed at this command the tho pivot man no 1 front rank executes s alund right twice he lie docs does not ho however Never make this a sloppy mergie of the tile tao but tarts the second squad right when tha last man in tn the front rank on the first squad right HOC has abreast of the ranis they execute the mo anicat in two d luct counts of bix tee the I 1 t rank moves then as in squad r hu nt the movement of the rear ran hm however ever Is somewhat diffor cut from the same rank task in squad right and this difference should be carefully noted thus in the tile rear rank the third man from the right no 3 followed by no 2 and no I 1 in column moves straight to the front datil on the prolongation of the 00 alln 40 inches in fit tho ati rear of the front rank to be occupied by the rear rank changes direction to the right moves la in the rew direction until he be and nos p F and I 1 also are each in rear of his respective front rank man when ihen all face toward the right in marchluk march lug mark tim and glance toward the marching dans flank the lo foerth irth roan man marches on the left of the third man to his new position and as he arrives on an the line both ranks execute forward march math ou the second count of sl six without further command EXTENDED ORDER everything we hute taken up so far from the school of 0 the squad except take interval and take distance hae has been close order drill close order Is necessary essaiy tor for marching parade and disciplinary purposes purpose but in modem warfare that Is t out tide side of a trench a squad fights in extended order even in a trench th principle of the extended order la Is maintained hat that ie Is to sav the distance distame be tweed rifles Is 1 approximately the tile faine as when dop deployed loyed on its skirmish line of nil all tho great armies in europe the Ger germany alone at the present time fline send troops into battle in close order or massed formation with the result that their casualties are appalling extended order on the other and tand t a characteristic of ambru a tro p Is ileo uniformly pro by the allied armies the pur pos ip of ox tended oder d er Is so to tu to the men of a squad that thoy lany work la in balson and without serious reduction of the amount of fire which can bo be from a single hectic of the which at the some time ares l evex sam tient clent icaco between them to the chances oi of their being hit hven wan a machine run ald awo net mt on cri a squad la in quite to expeditiously as it could dl pos pose of one in close clore clo re ordle I 1 or not only does the extended order separate ili the neu but 1 la that degree increases their chancas cli ancia of escaping bullets but it also afford infinitely let bet ter chances of finding cover while ad ng to deploy a as skirmishers which Is the de descriptive command to or extend cd ed order drill the corporal at therom the coni maud of springs in front of ho the squad it if lie does not 0 occupy that lo sItton already at a run the other members of the squad place themselves thim selves abreast of the corporal at hlf hilf race pace intervals since a pice pace p ice Is SO 30 inches there Is 15 inches of space men so deployed tn n stead of the four inches of close order no 2 of the front rank springs spring st to the corporal corporals immediate right no of the rear rank tako santion to alu ill immediate right of no 2 front rank no 1 front rank Is on the immediate right of no 2 aar rank end no 1 nar rt ar rank on the right of no I 1 front rank on the corporals immediate left Is 1 no 3 rear rank who has no 3 front rank on his left while on no ISO I 1 front rank ranks atit itt Is the member of the quad squad no 4 roar ganv in ili other wens with mith the exception loo io of no 4 rear rank in extended orda the rear rank men all place on ott the right of their respective file leaders and tach each front rank man in springing to lie tho side of the corporal cor leaves room for the nar rank man of the he same number to step stop into his pro proper position in the skirmish line if there are any extra men in the squad ii which sometimes happL happens ns they fall la in at e the left of no 4 rear rank or nt tit the extreme left of the skirmish kli line in moving the entire line conforms to the corporals gait mi whether lether that be ile route step double time or still faster running deployed as skirmishers a ja squad quad does not keep step but it roust must take pain pains to see that a space of 15 inches la Is maintained b it each man A common error Is 1 for the men to bunch after a diw steps forward have nen taken inasmuch as tho the normal interial between skirmishers Is one halt half pace or 15 inches each inan ila lias practically one yard of front the front of a squad thus deployed di dp loyed Is ten paces or 25 feet WHEN THE SQUAD IS ACTING ALONE IN EXTENDED ORDER the tile squad in combat drill Is what might b bf calle I 1 a subsidiary first unit the squad Is ii not the regulation first unit 4 Is in the platoon one fourth of a company roughly speaking as will mill he be explained gatei hut within a platoon a closer fire tire control Is often and to this the squad organization la Is adapted particularly ic le this essential to firing by squads which Is under certain circumstances the most effective way lu tn watch the fire tan an be delivered in addition tho the squad Is a most practicable unit for patrol and anti out post duty ince it places a U small and flexible body of men trieu in charge of a noncommissioned officer for work which requires discretion and comeal coneal ment this Is not to say that patrol or outpost duty Is 11 confined to squids hut but it Is often subdivided fin finally filly upon the squad basis bagis in any event the in extended order work of all kinds has macir joau occasions to work independently at and it Is then tatt the discipline ani an sense of unity acquired neul red in cloae order drill will mill justify itself is well as obedience and attention to the corporal ahen the iund ie III deployed with other squads the front tont and rear rank men place themselves abreast the corporal at half pace internals Intent ils as we have seen peen but when the squad Is act ing alone the skirmish line Is formed in the same way may upon no 2 of th ill front rank no 2 stand stands i fast in his place or continued tho as the cuse may be meanwhile the cor con poal pincas himself I in ii i ft front ont of the when advancing and find in the rear when hen limited ahn he la Is in line the ho corporal Is the guide when he Is not in ane une that iff fit when then he i in front of the squad us tin its commander no 2 front rank ie Is the guide of the lice line and it Is the duty of no 2 front rank rani to follow in a the tracks trucks of the corporal with the rest of the squad guiding gulding guldin in on no 2 the command for assembling tho the squad may b bf given cither either as asem arsem bly 1 or t the corporals waving hia his erin orm in short circles aboon his head at the command the men move toward to ard the corporal wherever bo he has taken lits edition station as a base and find form upon hira hirn lu in their proper places la in close order it the corporal continues to 6 advance they move in double time tarro and follow him the ae ap while marching to the rear Is not e e cutch it wilt ill bo be spon that in deploying ns as n s skirmisher the tle precise form of movement prescribed for close order drill ie Is not adhered to A man has more case ease and latitude in carrying out tho the movements thie this Is to make bp 41 d IN lille men in close order are coir corr belled to turn corners sharply and 1 so to speak in angles li l I i p ex tended order it would be 11 for a man to turn on an angle to reach hh his position when he could etke a straight cut for it yet this in no sense nullifies tha need iv to precision in tn close order ordee drill without it broom would become hope lemly angled tangled up and without it aim alm would not be th tho uniformity ol 01 0 movement alch would woula cause member of if squad la in extended order instinct arly to choose choo the taoist direct end la in that berve precise cute cuts in the berst iw io wible terao la in feet without the elop order they could ani anie e no shot cu cua at all ML r would nat kno kro abw to tara tam la in ader to fled th MO aa S lo 10 tm squid |