Show SELF HELPS fortha for the NEW K L by a united ann army officer 1217 by ue wheeler irm THE COMPANY IN LINE OF skirmishers the company in skirmish line executes a number of commands as it if in close except that tho the sk skirmish intervals Inter vala are maintained I 1 or this reason the movements ari art in the nature of things less precise pret lse but they approximate those lo 10 clow close order thus the company in line of skirmishers advance halts moyas by flank or to tho the rear ob liques resumes the direct march passes from quick time to double time by the same commands as in c oso aso order company right left by the skirmish line Is executed ns as explained for the front rank in the school of the coro cont rany that la Is to say ue e hie hale now no a single rank extended by twice the number of men at holt half pace intervals or 15 inches apart al proximately a yard of front to each roan man as ai against 22 inches la in close order which ilitch single rank may be turned on a fixed phot pilot like the front rank of a corn com pany or it platoon company half right left I 1 Is executed cut ed in the tile name same way except that thy tha line Is halted when it hm bas swung around to nar angle of 45 degrees des rees the ruin for the deployment of a company abw necessarily less simple than those for or the deployment of a squad for alere 19 1 a double considers tion to be tome torne in mind in the deployment of the company the lu individual squad faust be deployed but it must also br dep deployed loed with mith reference to and in conformity with alth all the other quadi of thi thin company for this rca rea eon son it Is nees noces siry wiry as ansa 0 a part of the preparatory command also to establish a base squad which Is to sene aerie as a guide to the line 1 the command Is therefore As burnit hers ht guide right left ar center if the company Is in line title chiq designates the actual right left or center squad as the base squad if the company 14 1 la in column of 0 squads the command guide right left designates the leading squad upon which the other squads will deploy either to the right or left thu thili command guide center I 1 designates the center squad which may or may not deploy without advancing further according to directions the other squads conform to it and the guide thereafter Is center unless otherwise to repeat the base squad designated as above adi advances ances or not at the coni commend mind of execution I 1 MARCH depending upon the point chosen by the IL coptain on which the base Is to rest the corporal of each of the other squads commands his men follow me or by the richt left flank dependent upon up whether the command to deploy la is given when the company Is la in line or in column of squads if in line the corporal marches arches in hie his men off by the right or left flank as the case may be until he has sufficient interval in which to deploy the squad the base squad deploys first after the base squad the second quad squad from the base deploys next and so on until all the squads are deployed if the company Is la in column of squads bt ct the preparatory command the corporal ns as has been said gives follow me and stud at I 1 11 he places himself in front of the squad and leads it into place the squid remains at close order until it reaches the skirmish line to which the cot corporal takes it by the shortest route 0 to o 4 of the rear rank however steps into the place of the corporal in the th e front rank and marches there as long 11 the corporal la in front of his tits quod quad arriving on tle tl e skirmish lh line abreast of the squad ahead the squad then deploys DEPLOYING THE TAE COMPANY IN LINE the base quad as we have seen deploys as 83 soon as it ban bait a lent dent interval and the other squads of the me company are deployed as eoon soon as they reach the general line but it if tactical considerations demand it squads may by be deployed before reaching the line otherwise each corporal when be he reaches the line give gives the com mand mund or signals with his ana arm ae ag ills equal thereupon de ploy ploys and halts abreast of him an orderly progress of the anole line fine Is of first importance and for this reason the deployed squad preserve pre serie a lerat alignment nt toward the guide nevertheless the different squads within their respect respective ivo fronta fronts advance according to how best they may pro eirsa pr owing to peculiarities of the ground or the possibilities of cover on the men in alt all cases face to the front fronts which in combat or tx cx tended order Is always tho th direction of the enemy even when a squid marches to the rear it face faces to the front Immel immediately lately upon the halt bait at the halt also the nun must take nd dauage of cover by lying down if no more complete cover is s table alting ing in line to form skirmish line 0 o the front the Colu command mand Is as follows As guide right left or center 11 if marcha aig a the corporal of the base squad deploy deploys it and moves MOTOS straight to the tile front when his squad baa has advanced lo 10 the point on which the captain de tires sires to form the skirmish use ilac the cap tala commands company HALT the quad squad then halts ad the other aquada bait on 00 the ranie same line it the guide is left the other corporals move to the left right front and in succession from the base gilece their squads on the tha line if the buldo 1 H right observe the quad squar toast advance dyan to the left front if it the guide la Is left then to the right front if the guide bo be center the other corporal corporate move to the right or left front according as they arc are on the right or left of the center squad and anti hi succession lon from the center quad squad place their squads on the line it at a halt the base squad Is de without advancing the other squads are then conducted to their proper places by the tho lank flank interior luada may be moved when squads wire UK distant from the tile base have gained comfor tal to inar manning thIng distance that la Is to ii wi u while hale the squads deploy in succession according us its thy are tire near the base it Is necessary first for the othir squads to char a front for them hy by marching inarching oft off on the hank flank at this point it may be he explained that na as in the close drill atten tion ha has so tar far been confined to the company and rind the squad without refer ence to the platoon this has fins been to avoid confusion As a general principle ho however weer it may be bald said that the nilea rules for the deployment of a pl atoot are the same ns As those for this thu company yet by this time the new soldier will have comprehended the importance of the platoon in that it combines both the functions of the tile squad and the compan MORE COMPANY deployments ft aben hen the mv pany 14 1 in column of squads to form forn tile lie skirmish line to the front the command would be As skirmishers right left or cen ter I 1 I 1 it if then march marching log the corporal of the base squad deploys it and str straight night to the tile front it if at a halt he deploys it without It hout advancing if it the tile guide be right left the other corporals move to the left right ri glit front and in succession from the bise I 1 ise place their squads on the line if the guide bo be center the corporals in front of the center squad mole to the right it if at a hat halt to the rear the corporals in the rear of the center squad move to the left front and anti each in gleit from the base places hta his squad on the line the company may also alma be deployed in an oblique direction whether in line or in column 94 quads the captain points out th i desired direction and tho corp copponi oril of the base squad moves a the direction indicated the other colp corporals orals with their squads conform to form the skirmish h line to the tile flank or rear the line pr column of squad iq 1 turned by squads to the flank or artar it Is then deployed a described th the intervals interval q between the men are in cruised arc ased or diminished as already de do cd in the school of the squad al at though it mav mar be vece nece sunry to add to he preparatory command guide gulde light left or center to ns a company deployed aa as skirmishers the captain either besig nates or takes big post in front of the element on which the company Is to assemble at the command march the men move promptly toward the designated point and the company Is reformed in line it if it 1 Is to be assembled by Pa platoons the platoons are tire first conducted to the desir noted point by the platoon leaders nad aa the company Is formed reformed re in line the platoons individually may be biot s by the command platoons assembly march I 1 this Is then eie ext by each pontoon platoon as described for the company but it may also be dc des sired to a assemble memble certain platoons platoon si one or more and this may be accomplished by the command such platoons that Is tho the first and second platoons or lieutenant blanks platoon assembly march the movement as said above Is then executed by the de designated platoon or platoons na as described for the company it must be admitted that deployments by the company are at first confusing to the new soldier but if hf he attends strictly to his corporal and re members his instruction in skirmishing for the squad he will have flare no dif fl culty all that devolves upon him will be to do his individual share and this in practically all anses Is confined conn ned to what he be has learned in the echo I 1 of the squad it Is for hia his noncom mis sloped officers ficere of to handle bandle the sq squad aad in a way UY to conform with the tile rest of the platoon or company nevertheless 4 the new soldier the intelligent amerl can will want avant to know why he Is called upon to execute certain movements as well as how to legott ate AN this he can readily learn if it chile performing his own duties to the best of his ability he be keepe a close eye upon the COMPO composite alte movement around hla hin |