TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

OF

 

Vol. I.

 

Note-The references are to paragraphs, by number, and not to pages, unless so expressed.

 

TITLE I.

 

ART. I

Formation of infantry in the order in battle,              page 7 

Posts of company officers, sergeants and corporals, No.19

Posts of field officers and regimental staff,   -   -   38

Posts of pioneers, field music,

and band,      -     -   .    46

Colour-guard,   -   -         50

General guides,     -         56

ART. II

General Instruction,     page 17

Instruction of officers,   No.66

Instruction of sergeants and

corporals,     -     -        72

 

TITLE II.

 

SCHOOL OF THE SOLDIER.

 

Division of the school of the

                  soldier, and general rules, page 21

 

 

 

 

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PART FIRST.

Les. 1.

Position of the soldier,              No.88

Eyes right, left and front,              99

Les. 2.

Facings                                 108

Les. 3.

Principles of the direct step,          115

Les. 4.

Principles of the oblique step,         130

 

PART SECOND

 

 

General rules,                          148

Les. 1.

Principles of shoulder arms,            150

Les. 2.

Manual of Arms                            

General rules,                          157

To rest at support arms, &c.            167

To rest at ordered arms, &c.            181

To load in twelve times,         page    46

To make ready as front rank,     No.    211

To make ready as centre rank,           215

To make ready as rear rank,             219

To fire and reload,                     222

To shoulder arms, &c.                   226

Inspection of arms, &c.                 250

Les. 3.

To load in four times,                  264

To load at will,                        271

Les. 4.

Firings:

The direct fire                         276

The oblique fire                        278

The fire of two ranks (or by

file,)                               291

The lesson to conclude with

marching, mark time, &c.                305

 

 

 

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PART THIRD.

 

 

General rules,                          312

Les. 1

Alignments,                             313

Les. 2

The march by the front, and                 the different steps:

By the front, in common time,           333

By the front in quick time,             348

To mark time, to change                    step, and the oblique step,          354                                                     

Les. 3

The march by the flank,                 360

Les. 4

Wheelings:

General principles,                     379

Wheeling from a halt,                   386

Wheeling in marching,                   398

Turning, or change of direction to          the side of the guide.               405

To stack arms,                     409, 414

To resume arms,                    412, 416

 

 

TITLE III.

 

SCHOOL OF THE COMPANY.

 

 

Manner of forming company,              419

To pass from three into two ranks, and reciprocally                         426

To pass from three or two ranks into

   one rank,                            440

General rules, and division of the school

   of the company,                      446  

 

 

 

 

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LESSON FIRST.

 

ART.1

ART.2

ART.3

ART.4

ART.5

To open ranks,                      No. 453

Alignments in open ranks,               466

Manual of arms,                         474

To close ranks,                         476

Alignments in closed ranks,             478

Manual of arms in closed ranks,         484

 

 

LESSON SECOND

 

 

ART.1 ART.2

ART.3

 

ART.4

ART.5

To load in four times,                  492

To load at will,                        493

To fire by company                      497  General rule for all the firings,    498

The fire of two ranks (or by file)      503

To fire by the rear rank,               511

 

 

LESSON THIRD

 

 

ART.1 ART.2

 

ART.3

ART.4

 

ART.5

To advance in line of battle,           526

To halt the company advancing in

line of battle, and to align it,        541

Oblique march in line of battle,        552

To mark time, to march in quick time,

and the back step,                      563

To halt the company marching in

retreat, and to face it to the

front,                                  571

 

 

 

 

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LESSON FOURTH.

 

ART.1

ART.2

ART.3

 

ART.4

 

 

ART.5

 

To march by the flank,              No. 572

To change direction by file,            578

To halt the company marching by the      flank, and to face it to the front,  581

The company being in march by the

flank, to form it on the right or left

     by file into line of battle,       584

The company being in march by the flank,     to form it by company or by platoon     into line,                           589

The company marching by the front, to     cause it to face to the right and       left without halting,                604

The company being in column by platoon,

   and in march, to cause it to march

   by the flank in the same direction,  606

 

 

LESSON FIFTH.

 

 

ART.1

ART.2

ART.3

ART.4

ART.5

To break into column by platoon,        612

To march in column,                       

To change direction,                    639

To halt the column,                     657

Being in column by platoon, and at a      halt, to form to the left (or right)    into line of battle,                 661

 

 

 

 

 

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LESSON SIXTH.

 

 

ART.1

 

 

 

ART.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

ART.3

 

 

ART.4

ART.5

To diminish and increase front of       column, in marching, by platoon;

Diminishing,                            676

Increasing,                             684

To diminish and increase front of       column, in marching, by file             and by files:

Diminishing by file,                    699

Increasing by file,                     704

Diminishing by files,                   708

Increasing by files,                    710

To march the column in route, and           to execute the movements incident  thereto,                             719

Countermarch                            742

Being in column by platoon, to form         on the right or left into line           of battle,                           751

General remarks on the school of            the company,                         766

General rule,                           769

Target firing,                     page 178

Manual of arms for sergeants and     corporals,                 page 179, 186

Manual of the sword or sabre           

for officers,                      page 188

Colour-salute,                     page 188

Instruction for the drum-major,    page 189