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already described already taught arm close barrel body Bring the left Bring the rifle bullet capping position captain column corps direction dress drill extend file firing forefinger and thumb four FRONT or REAR front rank HALT-FRONT inclining instructor knee kneel knuckles leading file left elbow left feet left files left foot left hand left heel left side LESSON lock lower band motion movements muzzle named file named flank nipple non-commissioned officer nose cap ordered arms pivot flank place the butt PLATE platoon exercise practice PREPARE TO LOAD quick QUICK-MARCH ramrod re-form two deep rear rank remaining fingers reverse flank right feet right files right foot right half-face right hand right heel RIGHT or LEFT right side round seize the rifle shoulder arms squad will face stand at ease step sword take a pace target trailed arms volleys wheel word HALT word MARCH word of command yards
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Page 47 - front and fix swords without word of command as it arrives in column ; the distance between sections will be one pace. On the word PREPARE FOR CAVALRY, the officers and non-commissioned officers will move into the centre of the column; the men will then face outwards, so as to show a front of equal strength in every direction.
Page 11 - which he will bring the ball of the right foot (not the ball of the toe) to the left heel, or the right heel to the ball of the left foot, and will make a three-quarters face in the required direction, in the
Page 63 - fixed stedfastly on the mark aimed at, and not on the barrel or foresight ; the sights will then be brought up to the line of sight. 4. The instructor will also explain the difference between fine, full, and half sight in aiming, as follows, viz.:—
Page 39 - front-rank men will move direct to the flank, covering correctly on the march, the rear-rank men will cast their eyes over the inward shoulder, and tap their respective front-rank men, as a signal to halt, front, and kneel, when they have gained their proper distances.
Page 33 - spring up to the standing position, at the half-face to the right, bringing the right heel to the left; at the word ORDER, spring up in like manner, and at the same time seize the rifle with the right hand close in front of the left. At the word ARMS, proceed as described in
Page 29 - moved by pressure alone, without any motion of the hand, eye, or elbow ; the right eye to continue fixed on the object after snapping, to ascertain if the aim has been deranged by the movement of the trigger or body. 2. To Load from, the Order.
Page 11 - shoulders square to the front, heels together, toes turned out, so that the feet may form an angle of 60 degrees, the arms hanging straight down from the shoulders, palms of the hands flat to the thighs, the body straight, but inclining forward, so that the weight of it may bear principally on the fore part of the feet, the head erect, but not thrown back,
Page 11 - left heel never quits the ground, but the body turns on it as on a pivot, the right foot being drawn back to turn the body to the right, and carried forward to turn it to the left, as follows :— TO THE
Page 11 - constructed for this purpose, but a leaden plummet, suspended by a string that is not liable to stretch, will do as well. The length from the point of suspension to the centre of the plummet must be as follows
Page 50 - will extend on the march and then double up to the old skirmishers, changing into quick time as it passes through them, on which the old line will lie down and wait till the new skirmishers are sufficiently advanced to protect them from immediate fire,