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already described arm close barrel battalion body Bring the left Bring the rifle bullet capping position captain centre cock corps diagonal direction dress drill drill instructors file firing foot is coming forefinger and thumb Formation FRONT or REAR front rank HALT-FRONT horizontal position inclining instructor knee kneel knuckles leading file left arm left elbow left feet left file left foot left hand left heel left side lock lowest band motion move movements Musketry named flank non-commissioned officers nose cap officers ordered arms pivot flank place the butt PLATE platoon exercise quick QUICK-MARCH ramrod Relieving Skirmishers remaining fingers reverse flank right file right foot right half face right hand right heel RIGHT or LEFT right side seize the rifle shouldered arms squad STAND AT EASE step subdivisions or sections supernumeraries sword take a pace trailed arms wheel word HALT word MARCH word of command yards
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Page 67 - That the line of sight should be taken along 'the centre of the notch of the back-sight and the top of the fore-sight, which should cover the middle of the mark aimed at. 3rd. That the eye should be fixed steadfastly on the mark aimed at, and not on the barrel or foresight ; the sights will then be brought up to the line of sight.
Page 11 - Place the ball of the right toe against the left heel, keeping the shoulders square to the front. 2nd. Raise the toes, and turn to the right about on both heels. 3rd. Bring the right foot smartly back in a line with the left. LEFT ABOUT FACE.
Page 24 - Push the muzzle of the rifle to the front with the right hand, arm close to the side, at the same time move the left foot six inches to the front...
Page 11 - Left) about, threequarters face, upon which he brings 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 makes a three-quarters face in the given direction. Upon the word Front...
Page 44 - On the word Quick March, the men open out, and fall in, in their proper places. In this manner small dispersed parties, from eight to eighty men, may be formed to resist an attack of cavalry in an open country, where, from whatever cause, soldiers may have separated from the column of march. When a company, or other small body in close files, requires to form to resist cavalry, it may be wheeled forward into column of sections, and closed to the front.
Page 8 - ... the hand open, thumb to the front and close to the forefinger, fingers lightly touching the thigh ; the hips rather drawn back, and the breast advanced, but without constraint ; the body straight and 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, the chin slightly drawn in, and the eyes looking straight to the front.
Page 8 - On the word Two, raise the toes, and turn a quarter circle to the right on both . heels, which must be pressed together. On the word Turn, place the right heel against the hollow of the left foot, keeping the shoulders square to the front. On the word Two, raise the toes, and turn a quarter circle to the left on both -- heels, which must be pressed together.
Page 71 - IX., about fifteen yards to the front, and to one side of the targets, and in such a position that the markers may easily see the face of the target from it ; the earth excavated should be thrown up on the side of the firing...
Page 65 - Every volunteer should understand the reasons for the rules, which are laid down for his guidance in practice. The following explanations will be found sufficient, though, where musketry instructors are employed, and time will permit, they may be given more at length. 1. The axis of the piece is an imaginary line along the centre of the barrel A, B, fig. 1, Plate VIII. 2. The " line of fire " (B, C) is the continuation of the axis, and the direction in which the bullet would fly, with uniform velocity,...
Page 19 - ... will proceed to take the next pace in the same manner : shoulders to be kept square, knees not bent unless on rough or broken ground. The direction must be kept in a straight line to the flank, neither inclining to the front nor rear. . (On the word Halt, the men will complete the pace they are taking, and remain steady.