Manual of field artillary exercises 1875,771875 |
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body Bring the carbine butt canter cavesson centre Change Front circle close Column of Divisions crupper direction dressing drill driver elbow eyes fingers firing formation forward Fours Right front rank given ground half section handspike head horse's length inches inclining instructor knee leading file leading section left foot left front left hand left heel left shoulder limber manége motion muzzle non-commissioned officer Order-Arms outer flank pace PACE STICK pass pivot Point.-Deliver point position of Attention practice quick Ready rear rank recruit rein rein back remainder move resume Ride Right and Left right foot right hand right or left right shoulder saddle salute scabbard seize the carbine sentry shoulder arms side SINGLE FILE single rank smartly snaffle soldier squad standing at ease stirrup straight subdivision surcingle Sword Exercise taught thumb trail trailed arms trot wagons wheel word March word of command word Turn yards
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Page 160 - ... feet ; this exercise should generally be practiced near the end of each drill. A horse that hurries or rushes will become an uncertain and unsafe jumper. If impatient in going up to the bar, he should be halted, reined back, halted and tried again until he takes it coolly.
Page 39 - OBSERVATIONS. — 1. In formations to the front, immediately on issuing from narrow ways or streets, it is impossible for the rear, who are not yet clear of the defile, to incline at once towards their places in line ; on these occasions, therefore, the formation of all but the head of the column becomes the same as laid down for " Formations to the Outer Flank...
Page 370 - will be sounded. Silence must be maintained until the train moves off, no shouting to be allowed, and no man is to put his head out of a window or leave a carriage without permission, or get out on the reverse side of the train, except when ordered by his officers or requested by the railway officials to do so.
Page 5 - Officers, and non-commissioned officers, should frequently be practised in giving words of command. It will be found a good plan to practise several officers, or noncommissioned officers, together in giving words of command, first in succession, then simultaneously ; the time and pitch being first given by the instructor.
Page 114 - The right hand holding the rein, the left slides forward upon it, about twelve inches from the saddle, feeling the horse's mouth very lightly. "Three." The right hand drops the reins to the off side, takes a lock of the mane, brings it through the left hand and twists it round the thumb, the fingers of the left hand closing on it ; the right hand is then placed on the holster ; the body erect. '•'•Dismount.
Page 4 - Recruits should fully comprehend one part of their drill before they proceed to another. When first taught their positions, they should be properly placed by the instructor : when more advanced, they should not be touched, but taught to correct themselves when admonished. They should not be kept too long at any one part of their exercise. Marching without arms should be intermixed with the rifle instruction.
Page 6 - The heels must be in line and closed ; the knees straight ; the toes turned out, so that the feet may form an angle of 45 degrees ; the arms hanging easily from the shoulder, 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...
Page 9 - In going through the turnings, the left heel must never quit the ground : but the soldier must turn 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 : the body must incline forward, the knees being kept straight. In the first of all the following motions, the foot is to be carried back, or brought forward, without a jerk, the movement being from the hip ; so that the body may be kept perfectly steady until it commences...
Page 13 - Balance Step. The object of the balance step is to teach the soldier the free movement of his legs, preserving at the same time perfect squareness of shoulders, and steadiness of body ; no labour must be spared to attain this object, which forms the very foundation of correct marching.
Page 9 - Arms vertical, palms to the front, 2. RAISE, 3. DOWN, 4. UP. At the command raise, raise the arms laterally from the sides, extended to their full length, till the hands meet above the head , palms to the front, fingers pointing upward, thumbs locked, right thumb in front, shoulders pressed back. DOWN: Bend over till the hands, if possible, touch the ground, keeping the arms and knees straight. UP: Straighten the body and swing the extended arms (thumbs locked) to the vertical position. Continue...