 | Thomas O'Neil (count.) - 1805 - 176 pages
...Soldier : — The heels must be in a line and closed: — The knees straight, without stiffness:— The toes turned out, so that the feet may form an angle of about 60 degrees : — The arms hang near the body, but not stiff; the flat of the hand, and little... | |
 | George Thomas (captain) - Great Britain - 1812 - 238 pages
...the soidier. The heels must be in a line and closed — the knees straight, without stiffness — the toes turned out, so that the feet may form an angle of about (JO degrees — the arms hang near the body, but not stiff; the flat of the hand, and little... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 462 pages
...: — The heels must be in a line, and closed : — The knees straight without stiffness ; — The toes turned out, so that the feet may form an angle of about sixty degrees ; the arms hang near the body, but not stiff; the flat of the hand, and little... | |
 | Donald Walker - 1840 - 240 pages
...principle of the position of a soldier. The heels must be in a line, and closed; the knees straight; the toes turned out, so that the feet may form an angle of 60 degrees; the arms hanging close to the body; the elbows turned in, and close to the side; the hands open to the front, with the... | |
 | Sir Daniel LYSONS - 1859 - 90 pages
...HALFPACE. TWO. RIGHT PILES ONE PACE FORWARD, LEFT FILES ONE PACE STEP BACKMARCH. On the word МАПСП, the right files will take one pace to the front, and...thighs, the body straight, but inclining forward, sо that the weight of it may bear principally on the lore part of the feet, the head erect, but not... | |
 | War office - 1859 - 532 pages
...principle of the position of a soldier. The heels must be in line and closed ; the knees straight; the toes turned out, so that the feet may form an angle...degrees ; the arms hanging straight down from the shoulder, the elbows turned in and close to the sides; in open files the palms of the hands are to... | |
 | War office - 1859 - 118 pages
...shoulders and body to the front be preserved ; the heels be in a line, and closed; the knees straight ; the toes turned out, so that the feet may form an angle of 60 degrees ; the arms lying close to the body ; the elbows turned in, and close to the side ; the hands open to the front,... | |
 | War office - 1859 - 410 pages
...principle of the position of a soldier. 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... | |
 | Manual, William Charles Harris - 1860 - 94 pages
...principle of the position of a constable. The heels must be inline, and closed; the knees straight; the toes turned out, so that the feet may form an angle...degrees ; the arms hanging straight down from the shoulder, the elbows turned in and close to the sides ; in open files the palms of the hands are to... | |
 | John Sinnott (adjutant, 47th regt.), William Dawes Malton - Infantry drill and tactics - 1860 - 244 pages
...a soldier? A. — His shoulders and body should be square to the front, heels in a line and closed, toes turned out so that the feet may form an angle of 60 degrees, knees straight, elbows close to the sides, hips rather drawn back, breast advanced, head erect, and... | |
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The exact squareness of the shoulders and body to the front is the first and great principle of the position of a soldier. The heels must be in... 
