Chapter V: Part VI: Ceremonial

184. General rules 181

185. Sizing a company 183

186. A company in line saluting 185

187. A company marching past 185

REVIEWS.

188. Formations to be practised 188

189. The Colours 188

190. Review of a battalion 189

191. A battalion marching past 192

192. A battalion advancing in review order 196

193. Review of a brigade 196

194. A brigade marching past 199

195. A brigade advancing in review order 202

196. Review of a division 202

197. A division marching past 204

198. Review of any larger body of troops than a division 205

199. A larger body of troops than a division marching past 207

200. Royal review 208

GUARDS.

201. General rules 209

202. Relieving or posting a guard 210

203. Relieving and posting sentries, and marching reliefs 210

204. Sentries challenging 211

205. Guards turning out at night 212

206. Guards of honour 213

207. Trooping the Colour 213

208. PRESENTATION OF COLOURS 220

209. FIRING A FEU-DE-JOIE 221

210. FUNERALS 223

KEY TO PLATES.

_Officers, Warrant officers, Non-commissioned officers, &c._

COMMANDING OFFICER [Symbol]
SECOND IN COMMAND [Symbol]
ADJUTANT [Symbol]
COMPANY COMMANDER [Symbol]
SENIOR SUBALTERN [Symbol]
JUNIOR SUBALTERN [Symbol]
QUARTERMASTER [Symbol]
THE KING’S COLOUR [Symbol]
THE REGIMENTAL COLOUR [Symbol]
SERJEANT-MAJOR [Symbol]
STAFF SERJEANT [Symbol]
SECTION COMMANDER [Symbol]
SQUAD COMMANDER [Symbol]
PRIVATE, FRONT RANK [Symbol]
PRIVATE, REAR RANK [Symbol]
PIONEER SERJEANT [Symbol]
PIONEER [Symbol]
BAND MASTER [Symbol]
BAND SERJEANT [Symbol]
BANDSMAN [Symbol]
SERJEANT-DRUMMER [Symbol]
DRUMMER [Symbol]
SIGNALLER [Symbol]

ORIGINAL FORMATION { Front Rank ----------
{ Rear Rank ----------

FINAL FORMATION { Front Rank
{ Rear Rank

DEFINITIONS.

GENERAL DEFINITIONS.

_Alignment._ Any straight line on which a body of troops is
formed, or is to form.

_Battalion._ The administrative unit of infantry, consisting
generally of eight companies.

_Brigade._ Four battalions (normally), with certain
additional administrative units.

_Column._ Bodies of troops on parallel and successive
alignment, at a distance from one another
equal to their own frontage.

_Company Column._ A company in column of sections.

_Quarter Column._ Companies on parallel and successive
alignments, at a distance from one
another of six paces.

_Company._ The tactical unit of infantry. It is divided
into two half-companies, each of which is
again divided into two sections.

A squad is the half of a section, formed under
a selected leader, for purposes of discipline
and manœuvre.

_Covering._ The act of one or more men placing themselves
correctly in rear of one another.

_Defile._ A portion of the route which troops can only
traverse on a narrow front; _e.g._, a
mountain pass, a bridge, an embankment.

_To Deploy._ To change formation from column or quarter
column into line on the same alignment.

_Depth._ The space occupied by a body of troops from
front to rear.

_Distance._ The space between men or bodies of troops, from
front to rear.

_Division._ Two brigades with certain divisional troops.

_Direction, The battalion, company, section, or file, battalion responsible for keeping the direction of the (company, line of march. section or file) of._

_To Dress._ To take up the alignment correctly.

_Drill._ The execution of movements in unison. Drill is
of two kinds.

_Close order drill_ teaches the formations and
movements suitable to the assembly, the
march, to many phases of savage warfare, and
to ceremonial parades. In close order the
troops are formed and move in accordance with
the instructions laid down in this manual;
the words of command are prescribed, and the
rank and file have only to obey orders.

_Skirmishing drill_ is the foundation of the
formations and movements suitable to battle
and reconnaissance. Very few rules can be
prescribed, and all ranks must act to a large
extent independently in carrying out orders.

_Echelon._ A formation of successive and parallel units
facing in the same direction; each on a flank
and to the rear of the unit in front of it.

_File._ A front rank man and his rear rank man.

_Fire unit._ Any number of men firing by the executive
command of one man.

_Flank, directing._ That by which units march or dress.

_Flank, inner._ That nearer to the point of formation or
direction.

_Flank, outer._ That opposite to the inner or directing flank.

_Frontage._ The extent of ground covered laterally by
troops.

_Interval._ The lateral space between men, units, or corps,
measured from flank to flank.

_Interval, deploying._ The lateral space between units in quarter
column or in column, on the same alignment,
the space being equal to the frontage of a
unit in line.

_Line._ Troops formed on the same alignment.

_Mass._ Battalions in quarter column, on parallel and
successive alignments with any named distance
between battalions.

_Patrol._ A body of men sent out to reconnoitre or to
guard against surprise.

_Point of formation._ The point on which a formation is based.

_Position, change of._ A movement by which a body of troops takes up
a new alignment.

_Rank._ A line of men, side by side.

_Reconnaissance._ Searching for information of the enemy, or as
to the nature of the ground.

_Section._ The quarter of a company.

_Section of Defence._ A portion of a defensive position which is
allotted to a distinct body of troops.

_Squad._ The half of a section, or a small number of
men, formed for drill, or for work.

_Super-numeraries._ The non-commissioned officers, &c., forming the
third rank.

_Wheeling._ A movement by which a body of troops brings
forward a flank on a fixed or moving pivot.

INFANTRY TRAINING.