Answer.—Same sign made with left hand over left ear.
Second.—Thrust the right hand into the pant’s pocket, with the exception of the thumb, at the same time bringing the right heel into the hollow of the left foot.
Answer.—Same sign with the left hand, bringing the left heel into the hollow of the right foot.
As a farther precaution search is made by the hailing party as if for a pin in the right lappel of the coat.
Answer.—A similar search in the left lappel of the coat.
The Grip is given by placing the forefinger on the pulse of the person you shake hands with.
Countersign.—If halted by a camp or picket on the public highway at night, the following colloquy ensues:
“Who comes there?”
“A friend!”
“A friend of what?”