FROM QUARTER DISTANCE COLUMN.
3. When a Battalion in Column of Companies at quarter distance, right in front, deploys upon its Front division.
| Deploy on the front Company—Remaining Companies, threes— Right shoulders forward —Quick (or double) march—Forward. | Left shoulders forward—Forward— Halt, Dress up—Eyes front. |
4. On a Rear Company.
| Deploy on the rear Company—Remaining Companies, threes— Left shoulders forward —Quick march—Forward. | When the Front is clear, Rear Company —Double march—Halt, Dress up—Eyes front. The other Companies successively —shoulders forward—Halt. When uncovered —Quick march—Halt, Dress up—Eyes front. |
The Base points are three paces in advance of the Front Company of the Column.
ECHELLON FORMATIONS AND MOVEMENTS.
S. 37. When a Battalion from Line wheels forward by Companies, to either flank, into Echellon.
| 1. Companies —— paces to the —— wheel—Quick march. | Halt, Dress. |