S. 40. When the Battalion formed in Line changes front on a fixed flank Company, by throwing forward the rest of the Battalion.
| Change front on —— Company, right (or left) thrown forward, —— Company —— paces right (or left) wheel. | Company of formation—Halt, Dress. |
| Remaining Companies, —— paces to the —— wheel—Quick march.* Quick march.† | Remaining Companies— * Halt, Dress. † —— shoulders forward—Halt, Dress up—Eyes front. |
S. 41. When the Battalion changes front on a fixed flank Company, by throwing back the rest of the Battalion.
| Change front on —— Company, right (or left) thrown back. | —— Company on the —— backwards wheel—Quick march—Halt, Dress. |
| Remaining Companies, right about face, —— paces to the —— wheel—Quick march. | Halt, Dress. |
| Quick march (or march). | —— shoulders forward—Halt, Front, Dress up—Eyes front. |
S. 42. When the Battalion changes front on a central Company, by advancing one Wing, and retiring the other.
The Company of the Wing to be thrown back is wheeled backward, and the Company of the wing to be brought forward is wheeled forward; or a Central Company is wheeled upon its centre into the new direction.
| —— Wing, right about face—Companies —— paces inwards wheel—Quick march. | Halt, Dress. |
| Quick march. | Companies successively—shoulders forward— and when in Line, those of the advancing Wing receive—Halt, Dress up: the retiring Wing—Halt, Front, Dress up. |
S. 43. When, from Open column, the Companies wheel backward into Echellon, in order to form in Line on the front Company.
| 1. Form line on the leading Division. Remaining Divisions —— paces on the —— backward wheel—Quick march. Quick march. | The front Company remains square to the Column, or is wheeled backward into the intended direction of the Line by its Officer. If the front Company remains square, the remaining Companies wheel back four paces, or the eighth of a circle; but if the direction be Oblique, then the remaining Companies wheel one-half the number wheeled by the front Company, in addition to the eighth of a circle—Halt, Dress. —— shoulders forward—Halt, Dress up—Eyes front. |