2. Extensions from close to skirmishing order, are always from the centre of the company or portion of the company, unless at the time otherwise ordered.
3. Closings from skirmishing to compact order are always to the centre, unless at the time otherwise ordered.
(In both of the foregoing cases the word “centre” is usually uttered, but the rules are necessary for the prevention of uncertainty in circumstances of rapidity.)
4. Extensions are in single files six paces apart, and firings are carried on by alternate ranks, front rank commencing. The front rank and rear rank man must never be unloaded together.
When not firing.
5. All movements are in “quick time.”
6. Skirmishers when halted, stand, with arms ordered.
When firing has commenced.
7. All movements of skirmishers are at the “double quick.”
8. Skirmishers while halting, on open ground drop on the right knee; on intersected ground they make the best of any cover near them, choosing their own bodily position.