Steps and Marchings
All steps and marchings executed from the halt, except right step, begin with the left foot.
The length of the full step in "Quick Time" for a Scout is twenty inches, measured from heel to heel, and the cadence is at the rate of one hundred twenty steps per minute.
The length of the full step in "Double Time," for a Scout, is about twenty-four inches; the cadence is at the rate of one hundred eighty steps per minute.
The instructor, when necessary, indicates the cadence of the step by calling "One, Two, Three, Four," or "Left, Right, Left, Right," the instant the left and right foot, respectively, should be planted.
All steps and marchings and movements involving march are executed in "Quick Time" unless the squad (or company) be marching in "Double Time."
Quick Time
Being at a halt, to march forward in quick time: 1 Forward, 2 March.
At the command "Forward," shift the weight of the body to the right leg, left knee straight.
At the command "March" move the left foot smartly straight forward twenty inches from the right, sole near the ground, and plant it without shock; next, in like manner, advance the right foot and plant it as above; continue the march. The arms swing naturally.