| TALLEST ON THE RIGHT, SHORTEST ON THE LEFT. IN SINGLE RANK.—SIZE. | The whole will break off and arrange themselves according to their size in single rank, the tallest on the right and the shortest on the left, carrying their rifles at the short trail, and take up their dressing by the right. |
| NUMBER. | From right to left of the whole company. |
| SLOPE ARMS. ODD NUMBERS ONE PACE FORWARD. EVEN NUMBERS ONE PACE STEP BACK.—MARCH. | The odd numbers will take one pace forward, and the even numbers will step back one pace. |
| NUMBER ONE STAND FAST. RANKS, RIGHT AND LEFT—TURN. | The odd numbers, with the exception of Number One, will turn to the right, the even numbers to the left. |
| FORM COMPANY. QUICK MARCH. | The whole will step off, the even numbers wheeling round to the right and following the left hand man of the odd numbers. No. 3 will form up two paces in rear of No. 1; No. 5 on the left of No. 1; No. 7 in rear of No. 5; No. 9 on the left of No. 5, and so on. The leading men of the even numbers will always form in the rear rank and the next man in the front rank. As the men arrive in their places they will turn to the left, order arms, and take up their dressing. |
186. A Company in line saluting.[10]
| FIX—BAYONETS. SLOPE—ARMS. GENERAL SALUTE. PRESENT—ARMS. | On the command PRESENT ARMS, the company commander will recover his sword with the first motion of the rifles, and at the third motion his sword will be smartly lowered to the salute, point to be twelve inches from the ground and directed to the front, edge to the left; the arm to be straight, hand just behind the thigh, the thumb flat on the handle of the sword. The supernumerary rank and outer section commanders present arms with the men. |
| SLOPE—ARMS. | The company commander will recover his sword with the first, carry with the second motion of the rifles. Swords will be sloped when the men order arms. |
Arms will then be ordered and bayonets unfixed.
187. A Company marching past.
For this practice the company will be formed as a company in line; arms will be at the Order.
Four points, numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4 (Plate VIII), will be placed marking the angles of an oblong, of which the long sides will be one hundred paces in length, and the short sides forty.
The company will be in the centre of one of the long sides; the side opposite to the saluting base.
A point, termed the saluting point, will be placed ten paces outside the centre of the saluting base, turned towards the company; and a point, lettered “A,” turned in like manner, on the saluting base, at ten paces to the left of the saluting point. As a rule all these points should be marked by camp colours.
PLATE VIII.