When the colonel of the regiment is present he will be ten paces in front of the officer commanding the battalion. Should the colonel-in-chief be also present, he will be ten paces in front of the former.
2. Receiving the reviewing officer.
| GENERAL SALUTE. PRESENT—ARMS. | When the reviewing officer reaches a point about sixty paces in advance of the centre of the battalion, he will be received with a salute, the men presenting arms, the band playing the first part of a slow march, and the drums beating. Mounted officers will salute in the same manner and time as the company commanders, except that at the Salute the blade of the sword will be kept in line with the knee, hand directly under the shoulder. |
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PLATE IX.
A Battalion in Line.
A Battalion in Column.
3. Receiving the Sovereign, or a Royal Personage.
| ROYAL SALUTE. PRESENT—ARMS. | As in preceding paragraph (see also S. 189), but the band will play the National Anthem, or the first six bars of it (see K. R. 45). |
| SLOPE—ARMS. |