(ii) In company column (i.e., column of sections), Plate IV.
(iii) In column of half-companies, Plate III, Fig. 2.
(iv) In column of fours.
Company column is the normal formation for a company when acting alone or at an interval from other companies.
Formation into and from column of half-companies is carried out in the same manner as into and from company column, the words column of half-companies being substituted for company column.
In line the left squad commander of the half-company on the right is the centre of the company.
2. Position and duties of the leaders. (i) The company commander.—When the company is acting alone or at an interval from other companies, the company commander will place himself where he can best exercise supervision.
In the absence of the company commander, his place will be taken by the next in rank; a similar rule will be followed within the half-company, section, and squad.
(ii) The subalterns.—When the company is in line, each half-company commander will, as a rule, be three paces in rear of the centre of his half-company. (Plate III, Fig. 1.)
When in column of half-companies he will be three paces in front of the centre of his half company. (Plate III, Fig. 2.)