When in column of fours he will retain his position as in line.
When in company column he will, as a rule, be two paces from the centre of his half-company on the directing flank. (Plate IV.)
(iii) Section commanders will be two paces in front of the centre of their sections in company column; in all other formations they will retain the positions shown in Plate III, Fig. 1. Squad commanders will be on the flanks of their squads as shown in Plate III, Fig. 1.
The drummers will be two paces in rear of the first and seventh squads respectively unless the company is acting independently, when one drummer always goes with the company commander; the pioneer will be two paces in rear of the fifth squad. The signallers will be two paces in rear of the second, fourth, sixth and eighth squads.
In fours or file, the squad commanders will be on the directing flank of the leading and rear fours or files of their section. The remaining supernumeraries will retain their places.
Super-numeraries will conform to all orders given to the company as regards the carrying of their arms, with the exception that they fix bayonets only when escorting the colours, or when the men fix bayonets for attack or defence, and order arms when the men fire in close order.
Squad commanders will conform to the movements of the men.
No change in the command of sections or squads will take place except by the direct order of the captain.
3. Changes of formation can usually be carried out:—
(i) From the halt, halting on completion of the movement.