The position of the company officers and section commanders will be as when in company; the machine guns, drums and band, &c., will be on the outer flank, see Plate VII.
A Battalion in Column.
2. A battalion in column will move either in fours or by the diagonal march, on the same principles and on the same words of command as from quarter column. S. 94.
97. A battalion in column on the march closing to quarter column.
| AT THE HALT, QUARTER COLUMN. | 1. The leading company will be at once halted by its commander. The remaining companies will continue to advance, and will be successively halted by their commanders on reaching their position in quarter column. |
| QUARTER COLUMN. REMAINDER—DOUBLE MARCH. | 2. Should it be necessary to form quarter column on the march, on the battalion commander’s order REMAINDER—DOUBLE—MARCH, the whole will break into double time, except the leading company, which will continue to advance in quick time; the commanders of the companies in rear will order them to break into quick time as soon as they have reached their position in quarter column. |
3. Should it be necessary to form quarter column from column from the halt, the command in 1 will be followed by the words, REMAINDER, QUICK—MARCH, when the leading company will stand fast, the remainder will act on the same principle as in 1.
4. Quarter column will usually be formed on the leading company.
98. A battalion in column or quarter column advancing in fours, or vice versâ.
| IN SUCCESSION ADVANCE IN FOURS FROM THE RIGHT OF COMPANIES. | 1. Column of fours from column on the march.—This caution will be given when a column is required to defile, on which the leading company commander will give the command Form fours, right, Left—wheel, each company forming successively on reaching the same point. |