To Dismiss the Battalion
[309]. Dismiss your companies.
Staff and noncommissioned staff officers fall out; each captain marches his company off and dismisses it, as laid down in [par. 217]. (272)
To Rectify the Alignment
[310]. Being in line at a halt, to align the battalion: 1. Center (right or left), 2. DRESS.
The captains dress their companies successively toward the center (right or left) guide of the battalion, each as soon as the captain next toward the indicated guide commands: FRONT. The captains of the center companies (if the dress is center) dress them without waiting for each other. (273)
[311]. To give the battalion a new alignment: 1. Guides center (right or left) company on the line, 2. Guides on the line, 3. Center (right or left), 4. DRESS, 5. Guides, 6. POSTS.
At the first command, the designated guides place themselves on the line, as prescribed in [par. 308], facing the center (right or left). The major establishes them in the direction he wishes to give the battalion.
At the second command, the guides of the other companies take posts, facing the center (right or left), so as to prolong the line.
At the command dress, each captain dresses his company to the flank toward which the guides of his company face, taking the positions prescribed in [par. 302].