The object of the rally is to reestablish cohesion with a view to immediate action, or to form line in a new direction when the regular method of forming line would be slow or complicated. It is executed in the order of arrival of the elements of the command without regard to their normal order. The formation in which each unit is rallied is fixed in the drill instructions of that unit.
Rank.—Two or more troopers placed side by side.
Scouts.—Individual troopers detached from their commands and operating with a definite mission related to security or information.
Skirmishers.—Dismounted troopers in line in extended order; also the formation in which the troopers are so placed.
Successive formation.—A formation in which the elements take their places successively.
Tactical exercise.—An operation against an outlined or represented enemy whose movements are restricted with a view to illustrating some particular tactical principle.
PART I.—INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION.
Section 2. General provisions.
34.[6] Thorough training in the school of the trooper is the basis of efficiency.
35. Short and frequent drills are preferable to long ones, which exhaust the attention of both instructor and recruit.