Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army / of the United States 1917. To be also used by Engineer Companies (Mounted) for Cavalry Instruction and Training

by United States. War Department

TO TAKE INTERVALS AND DISTANCES.

85. Being in line at a halt: 1. Take intervals, to the right (left), 2. MARCH, 3. Squad, 4. HALT.

At the command march, all face to the right and the leading trooper steps off; the other men step off in succession, each following the preceding trooper at four paces.

At the command halt, given when all have their intervals, all halt and face to the front.

86. Being at intervals, to assemble the squad: 1. Assemble to the right (left), 2. MARCH. The trooper on the right stands fast. The other troopers face to the right, close by the shortest line and face to the front.

87. Being in line at a halt and fours having been counted: 1. Take distance, 2. MARCH, 3. Squad, 4. HALT.

At the command march, No. 1 moves straight to the front; Nos. 2, 3, and 4 in the order named, move straight to the front, each stepping off so as to follow the preceding man at 4 paces. The command halt is given when all have their distances.

If there be more than one No. 1, all the Nos. 1 move forward together, guiding on the right trooper. The same principle applies to the other numbers.

88. The normal interval and distance of 4 paces indicated, respectively, in pars. 34 and 36, may be increased or diminished by adding to the corresponding preparatory command the indication of the interval or distance desired; thus: 1. Take interval to the right at 1 pace, 2. MARCH, etc.; 1. Take distance, at 2 paces, 2. MARCH, etc.

89. Being at distances, to assemble the squad: 1. Assemble, 2. MARCH.