b. Preserving, packing, and transporting it, both in carriages and by the soldier himself.
6. Management of small-arms:
a. Theory of firing (in its general scientific bearings, vide artillery) as applied to small-arms: repeated elucidation of the curve, line of metal, axis produced, and the relative position of these three lines in the different ranges.
b. Practical rules for loading, presenting, taking aim, and discharging, at different elevations of the adversary, and at different ranges.
7. Cleaning and preserving the arms.
D. Of Side-Arms.
1. Classification and denomination of the same:
a. Cavalry side-arms.
b. Lances.
2. Statement of the general principles on which their construction is based.