DRILL GUIDELINES 

FOR THE USE BY THE COMPANIES OF THE 18TH REG’T 

Common commands and guidelines which should be well versed by the Officers and NCOs. 

  1. The authorized drill manual for the 18th Texas Vol. Infantry will be Hardee's Rifle & Infantry Tactics, 1862. Officers and NCOs must study this manual. 
  2. Member companies are expected, when unit ranks are such, to be able to maneuver by platoon and by company. 
  3. The position of each Officer and NCOs should be familiar to those ranks with each knowing their proper position within an evolution. 
  4. School of the Company should be regularly drilled, with detail being given to all aspects of this text. 
  5. The following maneuvers are mandatory for the company: 

    6. A. Facing right, left, front, and about (including doubling and un-doubling) 
    B. Marching quick, double-quick, and common time, backward and right (and left) oblique 
    C. Marching by the right and left flanks; right about march 
    D. Countermarching 
    E. By company into line 
    F. On the right (and left) by file into line.
    G. Right (and left) wheels, and half wheels; Right (and left) into line, wheel 
    H. Right and left turns into line 

  6. The following will be drilled to the forward and to the right and left oblique: 

    7. A. Firing by company 
    B. Firing by platoon 
    C. Firing by file (from the right) 
    D. Firing by rank 

  7. A company must be capable of deploying as skirmishers, firing as such, and reforming.

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