SCHOOL OF THE SOLDIER

PART II

  1. The recruit being sufficiently established in the principles of this step, the instructor will command:

    1. Squad, forward. 2. Double Quick. 3. MARCH.


  2. At the first command, the recruit will throw the weight of his body on the right leg.


  3. At the second command, he will place his arms as indicated No. 106.


  4. At the third command he will carry forward the left foot, the leg slightly bent, the knee somewhat raised -will plant his left foot, the toe first, thirty-three inches from the right, and with the right foot will then execute what has just been prescribed for the left. This alternate movement of the legs will take place by throwing the weight of the body on the foot that is planted, and by allowing a natural, oscillatory motion to the arms.


  5. The double quick step may be executed with different degrees of swiftness. Under urgent circumstances the, cadence of this step may be increased to one hundred and eighty per minute. At this rate a distance of four thousand yards would be passed over in about twenty-five minutes.


  6. The recruits will be exercised also in running.


  7. The principles are the same as for the double quick step, the only difference consisting in a greater degree of swiftness.


  8. It is recommended in marching at double quick time, or the run, that the men should breathe as much as possible through the nose, keeping the mouth closed. Experience has proved that, by conforming to this principle, a man can. Pass over at much longer distance and with less fatigue.


    9. PART TWO

    GENERAL RULES

  9. The instructor will not pass the men to this second part until they shall be well established in the position of the body, and in the manner of marching at the different steps.


  10. He will then unite four men, whom he will place in the same rank, elbow to elbow, and instruct them in the position of shoulder arms, as follows.


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