Revised regulations for the Army of the United States, 1861 : with a full index / by authority of the War Department.

  • United States Department of War
Date:
1862
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Credit: Revised regulations for the Army of the United States, 1861 : with a full index / by authority of the War Department. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    Seview. 85]. The battalion being formed in the order of battJe, at shouldered arms, the Colonel will command, \. Battdlion, prepare for review ! 2. To the rear, open order. 3. March! At the word March, the field and staff officers dismount; the company officers and the color-rank advance four paces in front of the front rank, and place themselves opposite to their respective places, in the order of battle. The color-guard replace the color-rank. The staff officers place themselves, according to rank, three paces on the right of the rank of company officers, and one pace from each other; the music takes post as at parade. The non-commissioned staff take post one pace from each other, and three paces on the right of the front rank of the battalion. 352. When the ranks-are aligned, the Colonel will command, • Front! and place himself eigbt paces, and the Lieutenant-Colonel and Major will place themselves two paces, in front of the rank of company officers, and opposite to their respective places in the order of battle, all facing to the front. 353. When the reviewing officer presents himself before the centre, and is fifty or sixty paces distant, the Colonel will face about, and com- mand, Present—Arms ! and resume his front. The men present arms, and the officers salute, so as to drop their swords with the last motion of the firelock. The non- commissioned staff salute by bringing the sword to a poise, the hilt rest- ing on the breast, the blade in front of the face, inclining a little outward. The music will play, and all the drums beat, according to the rank of the reviewing officer. The colors only salute such persons as, from their rank and by regulation (see Article XXIX.), are entitled to that honor. If the reviewing officer be junior in rank to the commandant of the parade, no compliment will be paid to him, but he will be received with arms carried, and the officers will not salute as the column passes in review. 854. The reviewing officer having halted, and acknowledged the salute of the line by touching or raising his cap or hat, the Colonel will face about and command. Shoulder—Arms ! when the men shoulder their pieces; the officers and non-?ommissioned staff recover their swords with the last motion, and the Colonel faces to the front.