A manual of instruction in the principles of prompt aid to the injured : including a chapter on hygiene and the drill regulations for the hospital corps, U.S.A. : designed for military and civil use / by Alvah H. Doty.

  • Alvah Hunt Doty
Date:
1898, ©1894
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Credit: A manual of instruction in the principles of prompt aid to the injured : including a chapter on hygiene and the drill regulations for the hospital corps, U.S.A. : designed for military and civil use / by Alvah H. Doty. 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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    when the first squad stands fast (if at a halt), or takes the short step (if in a march), and the other squads successively close up. 85. The line, or column of litters, is marched by the com- mands already given [Par. 24 and following], substituting lit- ters'' for ^' fours.' The following movements require special notice or description: BEING IN LINE, TO TURN AND HALT. 86. 1. Detachment, 2. Right (or left), 3. March, 4. Front. The first litter halts, and taking the short step, wheels to the right on its own ground; the other litters half wheel to the right and place themselves successively upon the alignment established by the right litter [Par. 21], BEING IN LINE, TO TURN AND ADVANCE. 87. 1. Detachment, 2. Right (or left) turn, 3. March. The first litter takes the short step and wheels to the right on a movable pivot, followed by the others as in Par. 22. BEING IN LINE OF LITTERS, TO MARCH BY THE FLANK IN COLUMN OF LITTERS. W 88. 1. Litters, 2. Right (or left), 3. March. At the command march. No. 2 steps oif to the right and No. 3 to the left, both describing a quarter of a circle, so as to make the litter revolve horizontally on its center until both face to the right, ;V when they take the full step ^ in the new direction; Nos. .., 1 and 4 maintain their rel- ative positions opposite the center of the litter. The right guide places himself one pace in front of the first litter, and the left guide one pace in rear of the last litter. U Par. 88.—Litters right.