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.

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    4), the outer free bearers, meanwhile, closing in on their respective sides. In this manner the front is reduced to that of a column of litters. 96. The normal formation is resumed by the command: 1. Sections, 2. Extend, 3. March. Line is reformed by the same commands used to form column. 97. To form single column from column of sections: 1. Right (or left) ly litter, 2. March ; when the second litter of each section takes the short step and obliques to the right behind the first. 98. To form column of sections from single column : 1. Form sections, 2. Left (or right) oblique, 3. March ; when the first squad of each section takes the short step, until the second squad, obliquing to the left, is in line with it. ROUTE STEP. 99. The column of strapped litters at the carry [Par. 62] is the habitual column of route. The rate is three to three and a half miles per hour. Marching in quick time: 1. Route step, 2. March. The men are not required to preserve silence or keep the step. The litter squads preserve their distance. If from a halt: 1. Forward, 2. Route step, 3. March. To resume the cadence step: 1. Detachment, 2. Attention. At the command attention, the cadence step in quick time is resumed. Upon halting while marching in route step, the men come to the rest at the ground. [Par. 63.] 100. To march at ease: 1. At ease, 2. March. The detachment marches as in the route step, except that silence is preserved. Marching at route step or at ease, at a halt, and at the rest, officers carry the sword in the scabbard.