The Pennsylvania evening post — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-06-06 00:00:00, page 4

Just printed, publlffied, andte be fold by R. ATTKE N,
bookseller, Philadelphia,
Printed with a new type, on a good paper, in one ofttvo
volume (price in boards One Dollar, bound Ten Shillings)
A new System of Military Discipline founded on
Principle.
By a GENERAL OFFICER.
CONTE NTS.
Chap. I. Sed. I. Of drefi. Art. I. Of clothing. 2. Of
convenience. 3. Of appearance. Sed. 11. Of arms. Art. 1.
Of the bayonet. 2. Of the firelock. Sed. 111. Of accou
trements.
Chap. 11. The duty of the Corporal. Se&. I. Inftrufti
ons. Sed. 11. Of refped to superiors. Art. 1. Of deport
ment. 2. Of the Handing salute. 3. Of the passing salute.
Sett. 111. To stand. Art. 1. Of Handing ereft. 2. Of plant
ing the feet. Se&. IV. The facings. Se&. V. To march.
Art. I. To balance the body. 2. To ground the foot. 3. To
limit the step. 4. To preserve equality of pace. Four pfopo-'
fitions on the regularity of stepping and forming the ranks.
Art. 5. Of marching by files, wheeling, &c.
Chap. 111. Duty of the Serjeant. Sed. I. Inftruftions in
twenty particulars. Sed. 11. The parade exercise, with ufe
ful observations thereon.
Chap. IV. Duty and inftrudions of the Adjutant. The
method of performing the different kinds of parapet and re
joicing fires. Se£t. 111. Of the column, exemplified in a va
riety of cases. Of passing a bridge.
Sefl. IV. Of the square. The square formed out cf one
battalion, confiding of four grand divisions exemplified in
twenty-seven particulars.
Chap. V. The exercise as it is to be performed by signal
or word of command from the Major, or from any other
officer. A sketch of a battalion confiding of ten companies,
in each sixty-nine privates and three corporals, making in the
whole seven hundred and twenty men rank and file, drawn up
in reviewing order, and according to seniority. Rules for tel
ling off the battalion, and for posting the officers both at ex
ercise and for action. A fetch of a battalion formed for
action or exercise, with the ranks at the whole distance or open
order. Signals, words of command, and particular refe
rences. Rules, maxims, and observations, for the govern
ment, condu&, and discipline of an army.
To the PUBLIC.
ALL feiences have their peculiar graduates, as well to in-
Hrud pupils in their rudiments, as to bring them to the higher
elements of their profeffion ; our author has therefore alloted
to the Corporal, to the Serjeant, and to the Adjutant, their
different degrees of inftrudion, that each may be responsible
for those committed to his charge; and by that means that the
exercise may be more corred and expeditiously learned. He
then introduces the whole exercise complete, as it is to be
performed by word of command from the Major, or any other
commissioned officer, or by signal. In that part where our
author treats of the field exercise, he comprehends such opera
tions as are necessary to be performed against the enemy, as
different exigencies may there require. In treating of the
Column, the Line, and the Square, this author points out
their various uses and purposes, shews some of their capital
defeats, and proposes several amendments. The whole is con
cluded with an Appendix containing rules, maxims, and obser
vations for the government, conduct, and discipline ofan army.
This work is written upon a new plan, and is peculiarly
adapted for the use of young officers, Shewing the particular
duties of each, and the most easy method of training their
men in order to become expert soldiers.
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