Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-08-02
THINNING THe SQUAD CON.
pleTelv ABOUT.

We uOW Sctusu ~ uic squuu ior Iur-
fher instruction therein. squad
right" which was explained In the thir-
tenth article Of this series, Is ut once
a movement 30 difficult and SO i,mpor-
tapt-impOrtant as the basis for chang
ing the front Of a platoon or conlpslry
that 1t would be beneficial to gotver
II again In preparation for squad ff;f1..
about"
In squad right" the right map On
the front rank, ut the COMES ~
"MARCH" faces to the right in match.
ing and marks time. lie must ccr.a
absolutely to advance until the mt-c
ment Is completed. If he inches f-r-
ward, he then cease TO be a Ska
pivot; !" and unless squad right" is pc.
formed upon II fixed pivot. the sqlat'
will not fit together properly when r
column Of squads swings into Il com
pany front. II, however, the pivot man
turns upon the fixed spot and marks
time, as he should. the various squads
in company front will slip into place
Ike boards with tongues and Doves
At the command Of execution,
MARCH" the three other front-rank
men oblique to the right, place them
selves abreast Of the pivot man, and
mark time. They do not stumble into
position in loose and sagging circles.
Each Of these movements should be
precise and military. Otherwise, the
squad formation will be as slack as
the movement Of the slackest man.
In the e a rank, the third man from
the right (N0. 3. in the "count of'),
followed In column by Nos, . and l,
moves straight to the front until he
finds himself Immediately to the rear
of his front rank man. Nos. = and l
place themselves behind their front
rank men likewise. Then all face to
the right in marching and mark time.
The other man of the rear rank-No.
4-moves straight to the front, at the
side of No. 3 for four PAGES and places
himself abreast of the man on his
right. Each man, as he reaches the
new line, glances toward the march
Ing lank-that Is. those still to come
On to the new line~-whi'e he marks
time. and when the last man arrives
on the line, both ranks proceed with
forward march without further COM
mand.
For the guidance of the squad
MEMBERS, the movement has been
worked out in six counts--at the quick
time cadence Of 12O steps n minute
from the command MARCH" In
other words, if each man will perform
his appointed task while counting six,
including the marking time, the squad
will be ready to advance in the new
direction upon the sixth count.
Squads left" is. of course, exc
cuted us above with the fourth man
in the front rank as the fixed pivot,
Now, in order completely to reverse
the front Of n company ana the direc'
ton of march, squads right (left)
about Is executed. At this com
mand, the pivot man (No. l, from
rank) executes squad right" twice
He does not, however, make this
sloppy merger of the two, but starts
the second squad right" when thu
last man In the front rank on the frs
squad right" has arrived abreast o
the rank. They execute the movement
In two distinct counts of six.
The front rank o then, as II
squad right" The movement of thu
rear rank, however, is somewhat differ
ent from the same ranks task in "squat
right" and this difference should b
carefully noted. Thus. in the rear rank
the third man from the rlght--No. g.
followed by No. 2 and No. l In col
umn, moves straight to the front unit
IN the prolongation Of the line a
inches In the real of the front rank
to be occupied by the rear rank
changes direction to the right; move
In the new direction until he. and Nos
2 and / also, are each in rear Of hi
respective front rank man. when a
face toward the right In marching
mark time. and glance toward tn
marching flank.
The fourth man marches on the LEI
Of the third man to his new pos
ton, and, rs he arrives on tn
line. both ranks execute "fOrwar
march"-on the second count Of six
without further command.