The Monticellonian., 1917-08-16
THE COMPANY AND SQUADS
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As soon as the company has formed and starts to march in elose-order drill. the new soldier will find himself put ting into application more and more of what lie has learned in squad drill. i This will he intelligent application, too, for he will now be able to see what it is all about. Previously. il was nee ments in the squad as unit, for II would be impossible to explain to the company as Il whole the details of q company movement which is based upon a collective squad movement, un- less the squad movement itself were first comprehended. The parts of the machine must be perfected separately, and then. as he has before observed, be fitted together.
 If the company is marching in line, and hence forward on company front, probably the first command which the captain would give is, Squads right l QefD MARCH i' The purpose of this command would be twofold. In the first place. it would change the direc- ton of the march by diyerting 1t squarely off to the right In the sec ond place, it would form the company into q column of squads-that is, four men abreast. in place of the company line.
 The movement itself is executed precisely as in squad right 0efD," as already described in the school of the squad. The new soldier would do we'll to return and refresh his recol. lectionS of the details.
 As a practical illustration of what has taken place following the com mand squads right" imagine that the company is marching on an armory drill floor It is in line-that is com pany front-and is advancing up the left side of the hall. As 1t approaches the wall at the end of the drill floor, 1t is necessary for the captain to change the direction of the company otherwise, the men would be compelled to march head on into the wall. He wishes to send them along the cad of the room, and in this he now has but one choice of direction-to the right. So he gives the command, Squads right" and the line immediately swings into column of squads, nov ing straight off to the right
 Assume that, while in column of squads and half way across the end of the drill hall the captain desires to return to the company front again, either for the purpose of halting or in order to advance across the drill floor in the direction opposite to that origi- nally described. He would give the command, Squads right" once more, and this would execute the movement as required.
 Being In line. at halt, if the cap tain wishes to throw the company into column of squads he gives the com mand, Squads right, MARCH com pany, HALTn This movement is exc cuted In the same way as with an in- dividual squad in line.
 By this time-if not before-the new soldier will have observed that squads in the company are as a row of state room doors on steamboat. The diff ference is that they swing as if moved with single lever. At one time they stand open at right angles. thereby forming column of squads, and at another time they are closed and form the line. or company front. And the importance of the fixed pivot Con which squads right QefD" is always execut- ed) Is to Insure that the squads will fit as exactly when they swing in and out as the hypothetical row of doors,