{ The whole will step off, the even numbers { wheeling round to the right and following { the left hand man of the odd numbers. No. 3 FORM COMPANY. { will form up two paces in rear of No. 1; QUICK MARCH. { No. 5 on the left of No. 1; No. 7 in rear { of No. 5; No. 9 on the left of No. 5, and { so on. The leading men of the even numbers { will always form in the rear rank and the { next man in the front rank. As the men { arrive in their places they will turn to { the left, order arms, and take up their { dressing. =186.= _A Company in line saluting._[10] { On the command PRESENT ARMS, the company { commander will recover his sword with the FIX--BAYONETS. { first motion of the rifles, and at the third SLOPE--ARMS. { motion his sword will be smartly lowered to GENERAL { the salute, point to be twelve inches from the SALUTE. { ground and directed to the front, edge to the PRESENT--ARMS. { left; the arm to be straight, hand just behind { the thigh, the thumb flat on the handle of the { sword. The supernumerary rank and outer { section commanders present arms with the men. { The company commander will recover his SLOPE--ARMS. { sword with the first, carry with the second { motion of the rifles. Swords will be sloped when { the men order arms. Arms will then be ordered and bayonets unfixed. =187.= _A Company marching past._ For this practice the company will be formed as a company in line; arms will be at the _Order_. Four points, numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4 (Plate VIII), will be placed marking the angles of an oblong, of which the long sides will be one hundred paces in length, and the short sides forty. The company will be in the centre of one of the long sides; the side opposite to the saluting base. A point, termed the saluting point, will be placed ten paces outside the centre of the saluting base, turned towards the company; and a point, lettered “A,” turned in like manner, on the saluting base, at ten paces to the left of the saluting point. As a rule all these points should be marked by camp colours. [Illustration: PLATE VIII. A COMPANY MARCHING PAST.] FIX--BAYONETS. } SLOPE--ARMS. } MARCH PAST. } FORM--FOURS, } RIGHT. } The company will step off, and will change BY THE } direction to the left round the first point. LEFT, } QUICK--MARCH, } LEFT--WHEEL. }