1. Points will be placed on the principles prescribed for a battalion, and the brigade will march past as the general officer commanding may direct. { _In column, from line of quarter columns._--On { the caution from the brigadier, commanding MARCH PAST. { officers will order their battalions to form fours { to the right, and they will move off on his signal. Each battalion in succession, when it reaches the first point, will wheel to the left at the double by order of its commander, moving forward and changing the time when it has advanced sufficiently not to check the battalion in rear; when the leading battalion reaches the saluting base, it will be halted, turned to the left, and dressed by the right. The remaining battalions will form mass in rear of the leading battalion, moving by the shortest lines. The march past will be performed on the principles described in S. =191= (2). 2. _In double companies._--When a brigade drawn up in line of quarter columns is to march past in double companies, the following method will be adopted:--The battalions will move to the right in fours, and wheel to the left at the double, in succession, as they reach the first point, receiving the word FORWARD followed by QUICK--MARCH, when that pace will not check the battalion in rear. When about half way to the second point, the first battalion will form double companies, thus:--The commanding officer having given the command QUARTER COLUMN OF DOUBLE COMPANIES, LEFT COMPANIES, MARK TIME, LEFT--INCLINE, the left companies will mark time, and the right companies will close when clear to quarter column on No. 1, the left companies receiving the word _Forward, Right--Incline_ from their commanders so as to join the right. The remaining battalions having formed double companies will move into mass. Each battalion will march past as directed for a battalion in column, the word of command to each double company being given by the company commander on the right. The double companies will march off at company distance. When the rear double company is twenty-five paces beyond the saluting point the second in command will give the words LEFT COMPANIES, MARK--TIME, RIGHT--INCLINE, DOUBLE, the officers commanding those companies giving _Left Incline, Quick--March By the Right_, when in column. The column will then be closed on the march to quarter column; and the brigade will be closed to mass on the leading battalion, which will have changed ranks, ordered arms and dressed; each of the remaining battalions will act in like manner. If the brigade is to return in mass, sufficient distance will be allowed for the rear company of the rear battalion to reach the third point. _In mass of quarter columns._--If required, the brigade may then return in mass.