2. Funerals of officers, warrant officers and serjeants will be conducted in a similar manner to para. 1, the troops being detailed for the escort according to the rank of the deceased. Officers’ swords are reversed under the right arm, the point downwards, the hilt being grasped with the right hand, blade uppermost, the left hand grasping the blade behind the back. 3. Large escorts will march by companies, in fours, at the head of the procession. 4. In the funerals of senior officers the arrangements will be made under the supervision of the general officer commanding. NOTE.--To fire three volleys over the grave the following procedure will be adopted:-- When the men, after presenting arms, have sloped arms, the commander will give the following commands:-- _Volleys--Load._ } The men will act as in the Feu-de-joie. _Present._ As in the Feu-de-joie. _Fire._ { Each man will at once press the trigger, and { after a slight pause return to the position for { loading. This will be repeated until the volleys are completed, when the men will _Unload_ as in Feu-de-joie. INDEX. Ammunition, blank, 62 „ supply and transport of, in the field, 165 Annual course of training, auxiliary forces, 173 „ „ battalion, 179 „ „ company, 174 „ „ description of, 171 „ „ detail of, 172 „ „ general rules, 174 Assault, the, 137 Assembly, after dispersal, 65 Attack, the, 128 „ battalion in the holding, 152 „ by cavalry, meeting an, 92 „ „ or swordsmen, savage warfare, 119 „ company, general rules for, 145 „ co-operation between artillery and infantry in the, 135 „ decisive, 136 „ direction and pace in the, 143 „ distances in the, 142 „ distribution of companies in the decisive, 150 „ „ infantry in the, 128 „ duties of the several bodies in the, 131 „ feints in the, 139 „ fire in the, 133 „ firing-line and supports in the, 151 „ flank, 139 „ formations, 140 „ frontage in the, 141 Attack general rules for company in the, 145 „ „ battalion in the, 148 „ „ brigade in the, 153 „ „ division in the, 154 „ holding, 138 „ infantry formations in regard to fire in the, 133 „ instruction for the battalion in the, 153 „ intervals in the, 143 „ local flanking fire, 140 „ machine guns in the, 144 „ nature of an offensive action, 128 „ orders, issues of, 130 „ „ for battalion in the, 149 „ practice, 85 „ preliminary measures, 129 „ rallying and redistribution, 138