Great Britain. Army -- Infantry -- Drill and tactics
[5] Rifle regiments will drill in close order at the _Trail_. On the
command QUICK (or DOUBLE) MARCH, the men will _Trail_ arms without
further word of command, and will halt and stand at ease on the word or
signal _Halt_.
[6] When a company without arms is inspected, section commanders will
close up the rear rank on completion of inspection of their sections,
giving the command CLOSE RANKS. MARCH.
[7] When constructing trenches by night, tracing tapes are used to show
the line of the proposed trench.
[8] With tripod equipment, the machine gun detachment will include
two pack animals, each of which will carry 7 boxes of ammunition (250
rounds to the box).
[9] Recruits, as soon as their training as such is completed, are to
take their place in the ranks irrespective of the season of the year.
[10] In the following sections dealing with ceremonial, including
guard duties, the command to slope arms and fix bayonets will not
apply to men of Rifle Regiments, who will remain at the _Order_
when halted, will present arms from the _Order_ without fixing
bayonets, and will march past at the _Trail_.
[11] The term “corps,” when used with reference to troops, is intended
to designate troops which are not allotted to any particular field unit.
[12] In coming to the _Engage_ from the _Slope_, seize the
rifle with the right hand at the small and come to the _Engage_.
Transcriber’s Notes:
1. Obvious printers’, punctuation and spelling errors have been
corrected silently.
2. Where hyphenation is in doubt, it has been retained as in the
original.
3. Some hyphenated and non-hyphenated versions of the same words have
been retained as in the original.
4. Italics are shown as _xxx_.
5. Bold print is shown as =xxx=.
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