1. _Length of pace._--In _slow and quick time_ the length of a pace is 30 inches. In _stepping out_, it is 33 inches, in _double time_, 40, in _stepping short_, 21, and in the _side step_, 15 inches. When a soldier takes a side pace to clear or cover another, as in forming fours, S. 40, the pace will be 30 inches. 2. _Time._--In _slow time_, 75 paces are taken in a minute. In _quick time_, 120 paces, equal to 100 yards in a minute, or 3 miles 720 yards in an hour. In _double time_, 180 paces, equal to 200 yards a minute. The time of the _side step_ is the same as for the _quick step_. Distances of 100 and 200 yards will be marked on the drill ground, and non-commissioned officers and men practised in keeping correct time, and length of pace. Marching in _slow time_ will be practised only when required for ceremonial purposes. =12.= _The drum, and pace stick._ No recruit, or squad of recruits, is to be taught to march without the constant use of the drum, and pace stick. The drum will first beat the time in which the men are to march, when the squad is halted; then, from time to time, when it is in motion. While the drum is beating, at the halt, the men will give their attention to the time; when it ceases, the instructor will put the squad in motion. In order to ascertain whether the time is beaten correctly, a pendulum should be used. The length of the pace in marching will be corrected with the pace stick, the accuracy of which should occasionally be tested by measurement. =13.= _Position in marching._ In marching, the soldier must maintain the position of the head and body, as directed in S. =6=, with the weight on the fore part of the feet. He must be well balanced on his limbs. In slow time his arms and hands must be kept steady by his sides, care being taken that the hand does not partake of the movement of the leg, and the toes must be pointed downwards. In quick time his arms will swing naturally from the shoulder, the right arm swinging forward with the left leg, and the left arm with the right leg. The hand must not be swung in advance of the leading foot, across the body, nor be raised higher than the waistbelt. The movement of the leg must spring from the haunch, and be free and natural. Both knees must be kept straight, except while the leg is being carried from the rear to the front, when the knee must necessarily be a little bent, to enable the foot to clear the ground. The foot must be carried straight to the front, and, without being drawn back, placed firmly on the ground, but so as not to jerk or shake the body. Although several recruits may be drilled together in a squad with intervals, they must act independently, precisely as if they were being instructed singly. They will thus learn to march in a straight line, and to take a correct pace, both as regards length and time, without reference to the other men of the squad.