When halted in column the second in command will be four paces from the centre of the directing flank of the leading half-battalion; a third field officer, if present, will be four paces from the centre of the directing flank of the rear half battalion. The position of the company officers and section commanders will be as when in company; the machine guns, drums and band, &c., will be on the outer flank, _see_ Plate VII. [Illustration: PLATE VII. A BATTALION IN COLUMN.] 2. A battalion in column will move either in fours or by the diagonal march, on the same principles and on the same words of command as from quarter column. S. =94=. =97.= _A battalion in column on the march closing to quarter column._ { 1. The leading company will be at once AT THE HALT, { halted by its commander. The remaining QUARTER { companies will continue to advance, and will COLUMN. { be successively halted by their commanders { on reaching their position in quarter { column. { 2. Should it be necessary to form quarter { column on the march, on the battalion QUARTER { commander’s order REMAINDER--DOUBLE--MARCH, COLUMN. { the whole will break into double time, REMAINDER--DOUBLE { except the leading company, which will MARCH. { continue to advance in quick time; the { commanders of the companies in rear will { order them to break into quick time as soon { as they have reached their position in { quarter column. 3. Should it be necessary to form quarter column from column from the halt, the command in 1 will be followed by the words, REMAINDER, QUICK--MARCH, when the leading company will stand fast, the remainder will act on the same principle as in 1. 4. Quarter column will usually be formed on the leading company. =98.= _A battalion in column or quarter column advancing in fours, or vice versâ._ { 1. _Column of fours from column on the IN SUCCESSION { march._--This caution will be given when a ADVANCE IN { column is required to defile, on which the FOURS FROM { leading company commander will give the THE RIGHT OF { command _Form fours, right, Left--wheel_, COMPANIES. { each company forming successively on { reaching the same point. If companies are to advance in fours simultaneously, the battalion commander will give the command FORM FOURS, RIGHT, COMPANIES, LEFT--WHEEL.