Each man, with eyes on his opponent, carries the left hand smartly to the right side, palm of the hand down, thumb and fingers extended and joined, forearm horizontal, forefinger touching the bayonet. (Two.) Drop the arm smartly by the side. This salute is the fencing salute. All fencing exercises and all fencing at will between individuals will begin and terminate with the formal courtesy of the fencing salute. =65.= After the fencing salute has been rendered the instructor commands: 1. =Fencing exercise=, 2. =GUARD.= At the command =guard= each man comes to the position of =guard=, heretofore defined, bayonets crossed, each man's bayonet bearing lightly to the right against the corresponding portion of the opponent's bayonet. This position is known as the =engage= or =engage right=. =66.= Being at the engage right: =ENGAGE LEFT.= The attack drops the point of his bayonet quickly until clear of his opponent's rifle and describes a semicircle with it upward and to the right; bayonets are crossed similarly as in the engaged position, each man's bayonet bearing lightly to the left against the corresponding portion of the opponent's bayonet. =67.= Being at engage left: =ENGAGE RIGHT.= The attack quickly drops the point of his bayonet until clear of his opponent's rifle and describes a semicircle with it upward and to the left and engages. =68.= Being engaged: =ENGAGE LEFT AND RIGHT=. The attack =engages left= and then immediately =engages right=. =69.= Being engaged left: =ENGAGE RIGHT AND LEFT=. The attack =engages right= and then immediately =engages left=. =70.= 1. =Number one, ENGAGE RIGHT (LEFT)=; 2. =Number two, COUNTER.= Number one executes the movement ordered, as above; number two quickly drops the point of his bayonet and circles it upward to the original position. =71.= In all fencing while maintaining the pressure in the engage a certain freedom of motion of the rifle is allowable, consisting of the play, or up-and-down motion, of one bayonet against the other. This is necessary to prevent the opponent from divining the intended attack. It also prevents his using the point of contact as a pivot for his assaults. In changing from one engage to the other the movement is controlled by the left hand, the right remaining stationary. =72.= After some exercise in engage, engage left, and counter, exercises will be given in the assaults. ASSAULTS. =73.= The part of the body to be attacked will be designated by name, as head, neck, chest, stomach, legs. No attacks will be made below the knees. The commands are given and the movements for each line are first explained thoroughly by the instructor; the execution begins at the command assault. Number one executes the attack, and number two parries; conversely, at command, number two attacks and number one parries. =74.= For convenience in instruction assaults are divided into =simple attacks=, =counter attacks=, =attacks on the rifle=, and =feints=. SIMPLE ATTACKS.