=358.= Until the individual instruction of recruits has advanced to a point where they have acquired reasonable proficiency in mounting and dismounting, these movements will be executed at collective as well as at individual instruction by the commands and methods indicated in pars. 355 and 357. After such proficiency has been acquired, mounting and dismounting at close-order drills, at ceremonies, and at all occasions of a ceremonial nature will habitually be executed in unison by the commands and methods prescribed in pars. 354 and 356, respectively. The commands and methods prescribed in pars. 355 and 357, respectively, may, in the discretion of the commander, continue to be employed on all other duty. THE RESTS AND ROUTE ORDER. =359.= The mounted squad executes the =rests= and =route order= as prescribed in par. 221. After dismounting from line, =rest= or =at ease= may be given either before or after forming rank. The dismounted squad executes the =rests= and =route order= as prescribed in pars. 60 and 61. TO DISMISS THE SQUAD. =360.= The squad, in =column of troopers=, is dismissed as prescribed for that formation in par. 222. The squad in =column of fours= is dismissed at the same command. The trooper on the right of the leading four leads out as indicated in par. 222 and is followed, in turn, by the other troopers of that four, then by the troopers of the next four, and so on successively to the rear of the column. In each four the troopers lead out in order from right to left. The dismissal from =column of twos= is similarly executed. The squad being =in line= is dismissed by the commands and methods prescribed in par. 222 for a line with intervals, except that the troopers, in order to have their proper distance, move out successively from right to left instead of simultaneously. At the commands: 1. =By the right and left=, 2. =FALL OUT=, the movement is executed in a similar manner from both flanks of the line. After having dismounted from line the squad may be dismissed without forming rank. Dismounted, without horses and not under arms, the command is =DISMISSED=. Dismounted, without horses but armed with the rifle, the squad is dismissed as in par. 114. ALIGNMENTS.