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Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts
Girl Scouts of the United States of America
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At the command _March_, given as the right foot strikes the ground,
advance and plant the left foot; turn to the right about on the balls of
both feet and immediately step off with the left foot.
If marching in double time, turn to the right about, taking four steps
in place, keeping the cadence, and then step off with the left foot.
Change Step
Being in march: 1 _Change Step_, 2 _March_.
At the command _March_, given as the right foot strikes the ground,
advance and plant the left foot; plant the toe of the right foot near
the heel of the left and step off with the left foot.
The change on the right foot is similarly executed, the command _March_
being given as the left foot strikes the ground.
SECOND CLASS DRILL
_Fall In._ (_Described in Tenderfoot Drill._)
_Count Off._
At this command all except the right file execute _Eyes Right_, and
beginning on the right, the Scouts in each rank count _One_, _Two_,
_Three_, _Four_; each turns her head and eyes to the front as she
counts.
[Illustration: GIRL SCOUT UNIFORM--ONE PIECE]
Alignments
1 _Right (or Left) Dress_, 2 _Front_. (Described in Tenderfoot Drill.)
To preserve the alignment when marching; _Guide Right_ (_or left_). The
Scouts preserve their intervals from the side of the guide, yielding to
pressure on that side and resisting pressure from the opposite
direction; they recover intervals, if lost, by gradually opening out or
closing in; they recover alignment by slightly lengthening or shortening
the step; the rear rank Scouts cover their file leaders at forty inches.
To Take Distance
(Formation for signalling or for setting-up exercises.)
Being in line at a halt having counted off: 1 _Take Distance at four
paces_, 2 _March_; 3 _Squad (or company), Halt_.
At the command _March_, each Scout in succession starting at four paces
apart and beginning with No. 1 of the front rank, followed by 2, 3, 4
and 1, 2, 3, 4 of the rear rank, marches straight forward until the
order Squad, Halt is given. The command _Halt_ is given when all have
their distances.
(Word to instructors: Where the floor space is limited it is advisable
to have the Scouts take the half step in executing this formation or
move at two paces.)
If more than one squad is in line, each squad executes the movement as
above simultaneously.
Being at distances, to assemble the squad (or company):
1 _Assemble_, 2 _March_.
At the command _March_, No. 1 of the front rank stands fast; the other
members move forward to their proper places in the line.
The Oblique March
For the instruction of the recruits, the squad being in column or
correctly aligned, the instructor causes the Scouts to face half right
and half left, points out to them their relative positions, and explains
that these are to be maintained in the oblique march.
1 _Right (or Left) Oblique_, 2 _March_.
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