=3. The Company= 46 (_a_) Formation of the company 46 Number of ranks 46 Interval and distance 47 Front and facing distance 48 (_b_) Division of the company into three or four platoons 48 Losses among officers 50 =4. Length of Pace and Marching= 53 Comparison (table) 54 Double time 55 =5. Movements of the Company in Line= 56 =6. The Columns of the Company. Movements in Column. Formation of Line= 56 Column of twos 56 Column of squads 57 Route column 57 Column of fours 58 Double column of squads 59 Comparison of column of fours with column of squads 59 The importance of the squad 59 The employment of the column of squads 59 Company column 60 Column of platoons 61 Column of sections 61 Guidon flags 63 Posts of platoon commanders 63 Movements in column 64 Suggestions made by Colonel Fumet, French Army 65 =7. The Battalion= 67 Normal formation of the German battalion 67 The color 68 Formations in various armies 69 The value of double column 71 The battalion in route column 72 =8. The Regiment and the Brigade= 73 Formation in line or in echelon 73