At the command to the right (left), the rear rank men march backward four steps (15 inches each step) and halt. [Illustration: LIKE THIS Note that the actual distance from the front rank to the rear rank is now 40 plus 4x15 inches, i.e., 100 inches.] At the command march, all face to the right and No. 1 front and rear rank step off. No. 2, front and rear rank, follow No. 1, front and rear rank, at a distance of four paces. Likewise with the other numbers. [Illustration: Like this, when No. 1 front and rear rank have gained four paces distance.] At the command halt, given when No. 3 is three paces distant from No. 4, all halt and face to the front. [Illustration: The squad looks like this when the movement is completed.] Being at intervals: 1. Assemble, to the right, (left), 2. MARCH. At the command march, No. 1 front rank stands fast. No. 1 rear rank closes to 40 inches. The other men face to the right, close by the shortest line, and face to the front. [Illustration] Being in line at a halt: 1. Take distance, 2. MARCH, 3. Squad, 4. HALT. At the command march, No. 1 of the front rank moves straight to the front; Nos. 2, 3, and 4 of the front rank and Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the rear rank, in the order named, move straight to the front, each stepping off so as to follow the preceding man at four paces. The command halt is given when all have their distances. In case more than one squad is in line, each squad executes the movement as above. The guide of each rank of numbers is right. [Illustration] The front rank men should walk straight to the front and their rear rank men should cover them accurately. Being at distances, to assemble the squad: 1. Assemble, 2. MARCH. No. 1 of the front rank stands fast; the other numbers move forward to their proper places in line. THE OBLIQUE MARCH For the instruction of recruits, the squad being in column or correctly aligned, the instructor causes the squad to face half right (or half left), points out to the men their relative positions, and explains that these are to be maintained in the oblique march. 1. Right (left) oblique, 2. MARCH. Each man steps off in a direction 45 degrees to the right of his original front. He preserves his relative position, keeping his shoulders parallel to those of the guide (the man on the right front of the line or column), and so regulates his steps that the ranks remain parallel to their original front. At the command halt, the men halt faced to the front. To resume the original direction: 1. Forward, 2. MARCH. [Illustration] The men half face to the left in marching and then move straight to the front. If at half step or mark time while obliquing, the oblique march is resumed by the commands: 1. Oblique, 2. MARCH. TO FOLLOW THE CORPORAL Being assembled or deployed, to march the squad without unnecessary commands, the corporal places himself in front of it and commands: FOLLOW ME.