4. Intrenching Tool Equipment 38
5. The Load of the Infantryman 39
Comparison of the loads carried by infantrymen in various armies 40
II. THE FORMATIONS 41
1. The Issue of Orders 41
Trumpet signals 41
2. The Purpose of Formations. Comparison Between Line and Column 42
Assembly and route formations 42
Maneuver and combat formations 43
Napoleonic columns 44
Comparison between line and column 44
The origin of column tactics 44
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
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