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 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