CHAPTER V. 

 EXTEACTS FROM CAVALRY DRILL REGULATIONS. 



UNITED STATES ARMY, 1916. 



Section 1. Definitions. 



Alignment. — The placing of several troopers or units on the 

 same straight line ; also the line on which such adjustment 

 is made. 



Assembly, — The grouping in order, and in a close-order 

 formation, of the elements of a command. The special ar- 

 rangement and condition that constitute order for each unit 

 are explained in the corresponding part of the text. The 

 purpose of the assembly is to bring about a close-order forma- 

 tion in order. 



Base.— The element on which a formation or movement is 

 regulated. The base may be a trooper, two, four, section, 

 platoon, or larger unit. When the base is a single trooper 

 in ranks, he may also be termed the guide. 



Center, — The middle point or element of a command. If the 

 number of elements considered be even, the right center ele- 

 ment will be meant when the center element is referred to. 



Column. — A formation in which the elements of a command 

 are placed one behind the other. The elements here referred to 

 may be troopers, twos, fours, sections, platoons, or larger 

 units. Vv'hen used in these regulations as a word of com- 

 mand, v/ithout qualifying words indicating the kind of column 

 (as of twos, of platoons, etc.), column signifies a column of 

 fours. In all other cases the word is to be understood in its 

 general sense unless the context indicates the contrary. 

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