62 MAlfllAL FOE NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS. 



The length of the full step in double time is 36 inches ; the 

 cadence is at the rate of 180 steps per minute. 



The instructor, when necessary, indicates the cadence of the 

 step h3^ calling one, two, three, four, or left, right, the instant 

 the left and right foot, respectively, should be planted. 



70. All steps and marchings and movements involving march 

 are executed in quick time unless the squad be marching in 

 double time, or double time be added to the connnand ; in the 

 latter case double time is added to the preparatory command. 



Example : 1. Forward, double time, 2. MAECH, 



71. It should be explained to the recruits that in collective 

 drills and exercises one of tlie troopers,, termed the guide, 

 habitually has to follow a leader or direct himself upon some 

 designated objective, the other troopers regulating their march 

 so as, in line, to march abreast of the guide, maintaining their 

 approximate intervals. The necessity, in this connection, for 

 learning to march steadily in a given direction without waver- 

 ing from side to side should further be pointed out. Each 

 recruit should then be practiced individually in marching upon 

 a designated objective, selecting for that purpose two points 

 of direction on the straight line that passes through the trooper 

 and the objective and keeping constantly in the prolongation 

 of that line. When the objective is sufficiently distinct it 

 should be taKen as one of the points of direction and another 

 point in line with the trooper and the objective, and either 

 nearer or more distant than the latter be selected as a second 

 point to fix the direction of march. 



QUICK TIME AND DOUBLE TIME. 



72. Being at a halt, to march forward in quick time: 1. 

 Forward, 2. MARCH. 



At the connnand forward, shift the weight of the body to 

 the right leg, left knee straight. 



At the connnand march, move the left foot smartly straight 

 forward 30 inches from the right, sole near the ground, and 

 plant it without shock ; next, in like manner, advance the 

 rigiit foot and plant it as above; continue the march. The 

 arms swing naturally. 



