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fingers extended and joined, forearm horizontal, forefinger 

 touching the bayonet. (Two.) Drop the arm smartly by the 

 side. 



This salute is the fencing salute. 



All fencing exercises and all fencing at will between indi- 

 viduals will begin and terminate with the formal courtesy of 

 the fencing salute. 



65. After the fencing salute has been rendered the in- 

 structor commands : 1. Fencing exercise, 2, GUARD. 



At the command guard each man comes to the position of 

 guard, heretofore defined, bayonets crossed, each man's bayo- 

 net bearing lightly to the right against the corresponding por- 

 tion of the opponent's bayonet. This position is known as the 

 engage or engage right. 



66. Being at the engage right: ENGAGE LEFT. 



The attack drops the point of his bayonet quickly until clear 

 of his opponent's rifle and describes a semicircle with it up- 

 ward and to the right ; bayonets are crossed similarly as in 

 the engaged position, each man's bayonet bearing lightly to 

 the left against the corresponding portion of the opponent's 

 bayonet. 



67. Being at engage left: ENGAGE RIGHT. 



The attack quickly drops the point of his bayonet until clear 

 of his opponent's rifle and describes a semicircle with it up- 

 ward and to the left and engages. 



68. Being engaged: ENGAGE LEFT AND RIGHT. 



The attack engages left and then immediately engages 

 right. 



69. Being engaged left: ENGAGE RIGHT AND LEFT. 



The attack engages right and then immediately engages 

 left. 



70. 1. Number one, ENGAGE RIGHT (LEFT); 2. Number 

 two, COUJTTER. 



Numbei- one executes the movement ordered, as above; 

 number two quickly drops the point of his bayonet and circles 

 it upward to the original position. 



71. In all fencing while maintaining the pressure in the en- 

 gage a certain freedom of motion of the rifle is allowable, con- 

 sisting of the play, or up-and-down motion, of one bayonet 

 against the other. This is necessary to prevent the opponent 



