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in order from right to left. The dismissal from column of 

 twos is similarly executed. The squad being in line is dis- 

 missed by the commands and methods prescribed in par. 222 

 for a line with intervals, except that the troopers, in order to 

 have their proper distance, move out successively from right 

 to left instead of simultaneously. At the commands: 1. By 

 the right and left, 2. FALL OUT, the movement is executed in 

 a similar manner from both flanks of the line. After having 

 dismounted from line the squad may be dismissed without 

 forming rank. 



Dismounted, without horses and not under arms, the com- 

 mand is DISMISSED. 



Dismounted, without horses but armed with the rifle, the 

 squad is dismissed as in par. 114. 



Alignments. 



361. At the preliminary instruction (conducted without for- 

 mal command) the instructor has two troopers on the right 

 of the rank move forward a convenient distance and halt. He 

 then aligns these two troopers carefully, with the proper inter- 

 val as in line (par. 36S-ff), and causes the other troopers to 

 note the details of the alignment. The other troopers are then 

 required to move up one at a time and align themselves, with 

 the correct interval, on the line thus established. The troopers 

 move forward, in order from right to left, at successive repeti- 

 tions by the instructor of the caution NEXT. Each trooper, 

 when on or near the line, executes eyes right (par. 64), aligns 

 himself accurately on the line established by the trooper or 

 troopers on his right, and looks to the front as soon as he 

 thinks himself correctly aligned. The instructor explains and 

 corrects any errors. Similar instruction is given the troopers 

 in aligning themselves to the left. As soon as reasonable 

 proficiency is attained but a single trooper is moved forward, 

 and the alignment is made in the same manner upon the single 

 trooper established as the base. 



The instruction is similarly given with the center trooper 

 moved to the front as a base. Two troopers, one on the right, 

 the other on the left of the base, then move forward at each 

 repetition of the caution NEXT. 



