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ployed when it is practicable to use instead cautions addressed 

 by name to the individual trooper or troopers who are at 

 fault. 



366. Alignments, dismounted, are executed by the snme gen- 

 eral methods as when mounted. At the command : DRESS, the 

 hand is planed upon the hip to verify the interval (par. 57). 

 Each trooper in dressing so places himself that his right arm 

 rests lightly against the arm of the man on his right and that 

 his eyes and shoulders are in line with those of the man on 

 his right. The left hand is dropped to the side at the command 

 FRONT. 



Leading the Squad. 



{See also pars. .322-332.) 



367. The squad being in line at a halt, the instructor directs 

 the guide (par. 371) to maintain a position at a distance of 

 3 yards (about one horse length) in rear of him and to 

 follow accurately in his path, whether such patli be a straight 

 line or a curve. He explains to the other troopers that in 

 marching they are so to regulate on the guide as .to pre- 

 serve as nearly as practicable their alignment and interval 

 in the rank, individually increasing and decreasing the gait 

 or pace (Def.) as may be necessary to do this. All are cau- 

 tioned that they must learn to keep their proper positions in 

 the rank without unnecessary rigidity without making sudden 

 changes in gait or pace and without keeping their eyes con- 

 stantly fixed on the guide. They are instructed that while 

 riding with the head and eyes habitually directed as in par. 

 198 they will keep an alert lookout over the ground in front, 

 cast frequent glances toward the leader so as to observe the 

 latter's movements, and glance occasionally toward the guide 

 to assure that the alignment is being correctly maintained. 

 Having given these instructions, the leader places himself, 

 facing to the front, 3 yards in front of the guide, commands: 

 FOLLOW MS, and moves forward. The leader must be care- 

 ful to march steadily, so regulating his direction and gait at 

 first as to enable the guide to conform without difficulty. 



