MANUAL rOR NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICEaS. 165 



The lender takes position in front of the guide of the 

 column (No. 2). 



Gaits are further regulated as in movements from column 

 into line (par. 3o7-«, h). 



Column of fours from column of troopers is formed by the 

 same commands and in accordance with the same principles. 



Column of twos from column of troopers is formed in a simi- 

 lar manner at the commands: 1. Column of twos, 2. MARCH. 

 The column of twos will be right in front or left in front 

 (par. 370), according as the column of troopers was right in 

 front or left in front prior to the movement. 



In the dismounted execution of the above movements in quick 

 time the leader habitually commands: 1. Squad, 2. HALT, im- 



COLUm OF FOURS AT A WALK, 



\^ COMMAND: 



; 1. FOURS LEFT 

 / 2. MARCH. 3. SQUAD. 

 ^^ ^ '' 4.HALT. 



Fig. 42, par. 400. 



mediately following the command of execution (par. 339-6, c). 

 Only the leading element halts (par. 339-/), each of the rear 

 elements halting when it reaches its prescribed position in the 

 column. If executed in double time the leader similarly fol- 

 lows the command of execution by the command for quick time 

 (par. 339-&, c), which is successively taken by ^he elements, as 

 above. If marching in quick time, and double time be com- 

 manded, only the rear elements take the increased gait, each 

 taking quick time on arriving in its place. (Fig. 41.) 



400. Being in column of fours, twos, or troopers, to form line 

 to a flank: 1. Fours right (left), 2. MARCH. 



Each four turns to the right (par. 389). Each rear four 

 regulates on the leading four until the fours unite in line (par. 



