168 MANT7AL FOR NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS. 



left so as to enter the column at 4 feet distance (par. 331). 

 Gaits are regulated as in pars. 337-a, c. Tlie movements de- 

 scribed in (a) and (6) are among those referred to in par. 

 4eS-&. (Fig. 45.) 



(c) Right (left) by fours is ordinarily unsuited to execution 

 in groups of any size. Should it be necessary to break to the 

 front from the flank of such a unit, column of fours to the 

 front may be formed by executing fours right (left) and then 

 changing the direction of march of the head of the column. 

 The oral commands: 1. Fours right (left), column left (right), 



COMMAND; 

 I LEFT BY TWOS 2. MARCH. 



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Fig, 45, par. 403 (6). Fig. 4G, par. 403 (d). 



2. MARCH, and 1. Fours right (left), column half left (right), 

 2. MARCH, are authorized for this purpose. Gaits are regu- 

 lated as in par. 337-fZ. 



(cO For cases that are not suitaUy met l)y (a) or (c) of 

 this paragraph the commands: 1. Right (left) forward, fours 

 right (left), 2. MARCH, are authorized. The right four is the 

 base and moves forward following the leader, who promptly 

 takes position in front of the guide of the column (pars. 325, 

 374). The second four from the right starts to move as in 

 fours right (l)ar. 391), its guide decreasing the pace until the 

 right four has partly cleared the second four, when the latter 

 four, by a movement approximating au oblique, enters the 

 column so as to follow in the trace of the leading (original 

 right) four at 4 feet distance. The other fours execute fours 



