TO FORM IN COLUMN OF TWOS, THREES, ETC. 43 



As soon as all are in file, the lead will resume tlie regular 

 gait. 



Plate 27. — To break off from the inside flank, command : 

 1. Single file from the right (or left), 2. March. 

 At the command March, the inside rider of the first two in- 

 creases his gait and goes to the wall ahead of the outside 

 rider ; then the inside rider of the second two does the same, 

 and of each succeeding two, as the two ahead make room. 

 When all are in file the regular gait is resumed. 



Breaking off in single file from column of threes, fours, 

 or more, is executed from either flank in the same manner, 

 as explained from column of twos. (Plates 21, 28, 29.) 



Plate 39. — The class being at the wall in column of fours, 

 to break off from the outside flank into column of twos, 

 command : 



1. Twos from the left (or right), 2. March. 

 At the command March, the leading two at the wall move 

 forward at an increased gait, and the inside two left oblique 

 to the wall as soon as disengaged ; while they are doing so 

 the next two at the wall move forward, and allow the inside 

 two to oblique to the wall ; and so with each four until the 

 movement is finished, when the regular gait will be resumed. 



To break off from the inside flank, command : 

 1. Twos from the right (or left), 2. March. 

 At the command March, the inside two of the first four 

 move forward at an increased gait, in an oblique line to the 

 wall, ahead of the outside two ; the following fours execute 

 the movement in succession in the same manner. 



The class being in column of sixes, to break off by threes 

 from the outside flank, command : 



1. Threes from the left (or right), 2. March. 

 To break off from the inside flank, command : 



1. Threes from the right (or left), 2. March. 

 Both of these movements are executed as explained for 

 breaking off by twos. 



