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wishes to resume the direction himself, he takes up his place and puts his horse 
in the proper direction, and, raising his sword as before, gives the order, “Follow 
me.” In the drill of a section or battery, orders are given, as a rule, verbally or 
by signal. Orderlies are employed only with the battery at war strength, a regi¬ 
ment, or larger bodies. When giving words of command the Commanding Officer 
of any body of artillery turns towards it. If his command is in column he rides 
forward clear of one of the flanks so as to be well seen by his subordinates ; as a 
rule, he should be on the directing flank. When moving he rides far enough in 
front to be able to give the executive word of command before the leading portion 
reaches him. If by any chance it is necessary for the Commanding Officer to give 
a verbal command when in rear of his command in column of sub-divisions, the 
order must be repeated by all the Nos. 1, who must, if necessary, ride forward to 
the No. 1 in front of them for this purpose. 
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Maintainance of Connection and Transmission of Orders by means of Orderlies. 
All orders given to orderlies should be sufficiently concise to be committed to 
memory, word for word, and so delivered. If the order is to be immediately 
carried out, it ends with the word “ Execute.” Orderlies must be carefully trained 
to the precise transmission of orders without confusion. Before riding off with a 
message orderlies should repeat it aloud so as to assure the officer sending it that 
it is clearly understood by them. Orderlies should proceed at a walk for the first 
15 paces and then at a gallop, returning at a trot. 
Paces . 
The following paces are employed in Field Artillery:—In Field batteries— 
the walk, the trot of manoeuvre and the trot-out; in Horse batteries—the walk, 
the trot of manoeuvre, the gallop, and the full gallop. The rate of the walk is 
125 paces a minute, or 3*3 miles an hour; the rate of the trot of manoeuvre is 
300 paces a minute, or 8 miles an hour—of the trot-out and the gallop, approxi¬ 
mately, 500 paces a minute, or 13 miles an hour—the full gallop about 600 
paces a minute. 
On the evenness of the pace depends the accuracy of the movement, and the 
Commanding Officer of every unit, in his role as guide, must give all his atten¬ 
tion to this point. When the pace is not specially indicated, movements from the 
halt are carried out at the walk,'and when moving, at the pace of the movement. 
All changes of pace are carried out gradually. Field batteries should only use 
the “trot-out”'on very favourable ground, in movements in line, and in deploying. 
Horse batteries must be able to keep their direction and manoeuvre at a gallop, 
and the time for which they can keep up this pace depends on the preparation and 
training of the horses. 
Pressing. 
Dressing, as a rule, should be by the commander of the unit, who acts as 
its guide. In moving in line the commanders of both centre sections in 8-gun 
batteries preserve the proper distance and interval from the commander of the 
battery: in 6-gun batteries the commander of the centre section follows in rear 
of the Battery Commander at the proper distance. With a regiment in line 
1 the commanders of flank batteries dress by the commander of the centre battery, 
who keeps the distance from the Commanding Officer. Dressing in wheeling 
about, and wheels right or left, is to the hand to which the wheel is made. 
Connection between different units , and also between the fighting lines 
and their echelons. 
This is carried out by means of a special staff of orderlies, as described above . } 
