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SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
Alignments 
1 Right (or left) Dress , 2 Front. (Described in Ten- 
derfoot Drill.) 
To preserve the alignment when marching; Guide Right 
(or left). The Scouts preserve their intervals from the 
side of the guide, yielding to pressure on that side and 
resisting pressure from the opposite direction; they re- 
cover intervals, if lost, by gradually opening out or closing 
in; they recover alignment by slightly lengthening or 
shortening the step ; the rear rank Scouts cover their file 
leaders at forty inches. 
To Take Distance 
(Formation for signalling or for setting-up exercises ) 
Being in line at a halt having counted ofif : 1 Take 
Distance at four paces, 2 March; 3 Squad (or company ), 
Halt. 
At the command March , each Scout in succession start- 
ing at four paces apart and beginning with No. 1 of the 
front rank, followed by 2, 3, 4 and 1, 2, 3, 4 of the rear 
rank, marches straight forward until the order Squad, 
Halt is given. The command Halt is given when all have 
their distances. 
(Word to instructors: Where the floor space is limited 
it is advisable to have the Scouts take the half step in 
executing this formation or 1 move at two paces.) 
If more than one squad is in line, each squad executes 
the movement as above simultaneously. 
Being at distances, to assemble the squad (or com- 
pany) : 
1 Assemble , 2 March. 
At the command March , No. 1 of the front rank stands 
fast; the other members move forward to their proper 
places in the line. 
