SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
93 
The Oblique March 
For the instruction of the recruits, the squad being in 
column or correctly aligned, the instructor causes the 
Scouts to face half right and half left, points out to them 
their relative positions, and explains that these are to be 
maintained in the oblique march. 
1 Right (or left) Oblique , 2 March. 
At the command March , each Scout steps off in a direc- 
tion forty-five degrees to the right of her original front. 
She preserves her relative position, keeping her shoulders 
parallel to those of the guide, and so regulates her steps 
that the ranks remain parallel to their original front. 
At the command Halt the Scouts face to the front. 
To resume the original directions : 1 Forward, 2 March. 
The Scouts half face to the left in marching and then 
move straight to the front. 
To Turn on Moving Pivot 
Begin in line : 1 Right ( or left) Turn, 2 March. 
(This applies to the single squad; if the whole troop 
is drilling and is in column of squads, or twos, the com- 
mand would be : 1 Column Right ( or left), 2 March.) 
The movement is executed by each rank successively 
and on the same ground. At the second command, the 
pivot Scout of the front rank faces to the right in march- 
ing and takes the half step ; the other Scouts of the rank 
oblique to the right until opposite their places in line, 
then execute a second right oblique and take the half step 
on arriving abreast of the pivot Scout. All glance toward 
the marching flank while at half step and take the full step 
without command as the last Scout arrives on the line. 
Right (or left ) Half Turn is executed in a similar 
manner. The pivot Scout makes a half change of direc- 
tion to the right and the other Scouts make quarter 
changes in obliquing. 
