the left foot); face to the rear, turning to the right on the left heel
and right toe; place the right heel by the side of the left. There is no
left "About Face."


COUNT--OFF!

At this command all except the right files (the two men forming the
extreme right end of the company as drawn up in two lines) execute "Eyes
Right"; then, beginning on the right, the men in each rank count one,
two, three, four--one, two, three, four, etc. As each man calls off
his squad number he turns head and eyes to the front.


THE SETTING-UP EXERCISES

Attention!

This is the regular military position. Heels together, the feet at an
angle of forty-five degrees; hands at the sides, thumbs along seam of
the trousers; neck back, chin in, chest out. (See Fig. 1.)

[Illustration: FIG. 1.--ATTENTION]

The movement calls for prompt control of the muscles; in fact, the
expression is often used of "snapping into attention," meaning that the
man comes into this position quickly and easily and with a distinct
click of the heels. In the "Daily Dozen" referred to later in this book,
this position is called "Hands."