Military Instructors Manual by Oliver Schoonmaker;James P. Cole
page 323 of 491 (65%)
page 323 of 491 (65%)
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3. The company having gone from line into column of squads by the
command: "Squads right, March," state the position of the captain, two lieutenants and right and left guides. (Pars. 163, 168 and Plate II, i.d.r.) 4. Show by diagram: (a) A company of two platoons in column of platoons, (b) A company of three platoons in line of platoons. (Plate II, i.d.r.) 5. What commands are given to form the company? 6. (a) Who is the pivot in executing "Company Left?" (b) Who is the pivot in executing "Left Turn?" Military Science and Tactics. MINOR TACTICS. MAP: GETTYSBURG--ANTIETAM (HUNTERSTOWN SHEET). First Problem: An Advance Party--Situation I: _Your battalion_ and the _machine gun_ company occupy _Center Mills_, in enemy's country. The remainder of the _Harvard Regiment_ is encamped _two miles north of Center Mills_. The Battalion has an outguard _at J. Fohl, 1150 yards southeast_ of Center Mills. _It is mid-winter;_ there is _no snow_, but the _streams are frozen_. At 6.45 a.m., 1 Feb., 17, your battalion and the machine gun company are _hurriedly assembled, pieces are loaded_, and the column, _your company in the lead_, is marched out of town, over the southeast road. Your captain calls the _officers and non-commissioned officers_ |
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