http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0222617
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alternative: Volunteer manual
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
contributor: Sparshott, Edward C.
issued: 2015-08-17
issued: 1861
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcbooks/items/1.0222617/source.json
extent: viii, 103 pages : scores ; 19 cm
format: application/pdf
note: MILITARY MANUAL OF INFANTRY DRILL: INCLUDING THE MANUAL AND PLATOON EXERCISES. DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF THE OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, AND PRIVATES OF THE VOLUNTEER FORCES OF VANCOUVER ISLAND AND BRITISH COLUMBIA. COMPILED BY 1st Lieut. E. 0. SPARSHOTT, ROYAL MARINES, (LT. INFANTRY. PRINTED FOR THE COMPILER, 1861. I TO HIS EXCELLENCY JAMES DOUGLAS, C. B„ 60YERN0R AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE COLONIES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND VANCOUVER ISLAND, AC., AC., AND COLONEL OF THE Wnntaxtbtx |slanb ©ohmtm ^lifljc Corpg, THIS LITTLE WORK IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S OBEDIENT SERVANT, EDWARD C. SPARSHOTT, R. M. Camp, San Juan Island, August, 1861. } 1ST LIEUT. R. M. L. I. CONTENTS- PART I. SQUAD DRILL WITHOUT ARMS. SECTION PAGE 1. Position of the Volunteer 1 2. Standingat Ease 2 3. Saluting 2 4. Facings ^ 3 5. Marching 5 6. Cadence 5 7. Balance Step 5 8. Slow Step 8 9. The Halt 8 10. Stepping Out 8 11. Stepping Short 8 12. Marking Time in the Slow Cadence 9 13. Stepping Back in Slow Time 9 14. Changing Feet 9 15. The Quick Step 10 16. The Double March 11 17. The Side or Closing Step 11 18. Turning when on the March 12 MANUAL EXERCISE 14 PLATOON EXERCISE 30 VI CONTENTS. PART II OF THE COMPANY. GENERAL PRINCIPLES. PAGE 1. Sizing a Company «.... 49 2. Formation and Telling Off a Company 49 3. Supernumerary Rank 50 4. Relative Proportion of Paces to Files 50 5. General Rules 50 SECTION PAGE 1. Formation of a Company in Line 51 2. Formation of a Company in Column 53 3. Marching to the Front and Rear 53 4. Open Order on the March 54 5. A Company Wheeling, from the Halt, from Column into Line 55 6. A Company Wheeling, from the Halt, from Line into Column 56 7. AXJompany Wheeling any given Number of Paces on either Flank from the Halt i 56 8. A Company Wheeling on the Centre from the Halt 57 9. Wheeling forward by Sub-divisions or Sections from Line 58 10. Wheeling backward by Sub-divisions or Sections from Line 59 11. An open Column of Sub-divisions or S…
note: Other Copies: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9488282
has type: Manuals (Handbooks)
has type: Books
identifier: UD155.C3 S68 1861
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0222617
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: [New Westminster] : [publisher not identified]
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. UD155.C3 S68 1861
subject: Great Britain. Army
subject: Drill and minor tactics--Handbooks, manuals, etc
subject: Infantry drill and tactics--Handbooks, manuals, etc
title: A military manual of infantry drill : including the manual and platoon exercises. Designed for the use of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates of the volunteer forces of Vancouver Island and British Columbia
type: Text