Update:
The School of the Soldier is almost complete, so I have started outlining the School of the Company. I thought I would share a brief preview of what will be doing in Company drill. These diagrams are from Baxter's Manual for Volunteers - an American Civil War manual, based on, and almost unchanged from the French drill.
Our scale will be roughly half of this, and generally, the lieutenants and 3rd and 4th sergeants will be omitted. Otherwise, everything will be performed as-is.
School of the Company Preview
Formation of the CompanyFig. 1
To Open RanksFig. 2
Fig. 3
The Alignments in Open RanksFig. 4
The Firings (by Company and File)Fig. 5
(Facing/) Firing by the Rear RankFig. 6
Fig. 7
Marching to the FrontFig. 8
Retiring in LineFig. 9
Marching by the FlankFig. 10
Fig. 11
Note: used to march by the flank,
parallel to the enemy, or in marching through narrow defiles. Never by the flank towards him.
By File Right/LeftFig. 12
By File Right into LineFig. 13
Note: to change front to the rear when marching by the flank.
By Company into LineFig. 14
Note: used for battalion level maneuvers.
Breaking Files to the RearFig. 15
The Counter MarchFig. 16
Notes: used to change the
front of the company, not the direction of march.
Poll
