50. Captains will be held responsible for the theoretical and practical instruction of their noncommissioned officers, and the adjutant for the instruction of the non-commissioned staff. To this end, they will require these tactics to be studied and recited, lesson by lesson; and when instruction is given on the ground, each noncommissioned officer, as he explains a movement, should be required to put it into practical operation.
51.The non-commissioned officers should also be practiced in giving commands. Each command, in a lesson, at the theoretical instruction, should first be given by the instructor, and then repeated, in succession, by the non-commissioned officers, so that while they become habituated to the commands, uniformity may be established in the manner of giving them.
52. In the school of the soldier, the company officers will be the instructors of the squads; but if there be not a sufficient number of company officers present, intelligent sergeants maybe substituted; and two or three squads, under sergeant instructors, be superintended, at the same time) by an officer.
53. In the school of the company, the lieutenant colonel and the majors, under the colonel, will be the principal instructors, substituting frequently-the captain of the company, and sometimes one of the lieutenants; the substitute, as far as practicable, being superintended by one of the principals.
55. Individual instruction being the basis of the instruction of companies, on which that of the regiment depends, and the first principles having the greatest influence upon this individual instruction, classes of recruits should be watched with the greatest care.
56. Instructors will explain, in a few clear and precise words, the movement to be executed; and not to overburden the memory of the men, they will always use the same terms to explain the same principles.
57. They should often join example to precept, should keep up the attention of the men by an animated tone, and pass rapidly from one movement to another, as soon as that which they command has been executed in a satisfactory manner.
58. The bayonet should only be fixed when required to be used, either for attack or defense; the exercises and maneuvers will be executed without the bayonet.
59. In the movements which require the bayonet to be fixed, the chief of the battalion will cause the signal to fix bayonet, to be sounded; at this signal the men fix bayonets without command, and immediately replace their pieces in the position they were in before the signal.
61. The instruction of officers will include all the Titles in this system of drill, as well as a perfect knowledge of the system of firing as proscribed by the War Department.
62. Every officer will make himself perfectly acquainted with the bugle signals; and should, by practice, be enabled, if necessary, to sound them. This knowledge, so necessary in general instruction, becomes of vital importance on actual service in the field.
64. Their theoretical instruction should include the School of the Soldier, the School of the Company, and the Drill for Skirmishers; as also a knowledge of the principles of firing. They should likewise be well instructed in their duties as battalion guides.
65. The captain selects from the corporals in his company, those whom he judges fit to be admitted to the theoretical instruction of the sergeants.
67. The captain selects from his company a few privates, who may be admitted to the theoretical instruction of the corporals.
68. As the instruction of sergeants and corporals, is intended principally to qualify them for the instruction of the privates,- they should be taught not only to execute, but to explain intelligibly every thing they may be required to teach.
20.The captain on the right of the company, touching with the left elbow.
21. The first sergeant in the rear rank, touching with the left elbow, and covering the captain. In the manuvres.he will be denominated covering sergeant, or right guide of the company.
22. The remaining officers and sergeants will be posted as file closers, and two paces behind the rear rank.
23. The first lieutenant, opposite the centre of the fourth section.
24. The second lieutenant, opposite the centre of the first platoon.
25. The third lieutenant, opposite the centre of the second platoon.
26. The second sergeant, opposite the second file from the left of the company. In the manuvres.he will be designated left guide of the company.
27. The third sergeant, opposite the second file from the right of the second platoon.
28. The fourth sergeant, opposite the second file from the left of the first platoon.
29. The fifth sergeant, opposite the second file from the right of the first platoon.
30. In the left, or eighth company of the battalion, the 2d sergeant will be posted in the front rank, and on the left of the battalion.
31. The corporals will be posted in the front rank as prescribed, No. 15.
32. Absent officers and sergeants will be replaced - officers by sergeants, and sergeants by corporals. The colonel may detach a first lieutenant from one company to command another, of which both the captain and first lieutenant are absent; but this authority will give no right to a lieutenant to demand to be so detached.
69. The command of caution, which is attention.
70. The preparatory command, which indicates the movement which is to be executed. (E.g. Shoulder or Order)
71. The command of execution, such as march or halt, or in the manual of arms, the part of command which causes an execution.
72. The tone of command distinct, and of a loudness should be animated, proportioned to the number of men under instruction.
73. The command attention is pronounced at the top of the voice, dwelling on the last syllable.
74. The command of execution will be pronounced in a tone firm and brief.
75. The commands of caution and the preparatory commands are herein distinguished by italic, those of execution by CAPITALS.
76. Those preparatory commands which, from their length, are difficult to be pronounced at once, must be divided into two or three parts, with an ascending progression in the tone of command, but always in such a manner that the tone of execution may be more energetic and elevated; the divisions are indicated by a hyphen. The parts of commands which are placed in a parenthesis, are not pronounced.