| US ARMY REGULATIONS - ARTICLE XXXII. |
| FORMS OF PARADE. |
| 335. | On all parades of ceremony, such as Reviews, Guard-mounting, at Troop or Retreat parades, instead of the word "Rest," which allows the men to move or change the position of their bodies, the command will be "PARADE-REST!" At the last word of this command, the soldier will carry the right foot six inches in rear of the left heel, the left knee slightly bent, the body upright upon the right leg; the musket resting against the hollow of the right shoulder, the hands crossed in front, the backs of them outward, and the left hand uppermost. At the word "ATTENTION!" the soldier will resume the correct position at ordered arms. In the positions here indicated, the soldier will remain silent and motionless; and it is particularly enjoined upon all officers to cause the commands above given, on the part of tale soldier, to be executed with great briskness and spirit. |
| 336. | Officers on all duties under arms are to have their swords drawn, without waiting for any words of command for that purpose. |
| I. DRESS PARADE |
| 337. | There shall be daily one dress parade, at troop or retreat, as the commanding officer may direct. |
| 338. | A signal will be beat or sounded half an hour before troop or retreat, for the music to assemble on the regimental parade, and each company to turn out under arms on its own parade, for roll-call and inspection by its own officers. |
| 339. | Ten minutes after that signal, the Adjutant's call will be given, when the Captains will march their companies (the band playing) to the regimental parade, where they take their positions in the order of battle. When the line is formed, the Captain of the first company, on notice from the Adjutant, steps one pace to the front, and gives to his company the command, "Order-ARMS! PARADE-REST!" which is repeated by each Captain in succession to the left. The Adjutant takes post two paces on the right of the line; the Sergeant-major two paces on the left. The music will be formed in two ranks on the right of the Adjutant. The senior officer present will take the command of the parade, and will take post at a suitable distance in front, opposite the centre, facing the line. |
| 340. | When the companies have ordered arms, the Adjutant will order the music to beat o, when it will commence on the right, beat in front of the line to the left, and back to its place on the right. |
| 341. | When the music has ceased, the Adjutant will step two paces to the front, face to the left, and command, 1. Attention! 2. Battalion. 3. Shoulder-ARMS! 4. Prepare to open ranks! 5. To the rear, open order! 6. MARCH! At the sixth command, the ranks will be opened according to the system laid down in the Infantry Tactics, the commissioned officers marching to the front, the company officers four paces, field officers six paces, opposite to their positions in the order of battle, where they will halt and dress. The Adjutant, seeing the ranks aligned, will command, FRONT and march along the front to the centre, face to the right, and pass the line of company officers eight or ten paces, where he will come to the right-about, and command, Present-ARMS! when arms will be presented, officers saluting. |
| 342. | Seeing this executed, he will face about to the commanding officer, salute, and report, "Sir, the parade is formed." The Adjutant will then, on intimation to that effect, take his station three paces on the left of the commanding officer, one pace retired, passing round his rear. |
| 343. | The commanding officer, having acknowledged the salute of the line by touching his hat, will, after the Adjutant has taken his post draw his sword, and command, 1. Battalion. 2. Shoulder-ARMS! and add such exercises as he may think proper, concluding with Order-ARMS! then return his sword, and direct the Adjutant to receive the reports. |
| 344. | The Adjutant will now pass round the right of the commanding officer, advance upon the line, halt midway between him and the line of company officers, and command, 1. First Sergeants, to the front and centre. 2. MARCH! At the first command, they will shoulder arms as Sergeants, march two paces to the front, and face inward. At the second command, they will march to the centre, and halt. The Adjutant will then order, 1. Front-FACE. 2. Report. At the last word, each in succession, beginning on the right, will salute by bringing the left hand smartly across the breast to the right shoulder, and report the result of the roll-call previously made on the company parade. |
| 345. | The Adjutant again commands, 1. First Sergeants, outward-FACE! 2. To your posts-MARCH! when they will resume their places, and order arms. The Adjutant will now face to the commanding officer, salute, report absent officers, and give the result of the First Sergeants' reports. The commanding officer will next direct the orders to be read, when the Adjutant will face about and announce, Attention to Orders. He will then read the orders. |
| 346. | The orders having been read, the Adjutant will face to the commanding officer, salute, and report; when, on an intimation from the commander, he will face again to the line, and announce, Parade is dismissed. All the officers will now return their swords, face inward, and close on the Adjutant, he having taken position in their line, the field officers on the flanks. The Adjutant commands, 1. Front-FACE! 2. Forward-MARCH! when they will march forward, dressing on the centre, the music playing, and when within six paces of the commander, the Adjutant will give the word, Halt! The officers will then salute the commanding officer by raising the hand to the cap, and there remain until he shall have communicated to them such instructions as he may have to give, or intimates that the ceremony is finished. As the officers disperse, the First Sergeants will close the ranks of their respective companies, and march them to the company parades, where they will be dismissed, the band continuing to play until the companies clear the regimental parade. |
| 347. | All field and company officers and men will be present at dress parades, unless especially excused, or on some duty incompatible with such attendance. |
| 348. | A dress parade once a day will not be dispensed with, except on extraordinary and urgent occasions. |
| CASEY'S INFANTRY TACTICS |
| Casey's Formation In Order of Battle p.9 |
| 14. | The color, with a guard to be hereinafter designated, will be posted on the left of the right centre battalion company. That company, and all on its right, will be denominated the right wing of the battalion; the remaining companies the left wing.
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| Color-guard. p.15 |
| 43. | In each battalion the color-guard will be composed of eight corporals, and posted on the left of the right centre company, of which company, for the time being, the guard will make a part. |
| 44. | The front rank will be composed of a sergeant, to be selected by the colonel, who will be called, for the time, color-bearer, with the two ranking corporals, respectively, on his right and left; the rear rank will be composed of the three corporals next in rank; and the three remaining corporals will be posted in their rear, and on the line of file closers. The left guide of the color-company, when these three last named corporals are in the rank of file closers, will be immediately on their left. |
| 45. | In battalions with less than five companies present, there will be no color-guard, and no display of colors, except it may be at reviews. |
| 46. | The corporals for the color-guard will be selected from those most distinguished for regularity and precision, as well in their positions under arms as in their marching. The latter advantage, and a just carriage of the person, are to be more particularly sought for in the selection of the color-bearer. |
| Casey's School of the Battalion Part I p.5 |
| 2. | The color-company will generally be designated as the directing company. That, as soon as formed, will be placed on the direction the colonel may have determined for the line of battle. The other companies will form on it, to the right and left, on the principles of successive formations which will be herein prescribed. |
| 4. | The color-bearer may have received the color from the hands of the colonel; but if there be daylight, and time, the color will be produced with due solemnity. |
| Composition and march of the color-escort. p.6 |
| 5. | When the battalion turns out under arms and the color is wanted, a company, other than that of the color, will be put in march to receive and escort it. |
| 6. | The march will be in the following order, in quick time, and without music: the field music, followed by the band; the escort in column by platoon, right in front, with arms on the right shoulder, and the color-bearer between the platoons. |
| 7. | Arrived in front of the tent or quarters of the colonel, the escort will form line, the field music and band on the right, and arms will be brought to a shoulder. |
| 8. | The moment the escort is in line, the color bearer, preceded by the first lieutenant, and followed by a sergeant of the escort, will go to receive the color. |
| 9. | When the color-bearer shall come out, followed by the lieutenant and sergeant, he will halt before the entrance; the escort will present arms, and the field music will sound to the color. |
| 10. | After some twenty seconds, the captain will cause the sound to cease, arms to be shouldered, and then break by platoon into column; the color-bearer will place himself between the platoons, and the lieutenant and sergeant will resume their posts. |
| 11. | The escort will march back to the battalion to the sound of music in quick time, and in the same order as above, the guide on the right. The march will be so conducted that when the escort arrives at one hundred and fifty paces in front of the right of the battalion, the direction of the march will be parallel to its front, and when the color arrives nearly opposite its place in line, the column will change direction to the left, and the right guide will direct himself on the centre of the battalion. |
| Honors paid to the color. p.7 |
| 12. | Arrived at the distance of twenty paces from the battalion, the escort will halt, and the music cease; the colonel will place himself six paces before the centre of the battalion, the color-bearer will approach the colonel, by the front, in quick time; when at the distance of ten paces, he will halt: the colonel will cause arms to be presented, and to the color to be sounded, which being executed, the color-bearer will take his place in the front rank of the color-guard, and the battalion, by command, shoulder arms. |
| 13. | The escort, field music, and band, will return in quick time to their several places in line of battle, marching by the rear of the battalion. |
| 14. | The color will be escorted back to the colonel's tent or quarters, by the color-company, for which purpose the captain of that company, on an intimation from the colonel, will march his company six paces to the front, and wheel it by platoon to the right. The color-bearer will take his place between the platoons. |
| 15. | The escort will be marched parallel to the battalion, and at six paces from the line, the guide right, the music playing, and in the order prescribed in No. 6. The colonel will cause the battalion to present arms when the escort commences its march, and when it arrives opposite the right flank of the battalion he will cause arms to be shouldered. |
| 16. | As soon as the color-bearer has passed the right flank of the battalion, the escort will be directed to the place of deposit for the color, and in the same order as above. |
| SUCCESSIVE FORMATIONS |
| Casey's School of the Battalion Part IV p.112 |
| 490. | Under the denomination of successive formations are included all those formations where the several subdivisions of a column arrive one after another on the line of battle; such are formationson the right, or left, forward and faced to the rear into line of battle, as well as deployments of columns in mass. |
| 491. | The successive formations which may be ordered when the column is marching, and is to continue marching, will be executed by a combination of the two gaits, quick and double quick time. |
| 508. | At the command right - DRESS, the company will align itself; the two men who find themselves opposite to the two markers, will lightly rest his breats against the right arm of his merker; the captain, passing to the right of the front rank, will direct alignment on those two men. These rules are general for all successive formations. |
| 520. | The lieutenant colonel will, with the greatest care, assure the direction of the guides; to this end, the instant that the markers are established for the leading company, he will move a little beyond the point at which the left of the next company will rest, establish himself correctly on the prolongation of the two markers, and assure the guide of the second company on this direction; this guide being assured, the lieutenant colonel will place himself farther to the rear, in order to assure, in like manner, the guide of the third company, and so on, successively, to the left of the battalion. In assuring the guides in their positions on the line of battle, he will take care to let them first place themselves, and confine himself to rectifying their positions if they do not cover accurately, and at the proper distance, the preceding guides or markers. This rule is general, for all successive formations. |
| 526. | Every captain will always observe, in placing himself on that line, not to give the command dress, until after the guide of his company shall have been assured on the direction by the lieutenant colonel. This rule is general for all successive formations. |
| 527. | Each captain will cause his company to support arms, the instant that the captain, who follows him, shall have commanded front. This rule is general for all successive formations. |
