To Increase Or Diminish Intervals
Categories: SCHOOL OF THE SQUADMilitary Handbooks: The Plattsburg Manual
If assembled, and it is desired to deploy at greater than the normal
interval; or if deployed, and it is desired to increase or decrease the
interval: 1. As skirmishers, (so many) paces, 2. MARCH.
Intervals are taken at the indicated number of paces. If already
deployed, the men move by the flank or away from the guide.
The above command is used but very little.
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