RANGE 500 YARDS (Par. 18)

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INCREASE 50 YARDS (Par. 18)

19. Are you ready, or, I am ready.-Extend the arm toward the leader for whom the signal is intended, hand raised, fingers extended and joined, palm toward the leader.

20. Commence firing.-Extend the arm and hand horizontally in front of the body to their full extent, palm of the hand down; move them several times through a wide horizontal arc.

21. Fire faster.-Execute rapidly the signal Commence firing. For machine guns, a change to the next higher rate of fire is required.

22. Fire slower.-Execute slowly the signal Commence firing. For machine guns, a change to the next lower rate of fire is required.

23. New target.-Extend the arm and hand to the front, palm of the hand to the right (left); swing them to the right (left) to point in the direction of the new target. 24. Suspend firing.-Raise the forearm to a horizontal position in front of the forehead, palm of the hand to the front; hold the forearm steady until the signal is understood.

25. Cease firing.-Raise the forearm as in Suspend firing and swing it up and down several times in front of the face.

26. Section.-Extend the arm and hand toward the section leader, palm of the hand down, and describe large vertical circles with them.

27. Squad.-Extend the arm and hand toward the section leader, palm of the hand down; distinctly move the hand up and down several times from the wrist, holding the arm steady.

CEASE FIRING (Par. 25)

SECTION (Par. 26)

28. Section or squad column.-Execute the signal for Section or Squad; drop the arm and hand to the side and immediately swing them, extended, in a pendulum movement straight to front, not higher than the shoulder, and back again to the side.

Section IV

ADDITIONAL ARM-AND-HAND SIGNALS FOR RIFLE COMPANIES.

Fix bayonet..
Assault fire.

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29. Fix bayonet. Simulate the movement of the right hand in executing Fix bayonet.

30. Assault fire.-Extend the arm and hand to the front, palm of the hand up; move them upward, describing an arc of about 45°; then signal Forward march.

SQUAD (Par 27)

FIX BAYONET (Par. 29)

31. Action.-Thrust the fist several times in the direction toward which it is desired to go into action.

32. Echelon formation.-Face the unit for whom the signal is intended; extend both arms horizontally to the front, fists closed with the knuckles up; withdraw either fist halfway toward the body by flexing the arm at the elbow.

33. Off carts.-Face the unit for whom the signal is intended; raise the elbow laterally to the height of the shoulder and touch the shoulder with the fingers.

34. On carts. Face the unit for whom the signal is intended; raise the elbow laterally to the height of the shoulder and touch the shoulder with the fingers. 35. Out of action.-Strike the closed fist of one hand rapidly against the open palm of the other several times.