1. On toes, 2. MARCH. 1. On heels, 2. MARCH. 1. On right heel and left toe, 2. MARCH. 1. On left heel and right toe, 2. MARCH. 1. On toes with knees extended, 2. MARCH. 1. Swing extended leg forward, ankle high, 2. MARCH. 1. Swing extended leg forward, knee high, 2. MARCH. 1. Swing extended leg forward, waist high, 2. MARCH. 1. Swing extended leg forward, shoulder high, 2. MARCH. 1. Raise heels, 2. MARCH. 1. Raise knees, chest high, 2. MARCH. 1. Circle extended leg forward, ankle high. 2. MARCH. 1. Circle extended leg forward, knee high, 2. MARCH. 1. Circle extended leg forward, waist high, 2. MARCH. 1. Swing extended leg backward, 2. MARCH. 1. Swing extended leg sideward, 2. MARCH. 1. Raise knee and extend leg forward, 2. MARCH. 1. Raise heels and extend leg forward, 2. MARCH. STEPS 211. In the steps, the rules given above apply, viz, the command march given as the left foot strikes the ground, determines the execution, which always begins with the left foot, and is continued until the command: 1. Quick time, 2. MARCH, is given, when the direct step is resumed. The different steps are executed at the following commands: 1. Cross step, 2. MARCH. As the legs move forward they are crossed. The body does not turn. 1. Halting step, 2. MARCH. The left foot is advanced and planted; the right foot is brought directly in rear of the left, resting on the ball only; the right is then advanced and planted and the left brought up, and so on. 1. Foot-balancing step, 2. MARCH. The left foot is advanced and planted; the right foot is brought up beside it, heels touching; the body is then raised on the toes and lowered. The right foot is then advanced and planted and the left brought up, and so on. 1. Continuous change step, 2. MARCH. The left foot is advanced and planted; the toes of the right are then advanced near the heel of the left in the halting step; the left foot is then advanced about half a step (15 inches) and the right foot is advanced with the full step and planted; the toes of the left foot are then brought up to the heel of the right foot, which advances a half step, when the left foot is advanced a full step, and so on. 1. Knee-rocking step, 2. MARCH. As each foot is planted it is accompanied by a slight bending and extension in the corresponding knee; the other leg remaining fully extended, heel raised. 1. Lunging step, 2. MARCH. The length of the step is 45 inches, the knee in advance being well bent; the other leg remaining fully extended, heel raised; trunk erect. 1. Leg-balance step, 2. MARCH. The left foot is advanced, ankle high; it is then swung backward and forward and planted, the body during the swing balancing on the right leg. The right foot is then advanced, swung backward and forward, and planted, and so on. 1. Body-balance step, 2. MARCH. The left foot is advanced, ankle high, body being bent slightly to the rear; the left foot is then swung backward, body being slightly to the front; the same foot is then swung forward again and planted, the body in the meantime becoming erect. This is repeated with the right foot, and so on. 1. Heel and toe step, 2. MARCH. The left foot is advanced and allowed to rest on the heel; it is then swung backward and allowed to rest on the toes; it is once more advanced and planted. This is repeated with the right foot, and so on. 1. Cross step, raising knees, 2. MARCH. Execute the cross step and raise the knees. The cross step may also be executed in combination with the swings of the extended leg. The change step may be combined with the following: Cross step, halting step, raising knees, foot-rocking step, on toes, raising heels, swinging and circling legs, heel and toe step. These may also be combined with the change step hop. 1. Continuous change step hop, 2. MARCH. Execute the ordinary change step, hopping with the change. 1. Forward gallop hop, 2. MARCH. The left foot is advanced and planted; the right is brought up in rear as in the halting step; this is done four times in succession. The same is done four times with the right foot in advance, and so on. 1. Sideward gallop hop, 2. MARCH. The left foot is advanced, body turning on the right; four hops are then executed sideward on the left foot, followed by the right; at the fourth hop the body is turned to the left-about, and four hops executed on the right foot, followed by the left, and so on. DOUBLE TIMING 212. The length of the step in double time is 36 inches; the cadence is at the rate of 180 steps per minute. To march in double time the instructor commands: 1. Double time, 2. MARCH. If at a halt, at the first command shift the weight of the body to the right leg. At the command March raise the forearms, fingers closed, to a horizontal position along the waist line; take up an easy run with the step and cadence of double time, allowing a natural swinging motion to the arms inward and upward in the direction of the opposite shoulder. In marching in quick time, at the command, double time, March, given as either foot strikes the ground, take one step in quick time, and then step off in double time. When marching in double time and in running, the men breathe as much as possible through the nostrils, keeping the mouth closed. A few minutes at the beginning of the setting-up exercises should be devoted to double timing. From lasting only a few minutes at the start it may be gradually increased, so that daily drills should enable the man at the end of five or six months to double time for 10 to 15 minutes without becoming fatigued or distressed. After the double time the men should be marched for several minutes at quick time; after this the instructor should command: 1. Route step, 2. MARCH. In marching at route step, the men are not required to preserve silence nor keep the step; if marching at proved intervals, the latter is preserved. To resume the cadence step in quick time, the instructor commands: 1. Squad, 2. ATTENTION. Great care must be exercised concerning the duration of the double time and the speed and duration of the run. The demands made upon the men should be increased gradually. When exercise rather than endurance is desired, the running should be done on the balls of the feet, heels raised from the ground. DOUBLE-TIMING EXERCISES 213. While the men are double timing, the instructor may vary the position of the arms by commanding: 1. Arms forward, 2. RAISE. 1. Arms sideward, 2. RAISE. 1. Arms upward, 2. RAISE. 1. Arms backward, 2. CROSS. At the command Arms, down, the double-time position for the arms and hands is resumed. The instructor may combine the following with the double time: 1. Cross step, 2. MARCH. 1. Swing legs forward, 2. MARCH. To continue these exercises but still continue the double timing, command: 1. Double time, 2. MARCH. To march in quick time, command: 1. Quick time, 2. MARCH. Marching in quick or double time, to halt, command: 1. Squad, 2. HALT. RIOT DUTY 214. Definititon of riot.-A riot is defined in law as "A tumul tuous disturbance of the public peace by three or more assembled persons, who, in the execution of some private object, do an act, in itself lawful or unlawful, in a manner calculated to terrify the people." Blackstone defines it as "When three or more actually do an unlawful act of violence, either with or without a common cause or quarrel." The persons who commit the riot constitute a mob, which has been defined as a "compound mass of human beings in which each one has for the moment all the follies and evil passions of the rest, in addition to his own." The distinction between a "mob" and a "crowd" is the distinction between an unlawful assembly and the "peaceable assembly" guaranteed by the Constitution. Riots spring from mobs, which usually have their inception in crowds. In times of great excitement it is sometimes very difficult to decide when the crowd, which may not even have become disorderly, degenerates into a mob. It frequently is when some person, by his zeal or from some unlawful purpose, sways the crowd and becomes its leader. It is not difficult, however, to decide when the mob has actually begun rioting. 215. Use of National Guard.-It is usually only when mobs have become so large or so threatening, that the authorities can not cope with the situation, or when it appears that this condition is about to arise, that the National Guard is ordered out on riot duty. 216. Assembling troops.-When the National Guard has been ordered out for riot duty by competent authority, promptness in assembly and in proceeding to the scene of trouble is of the greatest importance. Not only the possibility of preventing overt acts by the mob by timely arrival, but the demonstration to them of prompt and efficient response will frequently go far toward quelling or preventing such acts. It is, therefore, of the greatest importance to be prepared for immediate response to such a call. The system that is generally in effect for notification of the personnel is sufficient for this purpose. If the company commander has laid his plans for this purpose care |