leader.

180. Being in column of platoons, to change direction: 1. _Column
right (left)_, 2. _MARCH_.

At the first command the leader of the leading platoon commands:
_Right turn_. At the command _march_ the leading platoon turns to the
right on moving pivot; its leader commands: 1. _Forward_, 2. _MARCH_,
on completion of the turn. Rear platoons march squarely up to the
turning point of the leading platoon and turn at command of their
leaders.

181. Being in column of squads, to change direction: 1. _Column right
(left)_, 2. _MARCH_.

At the second command the front rank of the leading squad turns to the
right on moving pivot as in the School of the Squad; the other ranks,
without command, turn successively on the same ground and in a similar
manner.

182. Being in column of squads, to form line of platoons or the
reverse: 1. _Platoons, column right (left)_, 2. _MARCH_.

Executed by each platoon as described for the company.

183. Being in line, to form column of squads and change direction: 1.
_Squads right (left), column right (left)_, 2. _MARCH_; or, 1. _Right
(Left) by squads_, 2. _MARCH_.

In the first case the right squad initiates the _column right_ as soon
as it has completed the _squad right_.

In the second case, at the command _march_, the right squad marches
_forward_; the remainder of the company executes _squads right,
column left_, and follows the right squad. The right guide, when he
has posted himself in front of the right squad, takes four short
steps, then resumes the full step; the right squad conforms.

184. Being in line, to form line of platoons: 1. _Squads right (left),
platoons, column right (left)_, 2. _MARCH_; or, 1. _Platoons, right
(left) by squads_, 2. _MARCH_.

Executed by each platoon as described for the company in the preceding
paragraph.

_Facing or Marching to the Rear._

185. Being in line, line of platoons, or in column of platoons or
squads, to face or march to the rear: 1. _Squads right (left) about_,
2. _MARCH_; or, 1. _Squads right (left) about_, 2. _MARCH_, 3.
_Company_, 4. _HALT_.

Executed by each squad as described in the School of the Squad.

If the company or platoons be in column of squads, the file closers
turn about toward the column, and take their posts; if in line, each
darts through the nearest interval between squads. (_C.I.D.R., No.
2._)

186. To march to the rear for a few paces: 1. _About_, 2. _FACE_, 3.
_Forward_, 4. _MARCH_.

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