g the parade, and his staff,
stand at parade rest, with arms folded, while the band is sounding
off; they resume attention with the adjutant. If mounted, they remain
at attention.

733. At the command _report_, given by a battalion adjutant, the
captains in succession from the right salute and report: _A (_ or
_other) company, present_ or _accounted for_; or, _A (_or _other)
company, (so many) officers_ or _enlisted men absent_, and resume the
order saber; at the same command given by the regimental adjutant, the
majors similarly report their battalions.

_Battalion Parade._

734. At _adjutant's call_ the battalion is formed in line but not
presented. Lieutenants take their posts in front of the center of
their respective platoons at the captain's command for dressing his
company on the line. The major takes post at a convenient distance in
front of the center and facing the battalion.

The adjutant, from his post in front of the center of the battalion,
after commanding: 1. _Guides_, 2. _POSTS_, adds: 1. _Parade_, 2.
_REST_; the battalion executes parade rest. The adjutant directs the
band: _SOUND OFF_.

The band, playing in quick time, passes in front of the line of
officers to the left of the line and back to its post on the right,
when it ceases playing. At evening parade, when the band ceases
playing, _retreat_ is sounded by the field music and, following the
last note and while the flag is being lowered, the band plays the
_Star Spangled Banner_.

Just before the last note of retreat, the adjutant comes to attention,
and, as the last note ends, commands: 1. _Battalion_, 2. _ATTENTION_,
3. _Present_, 4. _ARMS_, and salutes, retaining that position until
the last note of the National Anthem. He then turns about and reports:
_Sir, the parade is formed_. The major directs the adjutant: _Take
your post, Sir_. The adjutant moves at a trot (if dismounted, in quick
time), passes by the major's right, and takes his post.

The major draws saber and commands: 1. _Order_, 2. _ARMS_, and adds
such exercises in the manual of arms as he may desire. Officers,
noncommissioned officers commanding companies or armed with the saber,
and the color guard, having once executed order arms, remain in that
position during the exercises in the manual.

The major then directs the adjutant: _Receive the reports, Sir_. The
adjutant, passing by the major's right, advances at a trot (if
dismounted, in quick time) toward the center o