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This is an open column
formed (the company
being in line at
a halt or in motion) by
each squad executing
a turn of 90 degrees.
It may also be formed
from line at a halt by
the squad on the designated
flank moving
straight to the front,
the others executing
a turn of 90 degrees
toward the proper
flank, then following
the leading squad.[1]
Column of squads may
also be formed by executing
"Squads right
(left), column right
(left)." Line is formed
by each squad executing
a turn of 90 degrees
or by executing
front into line (without
regard to the
original front).
Route column is formed from column of squads by the squads in each section closing to facing distance, the file closers, musicians, and hospital corps men forming ranks of four men, in the gaps thus
- ↑ "Right forward, fours right." Translator.
