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  Orders, issue of, 336
  Provisions of various regulations, 339
  Use of echelon formation in, 74
  Switzerland, 466

REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, influence of, on war, 3

RESERVE
  Employment of, in attack, 394
  Examples of employment of, 340, 395, 396, 397
  General, distance from defensive line, 430
    Interval from flank of defensive line, 430
    Position in defense, 429
    Strength of, in defense, 431
  In retreat, 442
  Launching or withholding the, 396
  Section, 411
  Size of, in various units, 235
  Strength of the (in attack and defense), 395

RETREAT
  Direction of, 440, 442
  Rallying position, 442
  Reserve, 442

RICOCHETS, effect of, 185

RIFLE—see Rifles

RIFLEMEN, 22

RIFLE-RESTS, influence of, 178

RIFLES
  Automatic, 126
  Influence of various, on density of battle formations (table), 240
  Used in Russo-Japanese War, 127
  Weight of, in various armies (table), 40

ROAD SPACE—see Depth

ROUTE COLUMN (with plate), 57
  Battalion in, 72
  Machine gun battery, 273, 274

RUSHES
  Advance by, 82
  Austria, 449
  England, 462
  Examples of the employment of, 93, 94, 95
  Gait to be employed in, 82, 86
  How made in various armies, 90, 91
  Italy, 452
  Japan, 91, 463
  Length of, 83
  Lessons of the Boer and Russo-Japanese Wars, 88, 89, 90
  Long or short, 85, 86
  Preparation for, 83
  Provisions of various regulations, 90-91
  Russia, 91
  Short or long, 85, 86
  Strength of the rushing unit, 83
  Time required for, 83