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A51271 The perfect major shewing the easiest way of handling arms, the millitary motions, with the manner how to enter into a field, and to form a batallion. By F. d' Morains, formerly an officer in the French army's [sic]. Licensed April the 24th. 1686. Ro. L'Estrange. Morains, François de. 1686 (1686) Wing M2613D; ESTC R217864 47,994 201

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for we often see Soldiers carry their Arms sometimes upon one shoulder and sometimes upon another and sometimes under their Arms which ought not to be suffer'd without cause for whoever neglects small things in time will also neglect greater things for neglect will turn into an habit and for that reason the under Officers ought to view their Soldiers Arms to see if they are fixed and in good order and in case they be not so after they have had warning of it they must be got mended and cleansed at their own cost and charge which they might do themselves if they were vigilant which is the mark of a good Soldier The Captains ought not altogether to trust to their inferiour Officers they ought from time to time to take a review of their Companies and at the same time to view their Arms and in case they don't find them as they ought to be after they have commanded the Serjeants to have a care of it they must get them to be mended at the charge of all the under Officers They shall no sooner have done it once but that every one shall mind his Duty according to his post For there must be some subordination in an Army CHAP. II. The manner how to Form a Battalion and the terms which are to be used with an easie method to learn the Military motions In the first Place THe terms of a square Battalion of Men. The Battalion is made up of a File Leader and a Bringer up of a half File Leader and of a Bringer up of a half File of a right hand File and of a left hand File The fore part of the Battalion is called the Head or the Front The hinder part is called the Rear The Explication of it The manner how to form a Battalion and the terms which are to be used 1. The first File of a Battalion is that which is on the right hand of the Battalion upon which all the rest are to order themselves 2. A File is so many Men directly behind one another all in a direct line so that no man leaneth neither to the right nor to the left 3. To keep a streight line every Souldier in his File shall look his File-leader on the right hand and on the left and shall bend his body of neither side 4. To even the Ranks is to post the Men of every Rank in a direct line side by side and all of a Front so that none be too much forward nor too backward 5. To even the Ranks the Men of each Rank shall look before and behind their right hand Man without leaving their post or as we shall shew hereafter they shall turn to the right or to the left afterwards they shall post themselves as it is order'd in the third Article 6. A Battalion is to be drawn up six deep when it is to fight But when you exercise more carefully you must put eight men to a File that you may have quarter Files 7 The depth of the Battalion is divided into quarter Files one is called the Front quarter File and the other the Rear quarter File or the out quarter File and the other the Center quarter File 8. When a Souldier turns it must always be upon the same foot which is commonly the left to observe the distances and when he changes place he must always begin to step with the right foot foremost 9. If a Souldier will march backward he must first turn to the right about 10. To the right is to turn a quarter turn towards the right hand and then to stand 11. To the left is to turn a quarter turn towards the left hand 12. To the right about is to turn half a turn to the right hand so that the man that was behind you may then be before 13. To the left about is to turn half a turn to the left hand and to stand as above 14. It is to observed that when the word of Command is given without further explication it is to be always understood to be forward 15. When the word of Command is to the Right or to the Right about it must be afterwards to the left as you were and if the word of Command is to the left or to the left about it must be afterwards to the right as you were and you must take care to keep your Ranks even and your Files streight 16. To double your Ranks to the right the second Rank must come up to the first the fourth to the third the sixth to the fifth and so in order come up upon the right hand of the Men that are before you and shall be as before only two Ranks shall make but one 17. To double your Ranks upon the left you must do as before the second Rank must come up to the first but instead of coming up upon the right you must come up upon the left 18. To double your Ranks upon the right by half Files the half Files must march forwards to the Front and pass between the Bringers-up of half files and every half file Leader must joyn upon the right 19. To double your Ranks upon the left by half Files you must march forward to the Front and follow as before taking the left hand of every half file Leader of them who are to follow 20. As you were is to take the same post you had before 21. Having doubled your Ranks single or by half Files upon the right you must quitting their Ranks turn to the right about and having taken your post to your first distance you must turn again to the right about and having doubled upon the left single or by half Files you must quiting your Ranks turn to the right about and having taken your distance turn to the left about and thus every man shall find himself behind him who did march before him 22. To double your Files to the right is when the second File of the right joyns to the first and of two makes but one and likewise the fourth to the third the sixth to the fifth and so of the rest by order as many Files as there is 23. To double your Files to the left is when the second File of the left joyns to the first the fourth to the third the sixth to the fifth in the same order as above 24. To open your Ranks is to make the distance of the Ranks wider 25. To close your Ranks is to make the distance of the Ranks less 26. The Ranks may be open three several ways to the Front to the Rear and to the Front and and Rear all at once and often at double distance 27. To open your Ranks to the Front at double distance is when all the Ranks do advance forward except the Bringers-up till they have taken a requisite distance which ought to be double of what it was before you opened your Ranks 28. To open your Ranks to the Rear at double distance is when all the Ranks
except the file Leaders do march backward till they have taken their distances as above 29. To open the Ranks to the Front and to the at double distance is when all the Ranks except the half-file Leaders do march some forward and the other backward till they have taken their distance 30. To open your Files is to make the distance wider 31. You open your files three several ways to the right and to the left and to the right and left at once at double distance 32. To open your Files to the right at double distance is when all the Files except the left hand File do march towards the right till they have taken their distance which ought to be double of what it was before 33. To open your Files to the left at double distance is when all the Files except the right hand File do march towards the left hand till they have taken their distance 34. To open your Files to the right and left at double distance is when all the Files except that which is in the Center of the Battalion march some to the right and the others to the left till they have taken their distance 35. Countermarch is a compound word that is to say to march one against another to interchange ground 36. The Countermarch is done four several ways that is to say by Files to the right by Files to the left by Ranks to the right and by Ranks to the left 37. The Countermarch by Files to the right is when the File Leaders followed by the whole Battalion do advance two paces and after they have faced to the right about do march and interchange ground 38. The Countermarch by Files to the left is when the File Leaders followed as above do advance two paces and after they have faced to the left about do march and interchange ground 39. The Countermarch by Ranks to the right is when the Battalions have faced to the right or left those of the right or left do observe what hath been said and shewed in the three and twentieth Article of the File Leaders for then the Ranks are Files and they become File Leaders 40. The Countermarch by Ranks to the left is when the Battalion doth as above in the right hand Files what hath been shewed in the eighteenth Article of the half Files 41. Conversion is a word taken from the Latin Converto it hath it's signification from the thing to which it is proper for it is as if one should say to wheel all together for the men must wheel as if they were all linkt together sometimes one way sometimes another there is a quarter turn a half turn three quarters turn and a whole turn of Conversion or wheeling to the right and left as the Commander pleaseth 42. To make a quarter turn of Conversion or to wheel to the right is when the whole Body of the Battalion wheels all together upon the right till the Front of the Battalion takes the place of the right Flank 43. To make half a turn of Conversion or to wheel to the right about is when the whole body of the Battalion wheels all together upon the right till the Front of the Battalion takes the place of the Rear 44. To make three quarters of Conversion or to wheel to the right when the whole body of the Battaillon joyned together wheels upon the right till the Front of the Battalion takes the place of the left Wing 45. To make the whole Conversion or to wheel to the right is when the whole body of the Battalion wheels upon the right hand till the File Leaders come to the same posts they have quitted 46. To make a quarter turn half a turn three quarter turn and the whole turn of Conversion or wheeling to the left is when the whole body of the Battalion wheels upon the left as they have done above upon the right 47. To make the Conversion or wheeling by Ranks to the right is when all the Ranks of the Battalion make all together a quarter turn of Conversion or wheel upon the right so that all together make but one Rank every Rank being contained between that Rank which hath the right hand of the same Rank and that which hath the right hand of the foregoing Rank 48. To make the Conversion or wheeling by Ranks to the left is when all the Ranks of the Battalion make all together a quarter turn of Conversion or wheel upon the left every Rank being contained between that Rank which hath the left of the foregoing Rank making as above of all the Ranks but one CHAP. III. The general Exercise of the Foot THe Officer who commands the Exercise ought to have always his eyes upon his Soldiers observing them from the head to the foot to see if they observe well all the motions for the least ill motion is enough to put the whole Battalion in disorder The Serjeants and Corporals ought to have a care when some young Soldiers come into their Companies to try if they know how to exercise well if they do not know it they must shew it them in private before they take them in the Battalion to exercise because an ignorant Soldier disorders and confounds all the rest as well as himself The Serjeants ought always to place upon the Wings and at the Front of the Battalion those men they know to be the most capable and especially in the right File because all the Soldiers are to have an eye upon their right hand man without turning the body or the head of any side and for that reason the Corporals and the Lanspassades are commonly posted there You must take care that when the word of Command is given without explication it is always understood to be to the Front When the word of Command is to march or to wheel you must alwaies step the right foot forward The Serjeants must always be upon the Wings of the Battalion to have a care that the Soldiers do their duty and above all that they observe the silence for if they make a noise it is impossible they should hear the word of Command After all the forces are come up into the Field and have formed the Battalions the said Battalions must open their Files at the following word of Command 1. Take heed to open your Files The right hand Files stand 2. The foregoing word of Command is only to give notice to the Soldiers To the left open your Files at a pace distance March You must turn a quarter turn towards the left hand the right hand Files must stand and keep their ground Halt To the right it is to return as you were You must observe when you turn to the right or to the right about you must return as you were by the left And if you turn to the left or to the left about you must return as you were by the right CHAP. IV. The Exercise of the Musket with the motions that are to