Item 03: Arthur H. Freebody diary, 1 January-30 December 1918 - Page 7
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Military Definitions.
Alignment. - Any straight line on which a body of troops is formed, or is to form.
Battalion. - The administrative unit of infantry, consisting of headquarters, four companies, and machine gun section.
Brigade. - Headquarters and four Battalions.
Change of Position. - A movement by which a body of troops takes up a new alignment.
Column. - Bodies of troops on parallel and successive alignments, at a distance from one another equal to their own frontage.
Company Column. - A Company in column of sections.
Quarter Column. - Companies on parallel and successive alignments, at a distance from one another of six paces.
Company. - The tactical unit of infantry, consisting of four platoons.
Covering. - The act of one or more men placing themselves correctly in rear of one another.
Deploying Interval. - The lateral space between units in quarter column or in column on the same alignment, the space being equal to the frontage of a unit in line.
To Deploy. - To change formation from column to quarter column into line on the same alignment.
Depth. - The space occupied by a body of troops from front to rear.
Distance. - The space between men or bodies of troops, from front to rear.
Directing Flank. - That by which units march or dress.
Direction (Battalion, Platoon, Company, Section of File of). - The battalion, platoon, company, section or file, responsible for keeping the direction of the line of march.