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Military Definitions - continued
To Dress - To take up the alignment correctly.
Drill. - The execution of movements in unison.
Echelon. - A formationof successive and parallel units facing in the same direction ; each on a flank and to the rear of the unit in front of it.
File. - A front rank man and his rear rank man.
Frontage. - The extent of ground covered laterally by troops.
Inner Flank. - That nearer to the point of formation or direction.
Interval. The lateral space between men, units, or corps, measured from flank to flank.
Line. - Troops formed on the same alignment.
Outer Flank. - That opposite to the inner or directing flank.
Patrol. - A body of men set out to reconnoitre or to guard against surprise.
Platoon. - Fourth of a Company.
Point of Formation. - The point on which a formation is based.
Change of Position. - A movement by which a body of troops takes up a new alignment.
Rank. - A line of men, side by side.
Rifle Ranges. - Distant, 2,800 to 2,000 yards.
Long, 2,000 to I,400 yards.
Effective, I,400 to 600 yards.
Close, 600 and under.
Section. - The quarter of a Platoon.
Squad. - A small number of men, formed for drill or for work.
Supernumeraries. - The non-commissioned officers, etc., forming the third rank.
Wheeling. - A movement by which a body of troops brings forward a flank on a fixed or moving pivot.
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