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1. The movements herein described for a battalion of four companies may be readily applied to a battalion of any number of companies. IN THE ARMORY. 2. Not less than sixteen sharpshooters will be selected and placed under the command of the battalion Inspector of Small Arms Firing, who will post them in equal numbers in the line of file-closers of each company. These sharpshooters should be designated by a handkerchief tied around their left arm, or by any other device by which they may be readily distinguished. Non-combatant staff officers, colors and color guard, musicians, un instructed recruits, convalescents, and a suitable detail for guard duty, will be designated to remain in the armory. Companies will be equalized. 3. If a crowd is assembled in front of the armory the commanding officer will adopt such methods of egress as the situation of the armor}- and the disposition of the crowd may indicate as best. As a general rule, if the crowd is not aggressively hostile, the front and rear subdivisions of the battalion should move out from the armory door in parallel columns of twos or fours and force their way through the crowd to the opposite side of the street; then, facing in opposite directions, force the crowd back until space is made for the next interior subdivision to inarch out in the same way, and so on until the whole battalion is formed in column in the street. If the crowd is hostile and attempts to prevent the egress of the troops, proper and extreme offensive measures should be resorted to at once. IN THE STREET. 4. The posts assigned to field and staff officers in ordinary drill manoeuvres being impracticable in street parades, and inadmissible when on street-riot duty, will be modified as follows: In line, the major, adjutant, and sergeant-major will post themselves at so much less than their prescribed distances as the width of the street may indicate as proper; or, if necessary, may even retain positions corresponding to those assigned to them in column. In column, the major will take post at the head of the column; the adjutant on the right of the commissioned staff; and the sergeant-major on the right of the non-commissioned staff. In columns of platoons, if the width of the street does not permit captains to take post three paces from the flank of the column, they will take such less distance as may be necessary. When a battalion on street-riot duty marches in column of companies or platoons, it will invariably form in "street column" order, no matter how remote it maybe from the scene of riot or apprehended danger. TO FORM STREET COLUMN OF COMPANIES OR PLATOONS. 5. Being in line, or in columns of fours, the battalion will be formed into column of companies, or column of platoons, by the same commands as prescribed in the SCHOOL OF THE BATTALLION, except that they will be prefixed by the command Form street column; and the movement will be executed in the same manner, except that the sharpshooters in the line of file-closers will pass around the flanks of their respective subdivisions and take post three paces from the flanks of the column, the leading sharpshooter of each flank on a line with the major, the rear sharpshooter of each flank on a line with the non-commissioned staff, and the others at equal intervals from front to rear. Being in street column of companies or platoons, to form line or column of fours. 6. The movements will be executed by the same commands and in the same manner as prescribed in the SCHOOL OF THE BATTALION, except that the sharpshooters will resume their posts in the line of file-closers. 7. On approaching the scene of riot, or on the first symptoms of danger, and in marching through the streets during a general riot or uprising, troops will be moved habitually in the formation of "street square." TO FORM STREET SQUARE. From a street column of companies at full distance. 8. Being at a halt, the major commands : 1. Form street square, 2. MARCH. At the first command, the captain of the first company cautions it to stand fast. The captain of the second company commands: 1. Right forward, 2. Twos right. The captain of the third company commands : 1. Left forward, 2. Twos left. The captain of the fourth company commands : 1. Forward. At the command march, which is repeated by the captains of second, third and fourth companies, the major and staff and the captain of the first company will pass around the flanks of that company and take post in the rear of it; the non-commissioned staff and the file-closers of the fourth company will pass around the flanks of that company and take post in front of it; the file-closers of the second and third companies will pass around the rear of their companies and take post on their inner flanks. The captain of the second and third companies will halt their companies two paces in rear of the right and left twos of the first company, and will then take post opposite the center of the inner flanks of their companies; the captain of the fourth company will halt his company two paces in rear of the first and second companies. A sufficient number of leading and rear sharpshooters on each flank will take posts, with two paces intervals, to prolong the lines of the first and fourth companies from the flanks of the square to the building lines. The remaining sharpshooters will continue in their positions on the flanks, preferably on the sidewalks. End of Preview.
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