Immediately below this box is the actual beginning of the Index cut and pasted from the manual which explains the sources for each paragraph in Guides Posts.
Below that can be found indicies for Parts III and IV of Guides Posts. In the actual manual the paragraphs are flush right. To view a scanned page of the manual, click here.
FULL INDEX
AND CONVERSION TABLE
The abbreviations for citations are: H= Hardee’s Revised; G = Gilham’s; C = Casey’s; GP = Guides Posts. The various schools are: S = School of the Soldier; C = School of the Company; SKM = Instruction for Skirmishers; B = Battalion.
The format used always places Hardee’s manual first, then Gilham, then Casey, then the paragraph in Guides Posts. Sometimes, neither of these period manuals applies. When so, a short abbreviation of the other source is noted. The complete list of sources is contained at the beginning of this manual.
Here’s how the system works. For oblique alignments found in the School of the Soldier, the citation reads:
Oblique Alignments HC 22 / G 219 / CC 22 / GP 112
This topic on oblique alignments can be found at paragraph 22 in School of the Company of Revised Hardee; paragraph 219 of Gilham’s; paragraph 22 in the School of the Company in Casey; and paragraph 112 of Guides Posts.
Another example for the salute with the sword or sabre is:
The Salute US Tactics p. 190 / G 198 / C vol. I, p. 224 / GP 447
This topic on the salute can be found on page 190 of the U.S. Tactics; paragraph 198 of Gilham; page 224 in volume one of Casey; and paragraph 447 of Guides Posts.
PART THIRD
THE DIFFERENT STEPS
I. COMMON TIME
HS 94 / G 89 / C 103 / GP 149
II. QUICK TIME
HC 102 & HS 348 / G 90 / CC 109 & CS 359 / GP 156
III. DOUBLE QUICK TIME
HS 104 / G 91 / CS 91 / GP 158
HB 229 / CB 271 / GP 162
HS 349 / G 206 / CS 360 / GP 164
Remark HS 337 / G 206 / CS 346 / GP 165
Distance Between Ranks HC 133 / G 236 / CC 135 / GP 166
Increased Double Quick HS 114 / G 92 / CS 121 / GP 168
IV. MARK TIME
From the Direct Step HS 240 / CS 233 / GP 169
From the Double Quick Step HS 340 / G 206 / CS 349 / GP 173
V. ALTERING THE STEP
To Change Step HS 244 / CS 253 / GP 174
Regaining the Step HB 621 / HC 92 / G 231 / CC 92 / GP 176
VI. ROUTE STEP HC 306 / G 252 / CC 311 / GP 177
I. FORWARD
Advance in Line of Battle HC 85 / G 231 / CC 85 / GP 178
HB 213 / CB 254 / GP 182
Advance in Column of Companies HC 195 / G 244 / CC 200 / GP 183
Remarks on the March in Column. HC 204 / CC 209 / GP 192
Advance at Route Step in Column of Companies HC 307 / G 252 / CC 312 / GP 199
II. BACKWARD
Backward March HC 115 / G 233 / CC 115 / GP 204
HS 247 / CS 256 / GP 205
III. RETREAT
From the Halt HC 119 / G 234 / CC 119 / GP 208
HS 91 / G 86 / CS 98 / GP 209
While Marching HC 128 / G 235 / CC 128 / GP 216
HS 344 / G 207 / CS 353 / GP 217
Countermarch HC 334 / G 256 / CC343 / GP 219
To Face a Column to the Rear from the Halt HB 197 / G 345 / CB 237 / GP 227
To Face a Column to the Rear While Marching HB 170 / G 347 / CB 225 / GP 228
IV. OBLIQUES
Other views of the manual: HomeObliques HS 330 / G 205 / CS 339 / GP 232
HC 103 / G 232 / CC 103 / GP 234
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