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65th
(2nd Yorkshire North Riding) Regiment of Foot
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Rifle Drill - Stand
At Ease
Stand
at Ease
Description
Command
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Action
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| Stand
at-Ease |
1 |
- Clasp hands (clap
hands in front as you bring them together), right
hand over left directly in front of body, thumbs
interlocked, arms close to body
- at the same time
carry back the right foot, the hollow opposite
to, and full three inches from, the left heel,
the feet square to each other
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Next command - [ Attention ]
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Rifle Drill -
Ground Arms
Ground
Arms
Description
| Ground
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1 |
- Seize the rifle with
the right hand close above the lower band,
keeping the elbow as close to the body as
possible
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| Arms |
1 |
- Turn the rifle on the
heel, lock to the rear, raise it off the ground
and give the butt a cant to the rear
- sink the body,
bending both knees
- and place the rifle
flat on the ground, the lock upwards, muzzle
inclined to the right front, hammer in line with
the heels
- rise at once and rise
to the position on Attention
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Next possible
command - [ Take up Arms ]
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Rifle Drill - The
Trail
Here
are the commands that bring a man to the Trail from:
NOTE: Arms are never to
be trailed:
- with fixed bayonets,
except by the front rank before charging, or
- when loaded.
The Trail
from the Order
Description
| Trail
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1 |
- Seize the rifle with
the right hand close above the lower band,
keeping the elbow as close to the body as
possible
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| Arms |
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- Give the rifle a cant
upwards with the right hand, seizing it below the
lower band
- and bring it to a
horizontal position at the full extent of the
arm, fingers and thumb round the rifle.
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Next possible
command [ The Order | The Advance]
The Trail
from the Advance Arms
Description
| Trail
-Arms |
1 |
- Seize the rifle with
the left hand, little finger in line with the
right elbow, arm close to the body.
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2 |
- Raise the right hand,
and seize the rifle below the lower band
- and bring it to a
horizontal position at the full extent of the
arm, fingers and thumb round the rifle
- at the same time
dropping the left arm to the side
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Next possible
command -[ The Advance | The Order ]
The Short
Trail
- Grasp the rifle with the
right hand
- and raise it from the
ground, keeping the barrel to the shoulder
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drill on this page [ Stand At Ease | Ground Arms | The Trail ]
Rifle Drill - The
Secure
The Secure from the Shoulder
For the protection of
the rifle in wet weather.
Description
| Secure-Arms |
1 |
- Turn the lock to the
front,
- and seize the rifle
with the right hand under the guard, without
moving it from the shoulder;
- thumb and fingers
round the stock,
- arm close to the
body.
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2 |
- Without moving the
rifle from the shoulder, turn it, with the right
hand, so as to bring the sling to the front, and
the cock close to the body,
- at the same time
seize it with the left hand, little finger as
high as the shoulder,
- the left arm to be
close to the rifle.
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3 |
- With the fingers of
the right hand, give the butt a cant under the
left arm,
- then drop the right
hand to the side;
- the cock to be close
up under the armpit,
- the barrel slanting
downwards, and inclining to the right front;
- the rifle to be
firmly grasped with the left hand, which is to be
in front of, but rather lower than, the hip,
- left elbow a little
to the rear.
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When standing at ease
with arms at "The Secure," the right hand is to grasp
the rifle above the lower band, the sling or stock to rest on the
left arm, and the left hand to lay hold of the right arm close
above the wrist.
On the command Change
Arms, the rifle to be carried under the right arm in like
manner.
Next command - [ The Shoulder
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Updated 20 July, 1999
