 | Army - 1795 - 530 Seiten
...fhoulders to be kept back ; the belly rat.her drawn it), and the breaft advanced, but without cqnftraitK ; the body upright, but inclining forward, fo that the...bears on the fore part of the feet ; the head to be eredt, and neither turned to the right nor left. The pofition in which a foldier fliould move, determines... | |
 | Army - 1795 - 526 Seiten
...be kept back ; the belly rather drawn in, and the bread advanced, but without conilraint ; the botiy upright, but inclining forward, fo that the weight of it principally bears on the fore part of the feer ; the head to be eredt, and neither turned to the right nor left. The pofition in which a foldier... | |
 | Great Britain. War Office, Great Britain. Adjutant-General's Office - 1798 - 470 Seiten
...touching the thigh ; the thumbs as far back as the feams of the breeches — The elbows and fhoulders to be kept back ; the belly rather drawn in, and the...bears on the fore part of the feet; the head to be ered:, and neither turned to the right nor left. The pofition in which a foldier fhould move, determines... | |
 | Thomas O'Neil (count.) - 1805 - 178 Seiten
...body to be upright, but inclining rather forwards so that the weight may bear chiefly on the forepart of the feet : — The head to be erect, and neither turned to the right nor to the left; the eyes alone will be glanced to .the right. The body of the soldier being in this position, the firelock... | |
 | George Thomas (captain) - 1812 - 238 Seiten
...— the body to be upright, but inclining rather forward, so ».hat the weight of it may bear chiefly on the fore part of the feet — the head to be erect, and neither turned to the right nor to the left; the eyes alone will be glanced lo the right. The body of the soldier being in this position, the firelock... | |
 | Antonio Baron López Suasso Díaz de Fónseca - 1816 - 402 Seiten
...drawn in, and the breast advanced, but without constraint j the body upright, but inclining forward, so that the weight of it principally bears on the fore...head to be erect, and neither turned to the right nor left." As a stiff and awkward position is at first likely to proceed from the foregoing, the recruit... | |
 | Donald Walker - 1840 - 240 Seiten
...constraint; the body upright, but inclining forward, so that the weight of it may principally bear on the fore part of the feet; the head to be erect, and the eyes straight to the front. In order to supple the learner, open his chest, and give freedom to... | |
 | Thomas Stephens - 1843 - 132 Seiten
...constraint ; the body upright, but inclining forward, so that the weight of it may principally bear on the fore part of the feet ; the head to be erect, and neither turned to the right nor left. OPEN INTERVAL Is taken by each recruit stretching out his right arm so as to touch the left shoulder... | |
 | Army - 1844 - 298 Seiten
...constraint ; the body upright, but inclining forward, so that the weight of it may principally bear on the fore part of the feet; the head to be erect, and neither turned to the right nor left. Open Interval, Is taken by each recruit stretching out his right arm so as to touch the shoulder... | |
 | Antonio baron Lopez Suasso Diaz de Fonseca - 1846 - 458 Seiten
...upright, but inclining " forward, so that the weight of it may principally bear on " the fore-part of the feet ; the head to be erect, and neither " turned to the right nor left." The object of these directions is to place the man in his natural position, from which careless... | |
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The belly rather drawn in, and the breast advanced, but without constraint ; the body upright, but inclining forward, so that the weight of it may principally bear on the fore part of the feet; the head to be erect, and neither turned to the right nor... 
