Excerpt from The Field Manual of Evolutions of the Line, Arranged in a Tabular Form, for the Use of Officers of the U. S. Infantry: Being a Sequel to the Authorized U. S. Infantry Tactics; Translated, With Adaption to the U. S. Service, From the Latest French Authorities Generals of brigade (brigadier-generals) take post forty paces in rear of the centre of their brigades, when in line; and twenty paces opposite the centre of their brigades on the directing flank, when in column. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.