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Medich Battalion Color Guard
Advance the Colors
99. The three corporals of the color-guard, now in the
front rank of the battalion, will march well aligned, elbow
to elbow, heads direct to the front, and without deranging
the line of their shoulders; the centre one will follow
exactly in the trace of the color-bearer, and maintaining the
same step, without lengthening or shortening it, except on
an intimation from the colonel or lieutenant colonel,
although he should find himself more or less than six
paces from the color-rank.
600. The covering sergeant in the front rank between the
color-company and the next on the left, will march elbow
to elbow, and on the same line, with the three corporals in
the centre, his head well to the front.
601. The captains of the color-company, and the company
next to the left, will constitute, with the three corporals in
the centre of the front rank, the basis of alignment for both
wings of the battalion; they will march in the same step
with the color­-bearer, and exert themselves to maintain
their shoulders exactly in the square with the direction.  
To this end, they will keep their heads direct to the front,
only occasionally casting an eye on the three centre
corporals, with the slightest possible turn of the neck, and
if they perceive themselves in advance, or in rear of these
corporals, the cap­tain, or two captains, will almost
insensibly shorten or lengthen the step, so as, at the end of
several paces, to regain the true alignment, without giving
sudden checks or impulsions to the wings beyond them
respectively.
602. The lieutenant colonel, placed twelve or fifteen paces
on the right of the captain of the color-company, will
maintain this captain and the next one beyond, abreast
with the three centre corporals; to this end, he will caution
either to lengthen or to shorten the step as may be
neces­sary, which the captain, or two captains, will execute
as has just been explained.