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| | Lesson 2B |
 | | The manual of arms should be taught to two men placed first side by side in one rank, elbow to elbow, and next in a single file, that is, one behind the other. |
 | | (First motion.) Seize quickly the piece with both hands, by detaching it from the shoulder, the right hand at the handle near the lock, the left hand at the tail band, thumb extended along the rammer, piece perpendicular, barrel to the front, left fore-arm from the wrist to the elbow against the piece. |
 | | With both hands raise the piece, turn it barrel to the rear, rest the hammer on the right shoulder, muzzle inclining backwards at about an angle of thirty degrees; at the same time slip the right hand down to the butt; the toe or beak of the butt projecting between the first and second fingers. |
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