Section I. GENERAL 1. Purpose and Scope This manual presents army drill and ceremonies. It gives the techniques for teaching drill and ceremonies; the methods for developing the command voice; the school of the soldier; the manual of arms for the rifle, automatic rifle, pistol. and carbine; manual of the guidon; unit drill through units of regimental size; and ceremonies, inspections, and mounted drill. 2. Definitions, Symbols, Capitalization a. Definitions of drill terms used in this manual usually appear at the beginning of each chapter in which they are first used. b. Symbol keys accompany figures, and a reference key for all symbols appears in Appendix II, figure 77. c. Capitalization. Preparatory commands (par. 7) and supplementary commands (par. 8) are shown in SMALL CAPITALS and commands of execution (par. 7) in LARGE CAPITALS. Combined commands (par.
DesignationFM 22-5
EditionAug 1956
StatusSuperseded
Pages281
FunctionLeadership Training
CollectionHistoric
Public domain (U.S. Government work)