00:01 - I am a corporal with the forty

00:02 - fourth Georgia.

00:03 - And today I'm going to show you

00:04 - the manual of arms.

00:06 - I'm a corporal. Usually I teach

00:07 - the privates how to be a soldier

00:09 - from the ground up and then from

00:12 - that point on then I take my

00:14 - instructions from the sergeant.

00:15 - So this is basically the simple

00:17 - drill that you learn from the

00:18 - manual of arms.

00:20 - You start when you're at

00:21 - attention or order arms where

00:23 - the gun is at your side and

00:24 - you're holding it close to the

00:27 - second barrel ban. The next

00:30 - command would be shoulder arms,

00:32 - which you raise the gun, you put

00:34 - one finger under the back of

00:36 - that trigger and one under the

00:38 - hammer.

00:39 - So you can actually hold the

00:40 - gun.

00:42 - And then you hold it to your

00:43 - side in the crook of your arm

00:45 - tight to your shoulder.

00:48 - The next step would be to right

00:50 - shoulder shift in which you

00:52 - raise the gun up, hold it by the

00:54 - butt, tuck your elbow in, and

00:56 - keep it high up.

00:57 - This is usually used whenever

00:59 - you do movements where you're

01:00 - doing double quick or anything

01:02 - where you're moving quickly in

01:03 - the field. You raise it that is

01:05 - position so it's out of the way,

01:06 - so you're not beating up the

01:07 - person around you.

01:09 - The next that you would bring it

01:10 - back to shoulder arms and then

01:13 - you would go to right shoulder

01:14 - shift, which is the only time

01:16 - you would actually use the left

01:17 - arm, which you shifted over your

01:20 - support with the hammer and the

01:21 - crook of your elbow and you put

01:24 - your arm up against your chest.

01:28 - Then you bring it back to

01:30 - shoulder arms again and then you

01:33 - go to order arms, which is

01:34 - attention down to the ground.

01:37 - These are just standard steps

01:38 - from the manual of arms and

01:41 - thank you for coming and

01:43 - witnessing what we do.

01:44 - In the civil war.

01:45 - Have a good day.