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_First call_ is the first signal for formation for roll call and for all ceremonies except guard mounting.
_Guard mounting_ is the first signal for guard mounting.
The field music a.s.sembles at _first call_ and _guard mounting_.
In a mixed command, _boots and saddles_ is the signal to mounted troops that their formation is to be mounted; for mounted guard mounting or mounted drill, it immediately follows the signal _guard mounting_ or _drill_.
When full dress or overcoats are to be worn, the _full dress_ or _overcoat_ call immediately follows _first call_, _guard mounting_, or _boots and saddles_.
_Formation Calls._
805. _a.s.sembly:_ The signal for companies or details to fall in.
_Adjutant's call:_ The signal for companies to form battalion; also for the guard details to form for guard mounting on the camp or garrison parade ground; it follows the _a.s.sembly_ at such interval as may be prescribed by the commanding officer.
It is also used as a signal for the battalions to form regiment, following the first _adjutant's call_ at such interval as the commanding officer may prescribe.
_To the color:_ Is sounded when the color salutes.
_Alarm Calls._
806. _Fire call:_ The signal for the men to fall in, without arms, to extinguish fire.
_To arms:_ The signal for the men to fall in, under arms, on their company parade grounds as quickly as possible.
_To horse:_ The signal for mounted men to proceed under arms to their horses, saddle, mount and a.s.semble at a designated place as quickly as possible. In extended order this signal is used to remount troops.
_Service Calls._
807. _Tattoo_, _taps_, _mess_, _sick_, _church_, _recall_, _issue_, _officers'_, _captains'_, _first sergeants'_, _fatigue_, _school_, and _the general_.
_The general_ is the signal for striking tents and loading wagons preparatory to marching.
_Reveille_ precedes the _a.s.sembly_ for roll call; _retreat_ follows the _a.s.sembly_, the interval between being only that required for formation and roll call, except when there is parade.
_Taps_ is the signal for extinguishing lights; it is usually preceded by _call to quarters_ by such interval as prescribed by Army Regulations.
_a.s.sembly_, _reveille_, _retreat_, _adjutant's call_, _to the color_, the _flourishes_, _ruffles_, and the _marches_ are sounded by all the field music united; the other calls, as a rule, are sounded by the musician of the guard or orderly musician; he may also sound the _a.s.sembly_ when the musicians are not united.
The morning gun is fired at the first note of reveille, or, if marches be played before _reveille_, it is fired at the commencement of the first march.
The evening gun is fired at the last note of _retreat_.
BUGLE CALLS.
1. FIRST CALL.
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2. GUARD MOUNTING.
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3. FULL DRESS.
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4. OVERCOATS.
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5. DRILL.
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6. STABLE.
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7. WATER.
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8. BOOTS AND SADDLES.
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9. a.s.sEMBLY.
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10. ADJUTANT'S CALL.
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11. TO THE COLOR.
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12. FIRE.
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13. TO ARMS.
