atease

Updated: May 29, 2025

If halted from route step, the men stand AT REST. To march at ease: 1. Atease, 2. The company marches as in route step, except that silence is preserved; when halted, the men remain at ease. Marching at route step or fit ease: 1. Company, 2. At the command ATTENTION the pieces are brought to the right shoulder and the cadenced step in quick time is resumed. Being in column of squads: 1.

United States. War Dept. - Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry of the Army of the United States, 1917 : To be used by Engineer companies (dismounted) and Coast Artillery companies for Infantry instruction and training