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they will scarcely be perceptible. Theelasticity of the instep, if properly ma-naged, will always give a firmness tothe tread. The arms are to hang withease down the outside of the thigh, andby no means to swing, backwards andforwards, like so many pendulums. Avery small motion may indeed bo occa-sionally permitted, to prevent con-straint. The head is to be kept to thefront, the body to be well up, and theutmost steadiness to be preserved. Thequick step is the pace to be used in alltilings of divisions from line into co-lumn, or from column into line; and bybattalion columns of manoeuvre, whenthey change position, independently ofeach other. It may occasionally be usedin the column of march of small bodies,when the route is smooth, or the groundunembarrassed, and no obstacles occur;but in the march in line of a consider-able body, it -is not to be required, andvery seldom in a column of manoeuvre;otherwise fatigue must arise to the sol-dier, and more time will be lost by hur-ry, and inaccuracy (the natural conse-quence of hurry) than is attempted tobe gained by quickness.—See GeneralRules and Regulations, part I.

Quickest Step, (Pus prccipite, Fr.J astep measuring 30 inches, and of which120, making 300 feet, inay be takenin a minute.

This step is applied chiefly to the pur-pose of wheeling, and is the rate at whichall bodies accomplish their wheels; theoutward fde stepping 33 inches, whetherthe wheel is from line into column, du-ring the march in column, or from co-lumn into line. In this time also, andby this step, should divisions double,and move up, when they pass obstaclesin line; or when in the column of march,the front of divisions is increased, ordiminished.

To Step between. To interfere.

To Step forth or forward. To takean active part in any tiling. Thus,when the circle was formed, the grena-diers stepped forward to beg oft' theircomrade, &c. The officers steppedforward, and remonstrated against theircolonel.

Step is likewise figuratively used tosignify promotion. As the next stepfrom a lieutenancy is a troop or com-pany, and from that to a majority; ex-

cept in the guards, who have the exclu-sive privilege of going over this inter-mediate rank, and stepping into a lieu-tenant-colonelcy at once.

To Step over, to rise above another.This term is generally used in a badsense. As, young men of interest andconnection frequently step over old sol-diers.

Step ( Echelon, Fr.) according to theTranslator of Rules and Regulationsfor the field exercise and manoeuvres ofthe French Infantry, echelon means, iaa figurative sense, what we understandby a step in military promotion. Se»Grades Mititaires in the Nouveau Dic-tionnaire Militaire, by A. T. Gaigne.We avail ourselves of this opportunityto recommend to the perusal of ourmilitary readers the above translation,which has been ably executed by JohnMacdonald, Esq. F. R. S. F.A.S.

STEPPING of to vmsic. In step-ping off to music, or to the tap of thedrum, it will he recollected, that theword of command is the signal to liftup the left foot, and that it come*down, or is planted, the instant the tapis given, or the music completes itsfirst note, so that the time must be in-variably marked- by the left foot, andnot by the right; as has been practisedby the guards and the artillery, until arecent regulation.

STERE, Fr. a measure for firewood,which has been adopted by the French ,since the revolution. The store isequal to the cubic meter. It is used in-stead of the voie, and is about half otthat measure. The Corde, in decimals,answers to 3.335 steres.

STEREOGRAPHY, (StiriograpM >1’r.j the art of drawing the forms otsolids upon a plane. . .

STEREOMETRY , (Stcreomitnefr.)tlie art of measuring, or that wineteaches how to measure all sorts otsolid bodies. ,

STEWARD, one who manages theaffairs of others, In all well conducte^messes belonging to military corps, cfc:1 )tain officers are named to act as jjf®*ards, for some specific period.act, conjointly, with the treasures apay-master for the good ot the who •

STICK, the same as Baton, an nstrument of dignity, which is occasally carried by persons and olricei^^^