Color Guard Drill Digest

[StonewallSharpeson]

Authentic Community:

This is a digest of color guard drill from an examination of Hardee's and Scott's infantry manuals.
The goal is for Joe reenactor, being tapped for color guard at a coming event, to read this document and understand his responsibilities.

I welcome serious community feedback! In your responses, please cite your sources.
I still have some unresolved questions about the presentation of the color. You will see these highlighted in that section.

This is not a document about battalion drill. If readers feel more background information about battalion, or even company, drill should be added, I would consider that reasonable. However, it is expected that readers are already proficient in company drill and at least familiar with battalion drill.

Bearing a color was a position of honor in a battalion. Let's bring that honor back in our portrayal of those who did so.

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Will Thoms
On Behalf of the Arkansas Confederate Guard

[StonewallSharpeson]

Re: Color Guard Drill Digest

Version 0.5 is coming soon. I have had a change to review Casey's and skim Gilham's manuals, and I have found and edited higher quality plates.
I am still waiting to hear back from some folks, particularly regarding presentation of the color. I have not yet found anything else which provides clarification.

[StonewallSharpeson]

Re: Color Guard Drill Digest

Hello, everyone! Version 0.6, which I think might be sufficient to be called version 1.0, is coming!
I have a question: do you think it would make more sense for me to re-divide the drill from the arbitrary "basic, "intermediate, advanced," into sections related to Schools of the Soldier, Company, and Battalion? Though I might still split the SoB material into "basic" and "advanced". What do you think?