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Re: The Meaning of the word "Two (or to) at the end of the Pledge
DryerMS (DryerMS@CLF.NAVY.MIL)
Wed, 31 Mar 1999 13:25:58 -0500
Ed (et al),
The (US) military command to cause an assemblage to render a hand salute is
"Present Arms," and to drop the salute the command is "Order Arms." One of
the methods of teaching drill movements to untrained troops is the
'by-the-numbers' method, in which movements are broken into steps and all
the trainees go slowly through the movements step-by-step as the trainer
commands "Ready, ONE;" "Ready, TWO;" etc. "Present Arms" 'by-th-numbers'
is a one step movement -- at the command "Ready, ONE" everyone salutes, at
"Ready, TWO" everyone drops the salute.
Because the BSA does not want to be accused (or mistaken) for being a
para-military organization it appears to have adopted the commands "Scout
Salute" in place of "Present Arms" and "Ready, Two" (or just "Two") in place
of "Order Arms."
YIS,
Mark Dryer (Retired US Army Drill Sergeant)
ASM, Troop 1
Tidewater Council
Norfolk, VA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed Henderson [mailto:biged@SCOUTER.COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, 31 March 1999 12:29
> To: SCOUTS-L@LISTSERV.TCU.EDU
> Subject: Re: The Meaning of the word "Two (or to) at the end of the
> Pledge
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