Execute Stack Arms using the following procedures:
a. Stack Arms is executed from Order Arms only. It may be executed while at Normal Interval in a line (squad) or a column formation. Stack Arms is not a precise movement; however, it is executed in a military manner.
b. The leader designates the stackmen by numbers (2-5-8) when in a line formation, orby squad (second or third) when in a column formation. After the stackmen have been designated, the leader then commands Prepare, SLINGS.
c. On the command SLINGS, each stackman places the butt of his rifle on his right hip and cradles it in the crook of his right arm. He then adjusts the sling keeper to form a 2-inch loop next to the upper sling swivel. As soon as he has prepared the loop, he returns to Order Arms.
d. When all stackmen have returned to Order Arms, the leader commands Stack, ARMS. On the command ARMS, each stackman places his rifle directly in front of and centered on his body with the sling facing to the front. The heel of the rifle butt is on the marching surface on line with the toes of his shoes. He grasps the rifle by the handguard with his left hand. The first two fingers of the left hand hold the inner part of the loop against the rifle. He reaches across the front of the rifle with the right hand, grasps the outer part of the loop, and holds it open for the insertion of the other rifles. He holds the rifle vertical at all
times (1, Figure C-5, page C-6).
e. On the command ARMS, the men to the left and right of the stackman perform the following movements simultaneously:
(1) The man on the stackman’s left raises and centers his rifle in front of his body so that his right hand is shoulder high and the rifle is about 4 inches from his chest, with the sling to the front. He then grasps the rifle with his left hand at the small of the stock and lowers both arms, holding the weapon in a horizontal position (1, Figure C-5, page C-6).
(2) The man on the stackman’s right raises and centers his rifle, wrist shoulder high, with the sling facing the front. He then grasps the rifle with his left hand directly below his
right hand, and, in the most convenient manner, grasps the rifle with the right hand at the small of the stock. He then lowers both arms, holding the rifle stock. He then lowers both arms, holding the rifle in a horizontal position (1, Figure C-5, page C-6).
(3) As soon as both men have completed these movements, each moves the foot nearest the stackman 18 inches (Half Left or Right) toward the stackman. In a continuing motion, the man on the stackman’s left inserts the muzzle of his rifle into the loop held by the stackman until the bayonet stud protrudes past the far end of the loop (2, Figure C-5, page
C-6). He holds his rifle in that position until the man on the stackman’s right inserts the muzzle of his rifle through the loop in the same manner and above the muzzle of the rifle of
the left man.
f. When both rifles have been inserted into the loop, the men on each side of the stackman swing the butts of their rifles out and down to the marching surface until the stack is tight with the (two) rifle butts on line and about 2 feet from the baseline.
g. After necessary adjustments have been made, the three men come to Attention (3, Figure C-5).
h. Extra rifles are passed to the nearest stack on the right. As each rifle is passed, it is grasped at the upper part of the handguard with the right hand. Then, with the rifle held
vertical, it is passed with fully extended arm to the right front. The man on the right grasps the rifle at the balance with his left hand, brings the rifle to the center of his body, and regrasps it at the upper part of the handguard with his right hand. This action continues until the stackman receives the rifle and places it on the stack with his right hand as nearly vertical as possible. He places the rifles on the stack with the slings away from the stack (if the second squad is the stack squad, extra rifles are passed to the left).
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