Two points are referred to the muster masters: the sorting of the arms and the method of training. As to the first, a company should be equally made up of armed men and shot, the armed men to be all pikes except the officers, and the shot to be at least half, or if possible two thirds, muskets, and the rest arquebuses. Care should be taken what men are put in each kind of arms, the strongest and best to be pikes, the strongest and squarest to carry muskets and the smallest and nimblest turned to the arquebuses. Above all should be considered a man's aptitude to use the arms; the muster master might see the same men using several arms before assigning them to one kind. The method of training should be that quickest and most easily learned, and most useful for all types of service. Each company should be divided into three squadrons, each squadron into as many files as the number will bear, and each file into fellowship. The chief file of the squadron should be led by the corporal, the second by his deputy and the rest by the best men of each squadron. The company, thus divided, must be taught three things, - 1) to carry and use arms, 2) marching and motions and 3) understanding and obeying directions of the drum or voice. (1) Arms should be carried smartly and ready for use. Pikes are used in making or receiving a charge. In the first, the soldier learns to withstand horse, in the second, to meet the enemies' pikes, where the skill is in knowing when and how each man and rank should push. In the teaching of the use of shot, the soldier must learn how to present his piece, take his level and how and when to fire his volley with the rest of his rank. This is the sergeants' task; they should teach the shot to use their arms and lead them unless a superior officer is appointed. The old method of firing volleys, namely, that all the shot in one battalion fire simultaneously, is to be condemned, for those behind either risk shooting their companion through the head or overshoot and waste their shot, and the volley once given, the enemy advances without hindrance. Instead of this kind of volley, which only, 'serves to make a great Crack', the first rank only should fire its volley, and then, if the battalion is marching, stand, so that the second rank passes through to shoot its volley, then the third and following ranks similarly. If the battalion is stationary, the first rank should fire, then fall back, to be replaced by the second then the third and so on. Thus the volley is continuous and the enemy never free from hindrance. This is easily done if the shot open their files. (2) In the teaching of marching, when every man knows his place and can observe his file and rank in a plain march there is no difficulty in this or in cantermarching, if the leaders of the files are well chosen and each man watches the one before him. If there is any disorder, the officers, watching and each being in his place, can easily right it. The places of the officers are as follows, the captain at the head of the troop and the lieutenant in the rear, except in a retreat, when the captain should be in the rear and the lieutenant at the head, and the sergeants on both sides going up and down to see the soldiers keep their rank. Teaching motions is added to the teaching of marching for there are many such involving no marching or changing place, only turning to the right, the left or around. This is necessary should the enemy charge on either side or from behind. Other motions involve changing place from one rank to another when some move and others stand still. Such motions are doubling ranks or files in order to make the flanks or fronts greater or smaller according to the enemy and the ground. Another motion to be taught involves the movement of all but no marching, namely opening and closing files, which is of use for one rank to pass through another, in counter-marching, or to draw the troop quickly to move one way or another. (3) The soldiers, being taught to know the sound of the drums, must observe not only what the drummer does but what time he keeps for they should march more slowly or quickly accordingly. Taught to march by the drum, so by the voice he is taught other motions. It is best to accustom him to one word which once learned will serve as a direction. The following were used in training the Queen's army at Plymouth [list given]. For most of these words no better can be chosen, but the choice of words is not so important as their constant use; yet the same words should be used generally throughout the troops, or even throughout the army, or it will cause confusion.