In a message dated 8/10/04 7:32:10 AM, ojv@earthlink.net writes:
>Same thing, different languages. My 1861 (U.S.) Army Field Manual explains
>how to properly "stack arms", bayonets attached, using a "stacking ring".
>
>Craig Montgomery
>Tucson
>***************
>Yep, it was still "stack arms" when I was in the Army 120-odd years later.
>No stacking ring though, you used the sling, but an M-16 ain't no
>Springfield.
This could be the difference between The Queen's English and the stuff we speak over here. Phil Brown It was stack arms with an M1 here in San Rafael, Calif.