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FORMATIONS AND INSPECTIONS
* 35. FUNERAL EscoRTS.---a. Funeral escorts follow the pro-
cedure prescribed in FM 22-5. The escort is appropriate to
the grade of the deceased. Six pallbearers are selected, if
practicable, from the grade of the deceased. (See AR 600-30.)
If the deceased was a commissioned officer, the casket is
borne six noncommissioned officers who are designated as
casket bearers.
b. Funeral escorts may be mounted or dismounted. If
mounted, they follow the general provisions of escorts dis-
mounted. When practicable, the escorts may remain
mounted in which case the present arms is omitted, the
commander only rendering the prescribed salute.
c. Should conditions at the cemetery prevent the escort
from entering, the column is halted long enough to remove
the casket from the hearse and to permit the escort to turn
out of the column and to form line or column near the
entrance. If appropriate, the escort may be formed and
marched dismounted to the grave. Procedure for escorts
accompanying the hearse to a railway station is covered in
FM 22-5.21
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United States. War Department. Antiaircraft artillery field manual : formations and inspections., book, November 17, 1943; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc11811/m1/27/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.