Slaves to Armok: God of Blood, Chapter II: Dwarf Fortress

The Manual: Command Squads

How to Get Here

Press x from the main view and move close to a squad you'd like to command.

Description

You control your army by moving squads around. These squads are constructed in the military screen.
Military Screen

There are two ways to control squads: Stationing and patrol routes. You can also zoom to the commander of a squad, lock on a single squad while still moving the cursor, change the cursor speed, and lock on to another squad without have to go find it.
Station a squad if you just want them to sit someplace until opposition arrives.
Set them on a patrol route if you want them to cover some ground.
Soldiers will not follow your orders if they are standing down, eating, drinking, sleeping or heavily-injured.