ORDERLY MEN.

WHEN an Orderly Man is fent from one Quarter to another, the time of his fetting out must be specified on the back of the letter he carries; and if he brings his horse in otherwife than cool and properly (unless fent on any emergent occafion), or if he has been drinking or loitering on the road, or, in short, behaving in any way improperly, he must be confined and brought to a Court Martial; because a Dragoon who is not to be trufted on fuch an occafion, must be a bad, use. lefs Soldier, and fully deferving of punishment.

GUARDS,

GUARDS, SENTRIES, PRISONERS, PIQUETS, OR. DERLY OFFICER, AND MOUNTING A GUARD OR PIQUET.

As the intention and ufe of every Guard is to be extremely alert, and ready to turn out on the shorteft notice, especially in the night, or on the leaft alarm, no man whatever, when on Guard, is to pull off any part of his cloathing or accoutrements and every Officer or Non-commiffioned Officer will turn out his Guard at least twice in the course of the night, at the times of the relief, with the utmost alertnefs, and in a soldier-like manner.

Sentries, in general, are to be relieved in the day every two hours, in the night every hour; in very cold or bad weather they may be relieved every hour in the day time: they are never to carry their arms otherwife than fhouldered or fupported; they are conftantly to move about on their + poft with a smart ftep, and in an upright, airy manner. On the approach of an Officer, when he is within twenty paces, they are to fland firm on any part of their walk fronting the way they have been posted, and remain fo till he has paffed them ten yards. Every motion is to be done with perfect fleadiness and brifknefs. All Officers and Non-commiffioned Officers will obferve the behaviour of Sentries, and report fuch as are aukward, lounging, or carelefs, that they may be ordered to drill, and made to mount Guard till perfected in this important part of their duty.

When Sentries are cloaked in rainy weather, they will pay + no other compliment than remaining fteady with their arms fecured, fronting of courfe as pofted.

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When allowed to be cloaked in very cold weather, but dry, they will carry their arms, or reft, according to the cir cumftance, throwing the cloak back over the shoulders.

Sentries are not to converse, or in any shape loiter on their poft, but to be very alert in obferving what they are directed to notice. They must not smoke, nor whistle, or make any kind of noife.

Never above two or three men of a Guard are to be absent at a time.

The victuals of thofe on Guard are to be brought by their comrades, unless it shall be convenient to allow the men to go home to dine; but in this case an exact time must be limited, and that as short as poffible.

No man to lie down with his hat on; foraging caps are, +therefore, to be worn at night, and the hats hung up.

No man is to mount Guard who is not perfect in the exercife, and perfectly equipped in every part of his dress and appointments.

No Guard to pay any compliment after the retreat; Sen +tries will stand firm and shouldered to Officers that pass till it is dark, after which they will walk about on their poft, without noticing any perfon.

The relief of Sentries to march the quick ftep regularly and fteadily, arms fupported; when paffing an Officer, arms to be carried.

A Corporal, who at any time is detected in the unfol dier-like practice of allowing Sentries to relieve each other without his being prefent, will be punished in the most exemplary manner; and no man (whether there is an established Guard or not) is ever to be placed as Sentry, but by a Non, commiffioned Officer or Lance Corporal with arms; and he is to be relieved in the fame manner.

Non-commiffioned Officers are anfwerable for all accidents that happen in the Guard Room, they will therefore take care to receive every thing in a proper state.

Sentries to rest every time a Field Officer paffes; the com

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pliment due to any other Officer, whether commanding in Quarters or not, is to ftand shouldered. When an Officer is approaching the Sentry, he is to ftand with his arms fupported, as foon as he fronts; and shoulder, and reft, or only + fhoulder (according to the rank of the Officer) fo as to finish just as the Officer comes up to him, performing his motions as if at a drill. If there are two fentries, they always walk about together; and the left hand Sentry takes his time in paying a compliment from the right.

The Guard will always be under arms, and inspected at the fetting of the watch.

When any man is confired, he is to have his foraging cap and stable jacket, and an old ftore cloak, to prevent his other cloaths being spoiled.

The prisoner's crime must be delivered to the perfon who commands the Guard at the time he is confined, and it must be figned by the perfon who orders him into confinement.

The eldest Non-commiffioned Officer of the Guard to be anfwerable that no liquor is brought into the Guard Room, that when a prifoner is confined in the hole no one approaches him but in his presence, and that he gets nothing but the bread and water allowed him; and he is to examine regularly the place of confinement, to fee that nothing else can be introduced.

When a prisoner is to be brought to a Court Martial, he is to have his mess regularly brought to him.

There must always be as many cloaks in the Guard Room as the Guard confifts of, an equal number being furnished by each Troop.

The Guard Room to be kept in good order, the cloaks taken proper care of, and the Serjeant Major, or if he is not there, the eldest Serjeant of the Quarter, always to fee that the place of confinement is fo fecured, that nothing can be given to the prifoners but by permiffion; he will also take care that it is well cleaned, and the ftraw fhifted when ne ceffary, that no omiffion of that kind may affect the health

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of the prifoners. Prifoners must be taken out to ease them→ felves when neceffary, a Sentry attending them, and they must be made to clean out the place of conûnement themfelves every morning.

Guards are at all times to confine foldiers interfering in or promoting frays or fquabbles, and to turn out and give the alarm in cafe of fire in the night, which they will immediately report to the Commanding Officer by an orderly man fent from the Guard.

When there is not an Officer's Guard, the Officer of the day gives the report of the Guard to the Commanding Officer, but it is made out and figned by the Non-commiffioned Officer. When there is no orderly Officer, the Noncommiffioned Officer delivers it himself; this immediately after the relief.

The Adjutant and Serjeant Major are to take care that a copy of all directions relative to Guards is put up in fome proper place in the Guard Room for the infpection of every one; so they must be written neatly, and framed accordingly; and every Non-commiffioned Officer must have a copy of them.

Any Guard, confifting of fixteen men or more, always to form two deep, whether on horseback or foot.

All Non-commiflioned Officers on Guard must have their firelocks and bayonets. They fix their bayonets when the Privates do.

A diftinction is to be made between a Guard and a Piquet; a Guard is a body that always remains affembled while on duty; a Piquet, after being paraded, is dismissed, and they remain in their Quarters accoutred, ready, to turn out on the fhorteft notice.

When a confiderable part of the Regiment is together, there will always be a proportionable Guard, and Sentries accordingly, as may be judged neceffary, viz. one over the Standard, and one at the Guard Room.

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