Regulations to be observed in the Dismounts ing of Guards.

All Guards on dismounting are to be marched with the utmost regularity to the Parade from which they marched, and from thence to their Regimental Parades, previous to their being dismissed to their respective Quarters. On arrival at the Regimental Parades, the Arms must be examined, and those which are loaded must be drawn in the presence of an Officer.

When local circumstances render it expedient that the Men coming off duty should be dismissed to their Quarters without the Dismounting Guard being reassembled on the general Parade, the same should be particularly noticed in Orders.

Regulations

Regulations to be observed in Camp:

On the Arrival of a Brigade, or a Battalion, on the Guards. ground destined for its Camp, the Quarter and Rear Guards of the respective Regiments will immediately mount; and when circumstances require them, the advanced Piquets will be posted. The Grand Guards of Cavalry will be formed, and the Horses picketed. The Men's tents will then be pitched; and till this Duty is completed, the Officers are on no account to quit their Troops or Companies, or to employ any Soldier for their own Accommodation.

dation.

Necessaries are to be made in the most convenient Cleanliness Situations, and the utmost Attention is required, in and accommo. this and every other particular, to the Cleanliness of the Camp. If circumstances will allow the ground on which a Regiment is to encamp to be previously ascertained, the Pioneers should make these, and other essential conveniences, before the Corps arrives at its Encampment.

Whenever a Regiment remains more than one night in a Camp, regular Kitchens are to be constructed.

tions.

No Huts are to be allowed in front of, or between, Communica the Intervals of the Battalions; their proper Situation is in the rear of the line of petty Sutlers.

On arriving in a Camp which is intersected by Hedges, Ditches, unequal or boggy Ground, Regi. ments will immediately make openings of Communication of sixty feet in width.

The

Duties.

General Officer of the Day.

The Ground in front of the Encampment is to be cleared, and every obstacle to the Movement of the Artillery and Troops is to be removed.

Commanding Officers of Regiments must take care that their Communications with the nearest great Routes are open, and free from any Impediments.

The Officers for daily Duty in Camp, independent of Guards, will be a General or Generals of the Day, according to the circumstances and strength of the Camp. In large Camps, there will be a Lieute nant-General of the Day, and a Major-General of each Wing, or one Major-General of Cavalry, and one of Infantry, and Majors of Brigade in the same pro» portion; a Field-Officer per Brigade, and a Captain and Subaltern of the Day per Regiment, and an Adjutant and Quarter-Master of the Day per Brigade.

The Officers on Duty, and those in waiting, as next for Duty, who are always to be mentioned in the Orders of the Day, are constantly to remain in Camp, or within their Cantonments.

All Camp Guards are to be regularly relieved at the same Hour.

The General of the Day is to superintend the Regularity and Discipline of the Camp, in every par ticular; he is to visit the Guards of the Camp, and the Out-Posts (unless the latter are put under the Command of some particular Officer); he is to call out and inspect the inlying Piquets as often, and at such times, as he thinks proper; he is to receive all

Reports

Reports in Camp, and make immediate Communica

tion of any extraordinary Occurrences to the Commander in Chief.

Day.

The Field-Officer of the Day has the immediate Brigade FieldSuperintendence of the Camp of the Brigade; he is Officer of the to be present at the Mounting and Dismounting of all the Brigade Guards, particularly of the inlying Piquets, which are always considered under his Command he is to call them out, to inspect them, to order such Patroles from them as he may judge necessary to ensure the Regularity and Order of the Camp, and, in the event of the inlying Piquets being ordered to march, he is to march with them.

The Captain of the Day of each Regiment super- Captain. intends the Cleanliness and Regularity of the Camp of the Regiment; he attends the Parading of all Regimental Guards, orders the Roll to be called frequently, and at uncertain Hours, and reports every thing extraordinary to the Commanding Officer.

The Subaltern of the Day assists the Captain in his Subaltern. various Duties, and reports to him any Irregularity which may come to his knowledge.

The Captain and Subaltern of the Day are each to visit the Hospital at uncertain Hours; the Captain is to make his Report of the State of the Hospital to the Commanding Officer of the Regiment.

The Adjutant of the Day of the Brigade is to Adjutant. assist the Brigade-Major in the various Details of it, and in the absence of the Brigade-Major is to receive

and execute all Orders; it may frequently be neces

QuarterMaster

Inlying Piquets

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In Cantonments.

sary for him likewise to attend for Orders at Head Quarters.

It is the Duty of the Quarter-Master of the Day, of the Brigade, to attend to the Cleanliness of the Camp, to take care that all broken Glass and Filth of, every kind are removed, for which the Quarter-Master of each Regiment is responsible, as far as the Camp of his Regiment is concerned.

The strength of the Inlying Piquets will depend on that of the Regiments, and on the Situation of the Camp. They mount at Sun-set, and must remain› accoutred all Night, and are not to be dismissed from the Parade in the Morning till inspected by the Field: Officer of the Day.

One-fourth of each Squadron of Cavalry effective in Camp (not including the Men on Duty) with a Subaltern Officer, will always remain saddled, and two Captains per Brigade of three Regiments; the Men of course remain booted, and ready to turn out; --these are considered as the Cavalry Inlying Piquet; they must parade at Sun-set, and be in every respect under the same regulation as the Infantry Piq uet.

The next Piquets for Duty must always be warned when those actually on Duty mount; and if the latter are ordered out, then the former accoutre and saddle, and consider themselves on Duty.

In Cantonments, the Inlying Piquets of the Regiments are to assemble at their Commanding Officer's Quarters every Evening, and proceed to the Places appointed for them to remain in during the Night; they will join their Compauies in the Morn ing, but hold themselves in readiness to turn out.