Arms, Accoutrements, and Clothing. Ammunition. Mode of making up Cartridges. of the Serjeant:-When a Serjeant is discharged, or otherwise removed from his Situation in the Regiment, he is to deliver the Book in his possession to the Officer Commanding the Company. Commanding Officers are responsible that the Arms, Accoutrements, Clothing, and all other Appointments, both of Officers and Men of their respective Regiments, are in strict conformity to His Majesty's Regulations; that they are complete, and kept constantly in a state for Service, and, with this View, frequent Inspections are to be made of those Articles. Frequent Inspections are to be made of the Ammunition in the possession of Regiments, and particular care must be taken that it is deposited in a Place of Safety. The delivery of Ammunition from the Regimental Magazine or Depôt must always be made by the Quarter-Master, to the Captains or Commanding Officers of Troops or Companies, whe are to give Receipts for the same, and are responsible to the Commanding Officer for the Care and Expenditure of the Quantity they receive :-Previous to the Delivery of any Blank Cartridges to the Men, the Captains or Officers Commanding Troops or Companies are to inspect the Men's Pouches, in order to prevent any Ball Cartridges remaining, and through inattention being mixed with the Blank Cartridges. With the view of guarding against the possibility of mistakes, Blank Cartridges for Exercise are on every occasion to be made up, exclusively, in Blue Paper; and Ball Cartridges are to be made up in Brown or Whited-brown Paper. Whenever Whenever Regiments stationed in Great Britain, Spare Arms. from discharging their Invalid Men, or from any other cause, have a considerable number of Spare Arms at their Quarters, the Commanding Officers shall cause the same to be delivered in to the Civil Officer presiding at the nearest Ordnance Station, and take a receipt for the same, descriptive of the state in which the Arms are found upon examination; and if no Ordnance Station is in their Vicinity, they shall apply for directions respecting the disposal of their Spare Arms to the General Officer Commanding the District in which the Regiments are stationed. The same mode of proceeding is enjoined with respect to the disposal of Unserviceable Arms; but Commanding Officers are directed to pay particular attention to preserve the distinction between these two descriptions of Arms: the former must be delivered in complete, or any partial deficiency must be noted, and accounted for; a statement must accompany the latter of the circumstances by which they have been rendered unserviceable. The Regularity of the Men's Messing is an object Messing. of primary Importance. In Camp or Barracks the Captain or Subaltern of the Day must visit and inspect the Kettles at the hour appointed for Cooking, and no Kettle is to be taken from the Kitchens till this inspection is made, and the Signal is given by the Drum for the Men to dine, which should be at the same hour throughout the Garrison or Camp. Independent of this Regimental Arrangement, the Officers of Companies must daily and hourly attend to the Messing, and every circumstance of the CEconomy of their Companies. Supply of Cleanliness. Musicians. Trumpet and Bugle Sound ings. It is a very important part of the Duty of every Officer in the Command of a Regiment, and every Captain or other Officer Commanding a Troop or Company, to take care that all Articles are purchased for the Soldiers, on the most advantageous terms, and at ready-money prices, and that they are delivered to the Men at prime cost, without any other extra charge, than what, on some occasions, may unavoidably be incurred for Carriage, and, when Regiments are on Foreign Stations, for Freight and Insurance. No Non-commissioned Officer is to be.. allowed to be the Vender of Necessaries to the Soldiers. The utmost Attention is required from the Captains or Officers Commanding Troops and Companies, to the Cleanliness of their Men, as to their Persons, Clothing, Arms and Accoutrements, and also as to the State of their Barracks or Quarters:-a strict adherence to this essential point of Discipline will ever tend to the Health and Comfort of the Soldier, and at the same time promote the Credit of the Service. In Regiments that have Bands of Music, one Private Soldier of each Troop or Company is permitted to act as a Musician, and a Serjeant is allowed to act as Master of the Band; but all these Men are to be effective to the Service as Soldiers, are to be perfectly drilled, and liable to serve in the Ranks on any emergency. The Sounds for the Trumpet and Bugle Horn, prescribed by the General Order of the 29th December, 1798, are to be adopted and used exclusively of any others by every Regiment and Corps of Cavalry in His Majesty's Service. It is extremely essential that the Music and the Music. Drums and Fifes, when playing or beating for Military Purposes, on occasions permitted by His Majesty's Regulations, and, above all, in the Ordinary and Quick Time Marches, should be attentive not to deviate in the most trifling degree from the Time which will allow, within the minute, the exact number of steps prescribed by His Majesty's Regulations, and the Music for both Slow and Quick Time should be practised under the direction of the Drum Major with the Plummet, until the exact prescribed Cadence has been acquired; the Music and the Drums should be frequently practised together, in order that when relieving each other in the Quick March, the time may not differ in the smallest degree, but the Cadence, according to Regulation, be uniformly and uninterruptedly preserved. His Majesty's Warrants, and the Regulations issued Pay. by the Secretary at War, regarding the Payment of the Army, contain the necessary Instructions for the Information and Guidance of the Commanding Of ficers of Regiments on that subject, who are respon sible that they are strictly complied with. The Commanding Officers are to cause the Pay Lists and other Accounts of their respective Corps to be prepared, duly authenticated, and transmitted to the Secretary at War as soon as possible after the Expiration of the Periods at which it is required they should be made up; and in case of a delay being unAvoidably incurred, an especial Explanation as to the Cause of it is to be made to the Secretary at War, Officers Payment and Charge of Troops and Companies. Officers in the Command of Regiments are required at the End of each Month, and previously to their certifying the Pay Lists, to make the most particular Enquiry whether the Demands of all Persons who may have furnished Articles of Subsistence for the Men, or Horses, during the Current Month, have been properly settled, The Commanding Officers and Adjutants of Corps are required to examine carefully the Particulars of such Statements of the Disbursements of Public Money made by the Pay-Masters as come under their Cognizance, and to bear in Mind that their Certificates render them responsible, that to the best of their Knowledge, Information and Belief, the Particulars contained in such Statements are correct and just. The Captains of Troops and Companies are re quired personally to pay their own Troops or Companies, and take charge of them in every respect, being equally responsible that their Men's Messes and Necessaries are provided agreeably to His Majesty's Regulations, on the most economical Principle, as they are for their Military Conduct and Appearance. In Case of the Absence of the Captain, the whole of these Duties devolve upon the Subaltern Officer ap pointed to the temporary Command, who becomes, for the time, responsible to the Commanding Officer of the Regiment, for the good Order and Discipline of the Troop or Company in every respect as if he was the Captain He is to receive all Monies on account of the Subsistence of such Troop or Company, and he is to |