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GENERAL

REGULATIONS AND ORDERS

RELATIVE TO THE

DUTIES IN THE FIELD

CANTONMENTS,

ISSUED BY

HIS EXCELLENCY

THE MAROJJIS CORNWALLIS,

&c. &c. &c.

DUBLIN:

PRINTED BY GEORGE GRIERSON, PRINTER TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

MDCCXCVIII.

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ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,

DUBLIN, JULY 10, 1 798.,

IN Obedience to His Majefty's Commands, His Excellency the Marquis Cornwallis iffues the following Regulations and Orders, for the Duties of the Field and in Cantonments, and dire&s them to be circulated, and moft ftriclly obferved, throughout the Army*

His Excellency is aware that they by no Means comprehend the Detail which the various Duties may require, but they apply under all Circumftances, and to all Situations, and are to be confidered as the Ground-Work of thofe Inftru&ions, which Generals, commanding Dif-

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[ 6 ] tri<3ts, and Officers, in the Command of Bri- gades and Regiments, may find it neceffary to give out to the Troops under their refpe&ive Commands ; nor is any Thing contrary to the Tenor and Spirit of thefe Regulations, to be ever enjoined to any Part of His Majesty's Forces*

GEORGE HEWETT,

ADJUTANT GENERAL.

GENERAL REGULATIONS,

IN all Duties, whether with or with- Regulations out Arms, Picquets, or Courts Martial, DiuL^and the Tour of Duty fliallbe from the eldeft the Rank of downwards. Officers.

Of Duties of Honour ; the ift is the King's or Lord Lieutenant's Guard ; the sd, thofe of the Royal Family ; 3d, the Captain General's, or Field Marfhal commanding the Army ; 4th, Detach- ments of the Army, or Out-pofts ; 5th, General Officer's Guards ; 6th, the or- dinary Guards in Camp or Garrifon ; 7th, the Picquets ; 8th, General Courts Martial, and Duties without Arms, or of Fatigue,

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An Officer, when upon Duty, cannot be ordered upon any other, before the Duty he is upon be finifhed ; except he be upon the inlying Picquet •

If an Officer's Turn of Duty happens when he is on the inlying Picquet. he fliall immediately be relieved, and go upon that Duty : and his Tour upon the Picquet fhall pafs him, although he fhould not have been upon it a Quarter of an Hour.

If an Officer's Turn of Duty for the Picquet, General Court Martial, or Fa- tigue, happens when he is upon any other Duty, he fliall not make good that Picquet, Court Martial, or Duty of Fatigue, when he comes off, but his Tour fhall pafs. — And in the like Man- ner, if he fhould be upon a General Court Martial, or Duty of Fatigue, and his Tour of Guard or Detachment fhould happen, fuch Guard or Detach- ment fhall pafs him, and he fliall not be obliged to make it good.

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When Field or other Commiffioned Officers are given out at Head Quarters for one Duty, they cannot be taken off to be put on any other Duty.

No Officer to exchange his Duty with another, after he is put in Orders for it, without Leave of the Commanding Officer.

Guards or Detachments which have not marched off from the Place of Pa- rade, or Rendezvous, are not to be reckoned as a Duty done ; but if they fhould have marched off from the Place of Parade, it fhall be reckoned a Duty, though they fhould be difmiffed imme- diately after.

No Regiment to demand a Tour of Duty, unlefs it has marched off the Place of Parade, and beyond the Grand Guard.

General Courts Martial, which have affembied, and the Members fworn in, ihali be reckoned a Duty, though they fhould be difmiffed without trying any Perfon.

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Whenever the Picquets are ordered to march to any Parade, it is not to be accounted a Duty unlefs they inarch off that Parade.

The Grenadier and Light Infantry Companies to be completed with proper Men cut of their refpective Regiments, and to be conftantly kept fo.

When a Detachment of Grenadiers or Light Infantry is ordered, their own Officers are to march ; and if fuch Offi- cers are on any Regimental or Camp Duties, they are to be relieved for that Purpofe.

No Major of Brigade to be detached but with his Brigade, or the greater Part of it, being dire&ed to march under the Orders of the Major General, or other Officer commanding

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No Adjutant to be detached, except with his Regiment or Battalion.

All Commands in the regular Forces fall to the eldeft Officers in the fame Circumfcances, whether of Cavalry or Infantry, entire or in Parties. In cafe

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two Commiffions of the fame Date in- terfere, a Retrofpeft is to be had to former Commiffions.

The following are the Regulations by which the relative Rank of the Offi- cers of his Majefty's Regular, Militia, Fencible, and other Forces is to be de- termined.

Officers of the Regular Forces are to command all Officers of the fame Rank of the other Services.

Officers of the Militia and Fencible Forces are to rank together, according to the Dates of their refpeclive Com- miffions ; and they will command all Officers of the fame Rank belonging to the Yeomanry Corps.

All Armies falute Crowned Heads in Regulations the moft refpeclful Manner, Colours of Honours, and Standards dropping, and Officers out 0f ^ faluting. Their Guards pay no Com- Line, pliment except to Princes of the Blood, and that by Courtefy, in the Abfence of Crowned Heads.

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A Field Marfhal is to be faluted with the Colours and Standards of all the Forces, except the Horfe and Foot Guards, and excepting when any of the Royal Family fliall be prefent ; but in cafe a Field Marfhal is Colonel of any Regiment, or Troop of Horfe or Foot Guards, he is to be faluted by the Co- lours or Standards of the Regiment or Troop he commands.

Generals of Cavalry and Infantry, upon all Occafions, are to have the March beat to them, and to be faluted by all Officers, thofe bearing the Co- lours excepted.

Lieutenant Generals of Cavalry and Infantry are, upon all Occafions, to be faluted by all Officers. They are to have three Ruffles given them with preferred Arms.

Major Generals are to have two Ruffles with prefented Arms.

Brigadier Generals are to have one Ruffle with prefented Arms.

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To Colonels, their own Quarter Guards in Camp turn out, and pre. fent their Arms, once a Day, after which they only turn out with ordered Arms.

To Majors, their own Guards turn out with ordered Arms once a Day ; at other Times they ftand by their Arms.

When a Lieutenant Colonel or Major commands a Regiment, their own Quar- ter Guards pay them the fame Compli- ment as is ordered for the Colonel.

The Mafter General of the Ordnance is to have the fiime Refpect and Honours paid to him as the Generals of Foot and Horfe.

A General of Cavalry or Infantry is Honours to to be received with Swords drawn, Ket- be paid by tie Drums beating, Trumpets founding, le ava ry and all the Officers to falute, except the Cornet bearing the Standard.

A Lieutenant General is to be re- ceived with Swords drawn, Trumpets founding, and all the Officers to falute,

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Manner of

paying

Honours.

except the Cornet bearing the Standard ; but the Kettle Drums are not to beat.

A Major General is to be received with Swords drawn, one Trumpet of each Squadron founding ; no Officer to falute, nor Kettle Drum to beat.

A Brigadier General is to be received with Swords drawn ; no Trumpet to found, nor any Officer to falute, nor Kettle Drum to beat.

The King's Standard or Colour in the Guards, is never to be carried by any Guard, except that which mounts on his Majefty's Perfon.

The firft Standard, Guidon, or Co- lour of Regiments, which is the Union Colour, is not carried by any Guard, but that on the King, or Viceroy, Queen, Prince of Wales, — or Com- mander in Chief, being of the Royal Family ; — and, except in thofe Cafes, it lhall always remain with the Regi- ment.

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When General Officers, or Perfons entitled to a Salute, pafs in the Rear of a Guard, the Officer is only to make his Men ftand fhouldered, and not to face his Guard to the Right about, or beat his Drum.

All Sentries are to pay a due Refped: to every Officer who paffes by their Pofts.

Admirals, with their Flags on the Regulation Main Top, are to have the fame Refpect of Honours from the Troops as Generals of Cavalry £<W& l° and Infantry ; that is, upon all Oc- cafions, to have a March beat to them, and to be faluted by all the Officers, thofe bearing the Colours excepted.

Vice Admirals are to have the fame Refpect as Lieutenant Generals of Ca- valry and Infantry ; that is, upon all Occafions, to be faluted by all the Officers in the Garrifon, the Drummers beating three Ruffles.

The Rear Admirals are to have the fame Refpedt as Major Generals, who

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Rank and Precedence between Sea and Land Officers.

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have two Ruffles, and not to be faluted by any Officer.

Commodores, with broad Pendants, have the fame Refped: as Brigadier Ge- nerals ; which is to have one Ruffle,

The Admiral, or Commander in Chief of his Majefty's Fleet, is to rank with a Field Marfnal of the Army.

The Admirals, with their Flags on the Maintopmaft-head,are to have Rank with Generals.

Vice Admirals are to have Rank as Lieutenant Generals.

Rear Admirals are to have Rank as Major Generals.

Commodores, with Broad Pendants, are to have Rank as Brigadier Gene- rals.

Captains commanding Poft Ships, after three Years from the Date of their firft Com million for a Poft Ship, are to have Rank as Colonels.

All other Captains commanding Poft Ships, are to have Rank as Lieutenant Colonels.

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Captains of his Majefty's Ships or Veffels, not taking Poft, are to have Rank as Majors.

Lieutenants of his Majefty's Ships arc to have Rank as Captains.

The Rank and Precedence of Sea Of- ficers in the Gaffes above-mentioned, are to take Place according to the Se- niority of their refpective Commif- fions.

Poft Captains commanding Ships or Veffels that do not give Poft, rank only as Majors during their commanding fuch Veffels.

Nothing in thefe Regulations is to authorize any Land Officer to command any of his Majefty's Squadrons or Ships, nor any Sea Officer to command at Land ; nor Avail either have a Right to demand Military Honours due to their refpe&ive Ranks, unlefs they are upon a&ual Service.

It is the Commander in Chiefs Or.

der, that all Guards and Centiiuls pay

the fame Compliments to the Officers of

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the Royal Navy, as are directed to be paid to the Officers of the Army, ac- cording to their relative Ranks. Turning out The Line turns out without Arms, of the Line, whenever any Part of the Royal Family, or the General commanding in Chief comes along the Front of the Camp.

When the Line turns out, the private Men are to be drawn up in a Line with the Bells of Arms ; the Corporals on the right and left of their refpective Compa- nies, the Picquet forms behind the Co- lours, accoutred, but without Arms.

The Officers and Non-commiffioned Officers are to be drawn up with their refpeftive Companies. The Field Offi- cers in their proper Pofts in Battalion, two Enfigns taking Hold of the Co- lours.

When the Commander in Chief comes along the Line, the Camp Colours on the Flanks of the Parade are to be ftruck, and planted oppofite to the Bells of Arms, and the Drums piled up be* hind the Colours; the Haiberts are to

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be planted between, and on each Side of the Bells of Arms, the Hatchets turned from the Colours.

ATTENTIONS relative to ENCAMPMENTS.

ON the Arrival of a Brigade, or a Battalion on the Ground deftined for its Camp, the Quarter and Rear Guards of the refpective Regiments will immedi- ately mount ; and when Circumftances require them, the advanced Picquets will be pofted. The grand Guards of Caval- ry will be formed, and the Horfes pick- eted. 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 em- ploy any Soldier for their own Accom- modation.

Neceffaries are to be made in the mofl

convenient Situations, and the utmoft

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Attention is required in this, and every other Particular, to the Cleanlinefs of the Camp.

Whenever a Regiment remains more than one Night in a Camp, regular Kitchens are to be conftru&ed.

No Tents, or Huts, are to be allowed in Front of, or between the Intervals of the Battalions.

On arriving in a Camp which is in- terfered by Hedges, Ditches, unequal or boggy Ground, Regiments will im- mediately make Openings of Commu- nication, of 60 Feet in Width.

The Ground in Front of the Encamp- ment is to be cleared, and every Ob- ftacle to the Movement of the Artillery and Troops is to be removed.

Commanding Officers of Regiments muft take Care that their Communica- tion with the neareft grand Route is open, and free from any Impedi- ments.

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CAMP DUTIES.

DIVINE Service is to be canftantly performed, and regularly attended on Sundays.

The Officers for daily Duty in Camp, independent of Guards, will be a Ge- neral or Generals of the Day, accord- ing to the Circumftances and Strength of the Camp. In large Camps there will be a Lieutenant General of the Day, and a Major General of each Wing, or one Major General of Ca- valry, and one of Infantry ; a Field Officer per Brigade, and a Captain and Subaltern of the Day, per Regiment.

The General of the Day is to fuper- intend the Regularity and Difcipline of the Camp, in every Particular ; he is to vifit the Guards of the Camp and the Out Pofts (unlcfs the latter are put under the Command of fome particu- lar

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lar Officer) ; he is to call out and in- fpeft the inlying Picquets, as often, and at fuch Times, as he thinks proper ; he is to receive all Reports in Camp, and make immediate Communication of any extraordinary Occurrences, to the Commander in Chief.

The Field Officer of the Brigade has the immediate Superinten dance of the Camp of the Brigade ; he is to be pre- fent at the mounting, and dismounting of all the Brigade Guards, particularly of the inlying Picquets, of which he is always confidered as the Commanding Officer. He is to call them cut, to in- fpect them, to order fuch Pat roles from them as he may judge neceffary ; and in the Event of their being ordered to march, he is to march with them.

The Strength of the inlying Picquets will depend on that of the Regiments, and on the Situation of the Camp. — They mount at Sun-fet, and muft re- main accoutred all Night, and are not to be difmiffed from the Parade in the

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Morning till infpefted by the Field Officer of the Day.

One Fourth of each Squadron of Ca- valry effective in Camp (not including the Men on Duty) will always remain faddled, with a Subaltern Officer to each Divifion, and two Captains per Brigade of three Regiments ; the Men of Courfe remain booted, and ready to turn out ; thefe are confidered as the Cavalry inlying Picquets ; they muft parade at Sun-fet, and be in every Re- fpect under the fame Regulation as the Infantry Picquets.

The next Picquets for Duty muft al- ways be warned, when thefe actually on Duty mount ; and if the latter are or- dered out, then the former accoutre and faddle, and confidcr themfelves on Duty.

All Soldiers, permitted to act as Ser- vants, are to mount Guard with the Officers whom they are allowed toferve, and to do the Duty of that Guard.

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In Cantonments, the inlying Pic- quets of the Regiments are to affemble 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 Companies in the Morning, but hold themfelves in Readinefs to turn out.

In Cantonments, the Alarm Pofts of each Regiment, and of Brigades, muft be immediately fixed ; the Troops muft be made acquainted with the Regimen- tal Alarm Pofts, and the Officers com- manding Regiments with that of the Brigades.

The Captain of the Day of each Regi- ment fuperintends the Cleanlinefs and Regularity of the Camp of the Regi- ment ; he attends the Parading of all regimental Guards, orders the Rolls to be called frequently, and at uncertain Hours, and reports every Thing extra- ordinary to the Commanding Officer.

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The Subaltern of the Day afiifts the Captain in his various Duties, and re- ports to him any Irregularity which may come to his Knowledge.

The Captain and Subaltern of the Day, are each to vifit the Hofpital at uncertain Hours ; the Captain is to make his Report of the State of the Hofpital, to the Commanding Officer of the Re- giment.

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

The Regularity of the Men's Meffing is an Object of primary Importance. — The Captain or Subaltern of the Day muft vifit, and infpesSt the Kettles, at the Hour appointed for cooking, and no Kettle is to be taken from the Kit- chens till this Infpeciion is made, and the Signal is given by the Drum for the Men to dine, which ihould be at the fame Hour, throughout the Camp. Independent of this regimental Ar- rangement, the Officers of Companies muft daily and hourly attend to the

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Mcffing and every Circumftance of the Economy of their Companies, in Camp more particularly than in Quarters.

Every Encouragement is to be given to the People of the Country to fupply the Markets, and any Soldier ufing them ill, or attempting to defraud them, will be punifhed in the moft exemplary Manner.

All fmall Parties, whether for mar- keting, for Wood, Water, or Straw* are to be attended by a Non-commif- iioned Officer per Company ; and if the Party exceeds eighteen Men, and is to march any Diftance from Camp, it muft be under the Command of a Subaltern Officer. On the breaking up of a Camp, no Hut or Straw is to be fet Fire to, without particular Orders are given for that Purpofe.

The Officers on Duty, and thofe in waiting, as next for Duty, who are always to be mentioned in the Orders of the Day, are conftantly to remain

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in Camp, or within their Canton- ments.

No Officer is, on any Account, to fleep out of Camp, or Cantonments, without Leave.

No Non-commiffioned Officer, or Sol- dier, is to quit Camp or Cantonments, without a Pafs, figned by the Com- manding Officer of the Regiment, or by the Adjutant, having received Au- thority from the Commanding Offi- cer.

Officers making written Reports, are to fign them, fpecifying their Rank, and the Regiments to which they belong.

All Gaming in Camp or Cantonments is ftricily forbid.

All Orders relating to the Men are to be read to them by an Officer per Company, at the next Parade, after fuch Orders are given out.

The Articles of War are to be read frequently to the Men (agreeable to His Majefty's Orders, therein expreit) in Prefence of the Commanding Officer ;

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the Officers are to be at the Heads ot their refpective Troops or Companies : The ftricteft Silence is to be kept, and that refpe&ful Attention given, which is due to the Declaration of Orders, proceeding immediately from His Ma- fefty.

Commanding Officers of Regiments wifhing to have Field-Days, or to prac- life their Men in firing Ball, are to afk Leave, and fpecify the particular Time, at Head Quarters.

When Pieces cannot be drawn the Men are to be affembled, and they are to discharge them in a fafe Place, under the Infpeftion of the Adjutant, or other commiffioncd Officer.

The Officers of Troops or Compa- nies, are daily to examine their Men's Arms and Ammunition ; the latter is frequently to be expofed to the Sun and Air, Any damaged Ammunition is to be immediately replaced.

Thegreateft Attention is required in regard to the Arrangement of the Men's

Arms,

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Arms, which muft always be kept in the moft perfect Order.

The Cavalry muft always have their Saddles, Bridles, and Accoutrements, ready to put on their Horfes on the fliorteft Notice.

The Troops muft at all Times be kept in the moft perfect Readinefs to turn out, and it is expe&ed, that in Half an Hour from the Time they receive the Order to march, either in the Night or Day, the Army fhall ftand formed at the Head of its Encampment, that the Baggage fhall be packed, and the Whole be prepared to move. This State of Preparation is equally effential in Cantonments as in Camp ; and in both, the Troops muft be accuftomed to march without any previous No- tice.

Movements of Troops, or Difpofi- tions of March, will not always be put in Orders, for they may be delivered to fuch Perfons only as they concern, nor is any one to expect more to be

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communicated to him, than is necef- fary for the complete Execution of the Service required of him.

All fufpicious Perfons about the Camp are to be apprehended, and fent under a proper Guard to Head Quar- ters.

REGIMENTAL HOSPITAL.

THE Regularity and proper Ma- nagement of Regimental Hofpitals fo materially tend to the Good of His Ma- jefty's Service, and fo much promote the Comfort of the Soldiers, that His Excellency cannot too ftrongly imprefs on the Minds of all Officers in Com- mand, the Neceffity of giving the moft conftant Attention to thefe important Objefis.

Officers commanding Brigades, are enjoined frequently to vifit the Hofpi- tals of the Regiments compofing their

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Brigades, and minutely to inveftigate the Economy and Order therein efta- blifhed ; to enquire into the State of the Patients, their Diet, and Attend- ance of every Kind, and to enforce the ftri&eft Obfervance of the Hofpital Re- gulations,

Thefe Attentions are required ftill more in Detail, from Commanding Of- ficers of Regiments, who from perfon- al Obfervation have Opportunities of checking every Abufe, and whofe Duty it is to extend to the Hofpitals, the fame Syftem of Order, Regularity and Difcipline, which fhould prevail in their Regiments.

The Captain and Subaltern of the Day, of each Regiment, are to vifit the Hofpital at different and uncertain Hours, to obfcrve the Cleanlinefs of the Wards, the Regularity of Meffing, and the Appearance of the Men, who, while they are in the Hofpital, are by no Means to be permitted to contract Habits of Slovenlinefs in their Drefs,

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but are expe&ed to appear perfe&ly clean in every Particular.

Every Species of Gaming is ftridlly forbid. Any Patient convi&ed of fwearing, diforderly Behaviour, info- lent and provoking Conduct towards the Attendants, or of any Deviation from the Hofpital Regulations, will be feverely puniihed. , The Captain of the Day is to report any Irregularities he may obferve, to the Commanding Officer of the Regi- ment.

The Surgeon is to make a daily Re- port of the Sick to the Commanding Officer, who will make a weekly Re- port to the Officer commanding the Brigade, who will make a general Re- port of the Sick of his Brigade, once a Week to Head Quarters.

Regimental Hofpitals are under the immediate Direction of their refpe&ive Surgeons, fubjecT to the General In- flections and Superintendance of the Infpe&or General, or other Profeflional

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Perfons, having Authority for that Pur- pofe, from His Excellency the Com- mander in Chief. It is the Infpector General's Duty to vifit Regimental Hof- pitals occafionally, to obferve whether the Hofpital Regulations are ftriftly ad- hered to, to enquire whether any Caufes of Complaint exift amongft the Patients, and to fubmit to the Generals commanding in Diftricts, fuch local Obfervations as he conceives may tend to the Benefit of the Sick.

When a Regiment is ftationed in a Barrack, where no detached Building is appropriated for the Hofpital, or in Camp and Cantonments, it is the Bu- linefs of the Surgeon to procure an airy, and commodious Hofpital, taking particular Care, that it is amply fup- plied with wholefome Water.

In Camp, a Tent will be allowed, which muft be pitched upon the beft, dry Piece of Ground, in the Vicinity of the Regimental Hofpital, to which it is granted as an Aid, but muft not, C except

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except in Cafes of abfolute Neceffity, be itfelf conlidered as the Hofpital.

The Refponfibility for the Order, Re- gularity and Cleanlinefs of the Regi- mental Hofpital, for the Diet and Care of the Patients, and for the general Conduct and Economy of the whole Eftablifliment, refts entirely with the Surgeon ; but Commanding Officers are enjoined to furnifh fuch Military Afiiftance as may be neceffary for the Attainment of thefe Objects, and all Non-commiffioned Officers, and others placed in the Hofpital, in Aid of the Surgeon, are commanded to yield the moft implicit Obedience to the Inftruc- tions they may receive from him, and to enforce, in every Inftance, the moft minute Obfervance of the Hofpital Re- gulations, which are to be fairly writ- ten, and fixed on a Board in the moft confpicuous Part of the Entrance of the Regimental Hofpital.

The Surgeon fhould be confulted in the Seledion of the Serjeant appointed

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to affift him in the Hofpital; and it will tend materially to the Benefit of the Sick, that this Non-commiflioned Officer, and the Orderly Men acting in the Hofpital, fliould be confidered as being in a permanent Situation, and not liable to be removed except in Cafe of Mifdemeanour.

A Guard is to be conftantly furnifh- ed to the Hofpital, and the Surgeon will fignify to the Commanding Officer of the Regiment, the particular Orders which he wifhes to be given to the Non-commiffioned Officer commanding it, and to the Sentries.

When a Soldier comes into the Hof- pital, his Arms and Accoutrements are to be taken in Charge by the Non-com* miffioned Officer attending the Hofpi- tal, but his Ammunition is to be left with his Troop or Company, and is in no Inftance to be taken with him to the Hofpital.

Regimental Surgeons are enjoined

to take under their Care any Non-com-

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miffioned Officers or Soldiers of othe? Regiments, (upon the Commanding Officer's Authority for fo doing being obtained) who, from the Abfence of the Corps to which they belong, from there being no General Hofpital in the Neigh- bourhood, or from other unavoidable Circumftances, are under the Neceffity of applying to them for Relief and Af- fiftance.

It is very defirable, that in every Re- gimental Hofpital, there (hould be an Apartment appropriated to Convales- cents, whofe Diet and Mode* of Living muft remain under the Direction of the Surgeon, and who muft themfelves be, in every Refpecl, fubjeft to the Hofpi- tal Regulations. A trufty Non-com- miffioned Officer muft be appointed to the Superintendance of the Meffing, and Conduct of this particular Ward.

Convalefcents, on coming out of the Hofpital, are not to be put on Duty, till the Surgeon certifies to the Adju- tant, that they are perfe&ly recovered ;

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for which Purpofe the Surgeon, or Af- fiftant Surgeon, muft make a particular Infpedtion of thefe Men, at Morning Parade, to prevent any remaining longer exempted from Duty than the State of their Health renders abfolutely neceffary. On a March, wheu Circum- ftances will permit, the Packs of fuch Convalefcents, as have not yet receiv- ed Certificates of their being fit for Duty, fhould be carried for them.

The Surgeon or Affiftant Surgeon muft attend all Parades and Field-Days. No Punifhment is to be inflicted but in the Prefence of the Surgeon or Af- fiftant Surgeon.

In Cantonments and Barracks, the Quarters of the Surgeon muft be near the Hofpital, and the Affiftant Surgeon's Tent muft be pitched in its Vicinity when a Regiment is in Camp.

The Inftructions for the Economy and Management of Regimental Hos- pitals, framed by the Army Medical Board, having received the Approba- tion

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tion of the Commander in Chief, are to be confidered as proceeding imme- diately from His Excellency; and all Generals commanding in Diftri&s, and Officers commanding Brigades and Re- giments, are enjoined to give them full Effed, and by their Authority to en- force the ftri&eft Obfervance of them within their refpe&ive Commands.

OUT-POSTS, ADVANCED PIC- QUETS and DETACHMENTS.

IT is very defirable that this Duty fliould be performed by light Troops (with fuch Support from the Line as may be requifite), and be under the im- mediate Direction of fome General, or other Officer, particularly appointed to that Command; but Circumftances may render it neceffary that this Duty fliould be done from the Line,

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in which Cafe the Out-Pofts fall under the Command of the General Officers of the Day, unlefs fome individual Officer is named to the Command of them.

The Duties of Out-Pofts are fo va- rious that they will ufually require de- tailed Inftruclions according to Cir- cumftances ; the following Directions will, however, apply generally, and are moft ftrictly to be obferved.

All Out-Guards march ofF without Trumpets founding or Drums beating. They pay no Compliments of any Kind ; neither do their Sentries take any complimentary Notice of Officers paffing near their Pofts.

No Guards are to prefume to flop any Perfons coming to Camp with Provifions (without they are particu- larly ordered fo to do), and are on no Account to exact or receive any Thing for their free Paffage.

Any Officer, or other Perfon who comes from the Enemy's Camp, is to

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be fecured by the firft Guard he arrives at, till the Commander in Chief's Pleafure is known. When a Deferter comes in from the Enemy, the Officer commanding the Poft, or Guard, at which he firft arrives, is immediately to fend him under a proper Efcort (and without permitting him to be delayed, or examined, or any Queftions afked him) to the Officer commanding the Out-Pofts, who, after enquiring whe- ther he brings any intelligence imme- diately relating to his own Poft, wili forward him to Head (Quarters.

The Sentries on the Out-Pofts are always to be double. No Officers5 Soldiers, or Followers of the Camp, are, on any Account, to be fuffered to pafs the Out-Pofts without they are on Duty, or prefent a regular Permit from Head Quarters.

The Men on advanced Picquets are to carry their Provifion with themy ready cooked, when Circumftances will permit. The Cavalry to carry

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fufficient Forage for the Time they are to be out.

It is the Duty of Officers, on all Guards, to infpect every Relief of Sen- tries, both when they go on and come off their Poft ; to call the Rolls fre- quently, and by every Means in their Power, to keep the Men under their Command in the mod perfed State of Vigilance and Preparation.

Officers, commanding Out-Guards, are to fend Guides, or orderly Men, to the Major of Brigade of the Day, or to the Brigade Major of their own Bri- gades, as Circumftances may require, in order to conduct the new Guards, and to carry fuch Orders as may be ne- ceffary. When the Army is on a March, they muft apprife the Brigade Majors of the Situation of their Pofts as foon as they arrive at them.

All Detachments which are ordered Detachments, to march immediately, are to be taken from the Picquets, and replaced di- rectly.

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Whenever Detachments are com- pofedof 200 Men, or upwards, a Sur- geon or Surgeon's Mate is to be fent from the Corps of the Officer who commands. On particular Duties, the Attendance of a Surgeon or Mate may be requilite with fmaller Detachments. Detachments of Cavalry, of 50 or up- wards, will be attended by a Farrier.

PROVOST-MARSHAL.

IN Cafe of the Army taking the Field, a Deputy Provoft Marfhal will be appointed to each Diftrict. The Provoft will frequently make the Tour of the Camp, and its Environs, and will have Orders to feize fuch Perfons as are committing Diforders.

The Regiments encamped neareft Villages, mult fend frequent Patroles into them, to apprehend fuch Perfons

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as may be there without Paffes, or who, having Paffes, may behave im- properly.

Any Perfon committing Wade in Gardens, Orchards, Plantations, Fields, or Inclofures, will be moil feverely punifhed.

Plundering and Marauding, at all Times highly difgraceful to Soldiers, under the Circumftances in which it is probable the Army will take the Field, and committed againft the Perfons and Properties of our own Countrymen, whom it is our Duty to protect, wrill becomes Crimes of fuch Enormity, that the Marquis Cornwallis declares, in the moft folemn Manner, that He will in no Inftance remit the awful Pu- nifhment which the Military Law awards againft Offences of this Nature ; and that He will particularly direct the Provoft Marfhal in making his Rounds, to execute it immediately, and in its greateft Rigour, againft all fuch as are dete&ed in the Fact

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If any Soldier is bafe enough to at- tempt to defert to the Enemy, he wiU fuffer immediate Death.

Any Perfon forcing a Safe Guard will fuffer Death,

Thefe Punifhments will attach equally to the Followers of the Camp, as to Soldiers, and rnuft be explained to them by the Officers commanding the Regiments by which fuch Followers are employed.

The Articles of War have decreed Punifhments for the following Of- fences Its* t Death is the abfolute Punifhment for Cowardice, or Miibehaviour before an Enemy, or fpeaking Words inducing others to do the like.

For Mutiny, or concealing a Mutiny, Defertion, Sleeping on a Pofl, or quitting it before relieved, plundering after Vidory, quitting a Poll in Battle, compelling an Officer to abandon or give up his Poft, cr perfuading others \6 do the like, correfponding with an

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Enemy, and ftriking or refilling to obey any fuperior Officer in the Exe- cution of his Duty, a Court-Martial may inflicl Death, or any other Punifh- ment it may judge adequate to the Of- fence.

The Crimes of perfuading others to defert, of concealing, affifting, or re- lieving an Enemy ; of being abfent from the Troop or Company a Sol- dier belongs to, Abfence from Duty, Drunkennefs, and falfc Alarms, are punifhable at the Difcretion of a Gene- ral or Regimential Court-MartiaL

All Officers in the Command of Guards or Detachments are enjoined to give Affiftance to the Provoft Mar- fhal in the Execution of his Duty ; and any Officer or Soldier impeding him in the fame, or offering him any Infult, will receive the mod exemplary Punifh- ment-

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ORDERS relative to the MARCH, &c.

THE Arrangement of the March 5 fuch as the Number and Competition of the Columns, the Precautions to be taken, the Pofts to be feized upon to cover it, &c. muft depend upon the Circumftances of the Moment, and muft then be detailed in a particular Difpofition. But fome general Rules may be given which can always apply.

The Routes muft be conftantly opened to the Width of 60 Feet.

If the March is through an open Country without Defiles, the Infantry march by Platoons, or Half-Compa- nies, the Cavalry by 4 Divifions, and the Guns and Ammunition Waggons, two abreaft if poffible.

In an inclofed Country, or fuch as is interfered by hollow Ways, or other Defiles, the March muft be by Sections of 6 or more Files in the Infantry, and

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Ranks by threes or by twos in the Ca- valry, and the Artillery muft move in a fingle File, becaufe the frequent break- ing off and forming up again, retards the March and fatigues the Troops.

In a common March, as it is di- rected in the General Regulations, half Diftance only muft be kept between the Divifions, taken from Front Rank to Front Rank, and the Center and Rear Ranks muft be kept loofe as well as the Files, for the Purpofe of ealing the Men as much as poffible.

The Pivot Files muft attend to pre- ferve their Diftances exactly, each fol- lowing precifely the Path pointed out by the one before him ; and keeping the regular marching Step, by which Means, upon a Signal being given, the Divifion is in a Moment in Order. The Leader of this Pivot File may be occafionally changed.

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ficer muft inarch. He muft carefully keep the regular Step of the flow March, to which the Troops are drill- ed, and upon this Man the regular Pace of the Column will depend ; by this Method two effential Points ate en- fured ; one, that every Column moves in exa&ly the fame Time, and of Courfe enables the Officer commanding to cal- culate the March with Certainty ; ano- ther, that it enfures the Troops not being over hurried, which they are more efpecially liable to be when Ca- valry leads the Column. Two Non- com miilioned Officers fhould be ap- pointed for this Purpofe, who muft re- lieve each other.

At the Head of every Column of March, there muft be a confiderable Number of Pioneers to clear the Route.

Guns or Carriages breaking down and difabled, are immediately to be re- moved out of the Line of March, fo as not to interrupt its Progrefs.

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Officers muft at all Times remain with their Divifions, whether march- ing or halted.

The Commanding Officers of Regi- ments muft pay the greateft Attention to their Corps whilft paffing a Defile, and proper Officers fhould be left to af- fift in this moft effential Part of the Conduct of Marches.

It is a (landing Rule in Column, that every Regiment fhould march with the fame Front that the Regiment does which precedes it.

No Alterations fhould be made in any Circumftance of the March, which is to be taken up from the Regiment in Front, until arrived exactly upon the fame Ground upon which that Regi- ment made the Alteration.

No Officer muft ride between the Di- vifions on a March, except General and Staff Officers, the Execution of whofe Duty renders it neceflkry for them to pafs in all Dire&ions.

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When a Battalion paffes a Defile, and there is no Room for the Officers to ride on the Flanks of the Divifions, Half of thofe who are mounted pafs at the Head of the Battalion, and Half in the Rear.

All Breakings-off to enter a Defile, and all Formations again, when pafled through it, muft be done extremely- quick, by the Parts that double, or that form up.

A fufficient Number of intelligent Guides muft always be ready to march at the Head of Battalions and Co- lumns.

GENERAL and STAFF OFFICERS.

IT is to the fteady Co-operation and Afliftance of the General Officers, that the Commander in Chief looks for the Support of that Syftem of Difcipline, which is effential to the Reputation and

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Succefs of his Majefty's Arms. His Excellency calls their Attention, at this Time particularly, to the extreme Im- portance of this Object, to which he is perfuaded they will give the clofefi At- tention.

General Officers, commanding Bri- gades, are expe&ed very minutely to infped: the internal Economy and Dis- cipline of the Regiments under their Orders : They are frequently to vifit the Hofpitals and Guards : On arriv- ing in a Camp, they are never to leave their Brigades till the Tents are pitched, and the Guards ported : They muft al- ways encamp with their Brigades, un- lefs Quarters can be procured for them immediately in the Vicinity of their Camp.

General Officers muft not, at any Time, change the Quarter affigned them, without Leave from Head Quar- ters.

All General Officers fhould make

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ble, with the Situation of the Country near the Camp, with the Roads, Paffes, Bridges, &c. leading to it ; and like- wife wrh the Out-Pods, that in Cafe they Ihould be ordered fuddenly to fuf- tain or defend any Poft, they may be able to march without waiting for Guides, and be competent to form the beft Difpofition for the Service. They fhould inftru6t their Aides-de-Camp in thefe Particulars, and always require their Attendance when they vifit the Out-Pofts.

An intimate Knowledge of the Scene of Action, and its Neighbourhood, muft give the greateft Advantage to every Officer, and enable him to difplay his Talents, and execute his Duty with Ho- nour to himfelf and Advantage to his Country; but this is more particularly expected from General Officers, and others in confiderable Command. By Maps, acquired local Information, and unremitting Activity and Ob-

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fervation, they will attain this im- portant Object ; which, in our pe- culiar Situation, will enable them to aft with decided Advantage againft an Enemy, who muft be much embarraf- fed in his Attempts to penetrate through fo intricate a Country, which he can have no Opportunity of pre- vioufly examining. Guides my ferve in the common Operations of Marches; but near the Enemy, the Eye, and In- telligence of the principal Officers, muft determine the Movements of Troops, and enable them to feize and improve every Advantage.

Brigade Majors and Aids-de-Camp are to be appointed from the regular Forces, and (except thofe attending the Commander in Chief) muft not be Field Officers of Regiments.

The Detail of the Duty of the Bri- gade refts entirely on the Brigade Major. He is confidered as an Officer attached to the Brigade, not perfonally

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to the Officer commanding it. His Station on a March is in Front of the leading Regiment of his Brigade; he is to encamp in the Rear of the Center of the Brigade. The Brigade Major, or an orderly Adjutant, is to be con- ftantly in the Lines of the Camp of the Brigade. Majors of Brigade and Aides- de-Camp, are, as foon as poffihle. to no- tify their General's Quarters at Head Quarters. It is the Bufinefs of the Brigade Major to call in the Guards belonging to the Brigade previous to a March.

No Officer under the Rank of a General Officer, unlefs he commands the Brigade, (the Adjutant General excepted) has any Right to give Direc- tions to the Major of Brigade on the Parade, or to interfere with any Party he is parading, till the Major of Bri- gade delivers it over to the Officer who is to command it.

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All Orders fent by Aides-de-Camp arc to be delivered in the plaineft Terms, and are to be obeyed with the fame Readinefs as if delivered perfon- ally by the General Officers to whom fuch Aides-de-Camp are attached.

FINIS.