CAMP DISCIPLINE, OR, THE SOLDIERS DUTY. In certain Articles and Ordinances of WAR, commanded to be observed in the Army of SCOTLAND.  
BY HIS EXCELLENCE The LORD GENERAL of the said ARMY.  And the Soldiers demanded of him, saying, What shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely, and be content with your wages. Joh. 3.14. 
LONDON. Printed for Jo. Rothwell in Paul's Churchyard. the tenth of August. 1642.   

ARTICLES AND ORDINANCES of WAR, etc.  

The publishing of the Articles and Ordinances of war  THat no man pretend ignorance; and that every one may know the duty of his place, that he may do it: The Articles and Ordinances following, a●e to be published at the general randezvous in every Regiment apart, by the Marshals of the several Regiments, and in the presence of all the Officers. The same shall afterward be openly read to every Company of Horse and Foot, and at such times as shall be thought most convenient by the Lord General: and in like manner shall be made known to so many as join themselves to be professed Soldiers in the Army. For this end, every Colonel and Captain shall provide one of those Books, that he may have it in readiness at all occasions, and every Soldier shall solemnly swear this following Oath;  

The Oath of Soldiers.  I N. N. promise and swear to be true and faithful in my service to the Kingdom of Scotland, according to the heads sworn by me in the Covenant. To honour and obey my Lord General, and all my superior Officers and Commanders, and by all means to hinder their dishonour and hurt: To observe carefully all the Articles of war and Camp discipline: never to leave the d●●●nce of this Cause, nor fly from my Colours so long as I can follow them: To be ready to watching warding and working, so far as I have strength: To endure and suffer all distresses, and to fight manfully to the uttermost, as I shall answer to GOD, and as GOD shall help me.  

Kirk discipline.  I. Kirk discipline shall be exercised, and the poor cared for in every Regiment, by the particular Eldership, or Kirk Session to be appointed, even as useth to be done in every Parish in the time of peace: And that there may be an uniformity throughout the whole Army in all matters Ecclesiastical; there shall be a general Eldership, or common Ecclesiastic judicatory, made up of all the Ministers of the Camp, and of one Elder direct from every particular Regiment, who shall also judge of appellations, made unto them from the particular Sessions or Elderships.  

Counsels of war.  II. For deciding of all questions, debates and quarrelings, that shall arise betwixt Captains and their Soldiers, or any others of the Armies and for the better observing of Camp Discipline, two courts of Justice, the one higher and the other lower, are appointed, wherein all Judges are sworn to do Justice equally: The higher also to judge of appellations to be made from the lower court. And if any man shall by word or gesture show his contempt or 〈◊〉 regard, or shall fall out in boasting or braving, while Courts a●e sitting, he shall be punished by death. And both these Judicatories as well of the Kirk matters as of war, shall be subject to the Council of Estate, and general Assembly respective.  

Duties to God.  III. Whosoever shall wilfully or carelessly absent himself from morning and evening prayers, or from preaching before and afternoon on the Lord's day, or other days of the week, when the sign is given by sound of Trumpet, or Drum, he shall be censured and punished for his neglect or contempt, by penalty, imprisonment, or other punishment, as his fault deserveth.  
After the warning given, there shall be no Market, nor selling of commodities whatsoever, till the Prayers or Preaching be ended, upon the pain of sore-faulting the things so sold, and of the imprisoning of the offenders.  
FOUR Common and ordinary swearing and cursing, open profaning of the Lords day, wronging of his Ministers, and other acts of that kind, shall not only be punished with loss to pay, and imprisonment, but the transgressors shall make their public repentance, in the midst of the Congregation, and if they will not be reclaimed, they shall with disgrace be openly casseered, and discharged as unworthy of the meanest place in the Army.  

Duty to King, country, and General.  V If any man shall open his mouth against the King's Majesty's person, or Authority, or shall presume to touch his sacred Person, he shall be punished as a traitor. He that shall speak evil of the Cause which we defend, or of the Kingdom and Country in the defence thereof, or shall use any words tending to the dishonour of the Lord General, he shall be punished with death.  
No man shall at his own h●nd, without warrant of my Lord General, have or keep intelligence with the enemy, by speech, 〈◊〉, signs, or any other way, under the pain to be punished as a avaitor. No man shall give over any Strength, Magazine, victual, etc. Or make any such motion, but upon extremity, under the same pain. No man shall give supply, or furnish money, victual, or any commodities to the enemy, upon pain of death.  
Whosoever shall be found to do violence against the Lord General his Safeguard, or safe-conduct, shall die for it.  
Whosoever shall be found guilty of carelessness and negligence in his service, although he be free of treachery and double dealing, shall bear his own punishment.  

Duties of Superiors.  VI All Commanders and Officers shall be careful, both by their authority and example, that all under their charge, live in godliness, soberness, and righteousness: and if they themselves shall be common swearers, cursers, drunkards, or any of them at any time, shall come drunk to his Guard, or by quarrelling, or any other way shall commit any notable disorder in his quarter, loss of place shall be his punishment: And further, according to the sentence of the court of War.  
The Captains that shall be negligent in training their Companies, or that shall be found to withhold from their Soldiers any part of their pay, shall be discharged of their place, and further censured by the court of War.  
No Commander or Officer shall conceal dangerous and discontented humours, inclined to mutinies, or grudging at the orders given them, but shall make them known to the prime Leaders of the Army, upon the pain to be accounted guilty of mutiny.  
No Commander or Officer shall authorise or wittingly permit any Soldier to go forth to a singular combat, under pain of death; But on the contrary, all Officers shall be careful by all means to part quarrelings amongst Soldiers, although they be of other Regiments, or Companies, and shall hav●●ower to command them to prison, which if the Soldier's 〈◊〉 disobey or resist by using any weapon, they shall die for 〈◊〉.  
No Captain shall presume at his own hand▪ without warrant of the Lord General, to call 〈◊〉 or give a Pass to any enroled Soldier, or Officer who hath appeared at the place of the general Randezvous; nor shall any Commander, Officer, or Soldier departed without a Pass, or stay behind the time appointed in his Pass, and whosoever transgresseth the one way or the other, shall be punished at the discretion of the Court of War.  

Duties of Soldiers.  VII. All Soldiers shall remember that it is their part to honour and obey their Commanders, and therefore shall receive their commands with reverence, and shall make no noise, but be silent, when the Officers are commanding or giving their directions, that they may be heard by all, and the better obeyed: he that faileth against this, shall be imprisoned.  
No Soldier shall leave his Captain, nor servant forsake his master, whether he abide in the Army or not; but upon licence granted and in an orderly way.  
Whosoever shall presume to discredit any of the great Officers of the Army, by writ, word, or any other way, and be not able to make it good, and whosoever shall lift his weapon against any of them shall be punished by death; and whosoever shall lift his hand against any of them, shall lose his hand.  
No Soldier nor inferior Officer shall quarrel with, or offer any injury to his Superior, nor refuse any duty commanded him upon pain of casseering, and to be further censured by the Court of War. And if any shall presume to strike his Superior, he shall be punished with death▪ But if it shall happen that any Officer shall command any thing to the evident and known prejudice of the public, then shall he who is commanded modestly refuse to obey, and presently give notice thereof to the Lord General.  
If any man shall use any words or ways, tending to mutiny or sedition, whether for demanding his pay, or upon any other cause, or if any man shall be privy to such mutinous speeches, or ways, and shall conceal them; both shall be punished with death.  
All must show their valour against the enemy, and not by revenging their private injuries, which upon their complaints to their superior Officers, shall be repared to the full. And if any man presume to take his own satisfaction, or challenge a combat, he shall be imprisoned, and have his punishment discerned by the Marshal Court.  

Duties to others.  The Provost Martial must not be resisted, or hindered in apprehending or putting delinquents in prison, and all Officers must assist him to this end, and if any man shall resist or break prison, he shall be censured by the Court of War.  
VIII. Murder is no less unlawful & intolerable in the time of war, then in the time of peace, and is to be punished with death.  
Whosoever shall be found to have forced any woman, whether he be Commander or Soldier, shall die for it without mercy. And whosoever shall be found guilty of adultery or fornication, shall be no less severely censured and punished than in the time of peace.  
Thiefs and robbers shall be punished with the like severity. ●●n● shall sporle, or take any part of their goods that die in the 〈◊〉 or are killed in service, he shall restore the double and be farther ●●●●shed a● discretion. It is provided that all their goods be forth coming, and be disposed of according to their Testament & will declared by word or writ before witnesses, or if they 〈◊〉▪ ●●de not Testament, to their wives, children, or nearest kin●●●●, according to the Laws of the Kingdom.  
A●l ●●all live together as friends and brethren, abstaining from w●●●s of disgrace, contempt, reproach, giving of lies, and all provocation by word or gesture. He that faileth, shall be imprisoned for the first fault, and if he be incorrigible, he shall be with shame put out of the Army.  
IX. All Sould●ers shall come to their Colours, 
Con●●●●. Arms.  to watch, to be exercised, or to muster, with their own Arms, and if any Soldier shall come with another man's Arms, he shall be punished with rigour, and the lender shall lose his Arms. All shall come also with complete and right Arms in a decent manner, otherwise to be severely punished.  
If any man shall sell, or give in pawn his Horse, his arms, or any part of the ammunition committed to him, or any instruments, as Spades, Shovels, Picks used in the field, he shall for the first and second time be beaten, through the quarter, and for the third time be punished as for other thift: And he that buyeth them, or taketh them to pawn, be his Soldier, or Victualler, shall pay the double of the money, beside the want of the things bought or impawned, and b● further punished at discretion.  
Whosoever in a debauched and lewd manner by Cards or Dice, or by sloth, and un●x●●●●●e neglect, shall lose his Horse, and Arms in who●●, 〈…〉, th● hindrance of the service; And whosoever shall wilfully spoil, or break his Arms, or any instrument of war●e commuted ●o ●●m, by cutting down of trees, or any other way he sh●●● serve is a pioner, till the loss be made up, and he punished 〈…〉 charges.  
X. No man on h●s ●●rch, 
Concerning Marching.  or at his lodging within or without the Country upon whatsoever pretext, shall take by violence either horse, 〈…〉, money, or any other thing, less or more, but shall pa● 〈◊〉 usual prices for his meat and drink, or be furnished according to the order given by the Lord Generaall upon pain of death, without mercy.  
If any man shall pre●●●e to pull down, or set on fire any dwelling house, though a Cottage, or hue down any fruit trees, or to waste, or deface any part of the beauty o●●●e country, he shall be punished most severely, according to the importance of the fault.  
In marching, no man shall stay behind without leave: No 〈◊〉 shall straggle from his Troop or Company. No man shall 〈◊〉 out of his rank, and put others out of order, under all high●●● pain.  
XI. If any Colonel of horse or foot, 
Of Muster.  shall keep back his Soldiers from the appointed musters, or shall lend his Soldiers to 〈◊〉 false muster, upon trial in the court Martial, he shall be punished as a deceiver. And if any Muster-master shall use any take Rolls, shall have any hand in false Musters, or by connivance, or any other way be tried, to be accessary to them, he shall suffer th●●ike punishment.  
XII. No man shall presume to do the smallest injury to any that bring necessaries to the Leaguer, 
Victuallers.  whither by stealing from them, or deceiving them, or by violence in taking th●ir horse or goods, under the pain to be accounted and punished as enemies. No Victualler shall sell rotten victuals, upon pain of imprisonment and confiscation, and further as they shall be judged to deserve.  
No Soldier shall provide and sell Victuals, unless he be authorized, nor shall any that selleth Victuals, keep in his Tent or Hutte, any Soldier at unseasonable hours, and forbidden times, under pain at discretion. Like as all the prices thereof shall be set down by the general Marshal, and be given to the Marshal of the several Regiments.  
XIII. No man enroled professing himself or pretending to be a Soldier shall abide in the Army, 
Duties in the Campe.  unless he enter in some Company, nor shall he that hath entered depart without licence upon the pain of death. No man having licence shall stay beyond the time appointed him upon pain of loss of his pay during the time of his absence, and further punishment at discretion. If any man in a mutinous way show himself discontent with the quarter assigned him, he shall be punished as a mutineer.  
And if any man shall stay out of his quarter or go without shot of Cannon being intrinshed, but one night, without leave of his superior officer he shall be cashiered.  
All that shall be absent from the watch after the sign is given for the setting thereon shall be severely punished. He that revealeth or falsisieth the watchword given by the officer, within the trenches, or before the Colours: He that is taken sleeping or drunken upon his watch: he that cometh off the watch before the time, every one of those shall be punished with death.  
If any number of Soldiers shall assemble together, for taking mutinous counsel upon whatsoever pretext: The Officers joining with them, shall suffer death: The tenth man of the Soldiers shall be hanged, and the test condemned to be pioneers, and to purge the Camp, till by some exploit they procure pardon, and redeem their reputation.  
XIV. Every man when the Alarm is given, 
〈…〉  shall repair speedily to his Colours: no man shall forsake or flee from his Colours. No man in the Country shall receipt them that flee. No man in the Battle shall throw away his Mushet, Pi●●, or Bandilier, all under the pain of death.  
Whatsoever Regiment of horse of foot, having charged the enemy, shall draw bacl, before they come to stroke of sword, shall answer for it before a council of war: And if it be through default of any Officer, he shall be censured by the council of war. If the fault be in the Soldiers, the tenth man shall be punished with death, and the rest put to base service, till by their valour they prove themselves worthy of a better condition.  
XV. If it shall come to pass, 
Dut●● after Battle.  that the enemy shall force us to Battle, and the Lord shall give us victory, none shall kill a yielding enemy, nor save him that still pursueth, upon pain of death. Neither shall there be any ransoming of persons, spoiling, pillaging, parting of the prey, or wasting and burning by fire, or disbanding from their charges, or Officers, but as the Lord General shall give order upon the same pain of death.  
XVI Every man's carriage shall be diligently observed, 
Rewards for ●he well-deserving  and he according to his merit rewarded or punished: And whatsoever Officer or Soldier shall carry himself dutifully in his station, and doth his part valiantly, in battle or fight, shall after the laudable example of the wisest, and worthiest Kingdoms and Estates, have his honour and reward according to his worth and deserving, whether hereafter we have peace or war.  
Matters that are clear by the light and law of Nature are presupposed: Things unnecessary are passed over in silence: and other things that be judged by the common customs and constitutions of war, or may upon new emergents, be expressed afterward.  
FINIS.