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 REGULATIONS 
 
 CAMP ALLEN: 
 
 FIRST ANNUAL ENCAM2MEN.T, 
 
 JUNl- 
 
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 SECOND BRIGADE, CALIFORNIA MILITIA 
 
 (Dctobcr 0, 1863. 
 
 SACEAMENTO: 
 
 BENJ. P. AVEEY, STATE PRINTER. 
 1863.
 
 HEAD-QUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE, C. M.,| 
 CAMP ALLEN, October 6th, 1863. j 
 
 The following Regulations are published for the information and 
 ' , government of this Brigade, and compliance therewith will be strictly 
 ~ observed as the sole and standing authority upon the matter therein 
 ji-- contained. 
 
 By command of Brig. Genl. John S. Ellis. 
 
 . 
 
 
 
 JOHN HEWSTOX, JR., 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General.
 
 
 REGULATIONS FOR CAMP ALLEN. 
 
 1. Commanding officers of regiments, battalions, companies, guards, and 
 detachments, will be habitually present with their respective commands, 
 and hold themselves responsible for the preservation of order and strict 
 discipline. An officer or non-commissioned officer before leaving his com- 
 mand will notify the next in rank, who will immediately assume the du- 
 ties of his senior. There must be present at all times with a regiment or 
 battalion one field officer, and with a company, one commissioned officer, 
 one sergeant, and one corporal. Each commanding officer will designate 
 an orderly hour, at which he will attend daily for the transaction of busi- 
 ness. 
 
 2. Captains will divide their companies into squads, and assign to each 
 a non-comissioned officer, who will see that his squad is present for duty, 
 with their dress, arms, aqcoutrements, and camp in good order; and any 
 violation of orders he will promptly report to the Orderly Sergeant. At 
 tattoo and reveille all the commissioned officers of a company, unless on 
 guard or detached duty, will report in person to its commanding officer, 
 who will himself attend the company roll call, and immediately report 
 absentees to the Adjutant at head-quarters. After taps, the Captain or 
 officer in charge of a company, will remain on the company parade 
 ground, and see that the lights are extinguished, silence and order ob- 
 served before he retires. Captains will inspect their companies before 
 morning and evening parades. 
 
 3. Adjutants have charge of the regimental band and field music ; and 
 at tattoo and reveille, the Band Master will report to him all absentees 
 from the band, and the Sergeant-Major those from the field music; and 
 as soon as the reports of company roll calls are all received, the Adjutant 
 will report to the Colonel, and then to the Assistant Adjutant-General, 
 at general head-quarters. It is the duty of an Adjutant to see that the 
 countersign and parole are delivered to the proper officers in the early
 
 REGULATIONS FOR CAMP ALLEN. 
 
 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS. 
 
 part of each day, and also see that an Orderly is detailed for the com- 
 manding officer. The Adjutant will keep a roster of the commissioned 
 officers, from which regular details will be made for courts, councils, 
 guards, Captains as officers of the day, and Lieutenants as officers of the 
 guard, but both will not be taken from the same company. He will also 
 instruct the Sergeant-Major, daily, as to the strength of guard detail from 
 each company, and prepare, daily, two consolidated morning reports 
 of the strength and condition of the command, one of which, signed 
 by the commanding officer and Adjutant, will be forwarded to the 
 Assistant Adjutant-General, at the orderly hour, at general head-quar- 
 ters. The Sergeant-Major will detail, daily, from the field music an 
 office Orderly for the Adjutant. 
 
 4. Orderly Sergeants will keep a morning report hook, in which will be 
 entered, daily, the number present, absent, with or without leave, sick, 
 in arrest or confinement, and tried, or awaiting trial, on guard, etc., 
 which report he will present to the Captain, who will sign and send it by 
 the Sergeant to the Adjutant's office, where it will be received by the 
 Sergeant-Major, and retained until the Orderly Sergeants' call at noon. 
 At this call, the Orderly Sergeants will receive from the Sergeant-Major, 
 at the Adjutant's office, their morning report books, details for guards, 
 leaves of absence, etc., etc. Orderly Sergeants will also keep a " Sick 
 Book," in which shall be entered the names of all who visit the Surgeon, 
 and at the " Surgeon's call " this book and the sick who are able will be 
 sent in charge of a non-commissioned officer to the dispensary. After 
 tattoo roll-call, Orderly Sergeants will cause the tent ropes to be slack- 
 ened. The Surgeon wull place, opposite each name, the duty from which 
 the patient is excused, and whether he is to remain in hospital or iu 
 quarters. At the orderly hour, the Surgeon will send to head-quarters 
 a morning sick report of the whole command, with general details of 
 cases. Requisitions for general supplies of medicines, ordnance, Com- 
 missary or Quarter-Master's stores, must be made through the officers 
 in charge of those departments at general head-quarters, and have the 
 approval of the Colonel or commanding officer indorsed on the requisi- 
 tion. 
 
 5. Leaves of absence must be in writing, and commanding officers may 
 grant leave of absence to pass beyond the outer chain of sentinels from 
 reveille until retreat. Captains may grant leave of absence to not more 
 than five of their company at one time to visit other camps of the bri- 
 gade between reveille and retreat, provided, only, that no duty is ne- 
 glected. The old guard will be excused from duty until retreat, when 
 they will be present and parade with their respective companies, and 
 may be also granted leave of absence. Any non-commissioned officer or 
 private using a leave of absence, must present the same to the officer in
 
 REGULATIONS FOR CAMP ALLEN. 
 
 EXTRACTS FROM REVISED REGULATIONS. 
 
 charge of the guard, and be passed out of camp by an officer or non- 
 commissioned officer of the guard. Non-commissioned officers and pri- 
 vates will not be allowed to pass out of or into camp without reporting 
 at the guard tent. Commissioned officers, when recognized as such, will 
 be allowed to pass any post out of and into camp between reveille and 
 tattoo. No commissioned officer will absent himself from his camp with- 
 out the consent of his immediate commanding officer Lieutenants 
 applying to their Captain, and Captains to the Colonel, etc.. etc. 
 
 6. The garrison flag will be in charge of the picket guard, and a non- 
 commissioned officer and two privates will be sent to hoist and lower 
 the flag at reveille and retreat. 
 
 EXTRACTS FROM THE REVISED REGULATIONS FOR THE ARMY, 1862, THAT 
 SHOULD BE KNOWN BY EVERY SOLDIER. 
 
 1. All inferiors are required to obey strictly, and to execute with 
 alacrity and good faith the lawful orders of the superiors appointed over 
 them. 
 
 2. It is enjoined upon all officers to be cautious in reproving non-com- 
 missioned officers in the presence or hearing of privates, lest their author- 
 ity be weakened ; and non-commissioned officers are not to be sent to the 
 guard room and mixed with privates during confinement, but to be con- 
 sidered as placed in arrest, except in aggravated cases where escape may 
 be apprehended. 
 
 3. The Captain will cause the men of the company to be numbered, in 
 a regular series, including the non-commissioned officers, and divided 
 into four squads, each to be put under the charge of a non-commissioned 
 officer. 
 
 4. Each subaltern officer will be charged with a squad for the supervi- 
 sion of its order and cleanliness ; and Captains will require their Lieu- 
 tenants to assist them in the performance of all company duties. 
 
 5. The utmost attention will be paid by commanders of companies to 
 the cleanliness of their men, as to their persons, clothing, arms, accou- 
 trements, and equipments, and also as to .their quarters or tents. 
 
 6. Commanders of companies and squads will see that the arms and 
 accoutrements in possession of the men are always kept in good order, 
 and that proper care be taken in cleaning them. 
 
 7. All arms in the hands of the troops, whether browned or bright, 
 will be kept in the state in which they are issued by the Ordnance De- 
 partment. Arms will not be taken to pieces without permission of a 
 commissioned officer. Bright barrels will be kept clean and free from 
 rust without polishing them ; care should be taken in rubbing not to 
 bruise or bend the barrel. After firing, wash out the bore ; wipe it dry, 
 and then pass a bit of cloth, slightly greased, to the bottom. In these
 
 REGULATIONS FOR CAMP ALLEN. 
 
 EXTRACTS FROM REVISED REGULATIONS. 
 
 operations, a rod of wood with a loop in one end is to used instead of a 
 rammer. The barrel, when not in use, will be closed with a stopper. 
 For exercise, each soldier should keep himself provided with a piece of 
 sole leather to fit the cup or countersink of the hammer. 
 
 8. Arms shall not be left loaded in quarters or tents, or when the men 
 are off duty, except by special orders. 
 
 9. Special care shall be taken to ascertain that no ball cartridges are 
 mixed with the blank cartridges issued to the men. 
 
 10. No persons will be allowed to visit or remain in the kitchens, ex- 
 cept such as may come on duty or be occupied as cooks. 
 
 11. In camp, the commanding officer prescribes the hours of reveille, 
 reports, roll calls, guard mounting, meals, stable calls, issues, fatigues, 
 etc. 
 
 12. Immediately after reveille roll call (after stable duty in the cavalry) 
 the tents or quarters, and the space around them, will be put in order by 
 the men of the companies, superintended by the chiefs of the squads, and 
 the guard house or guard tent by the guard or prisoners. 
 
 13. The colors of a regiment passing a guard are to be saluted, the 
 trumpets sounding, and the drums beating a march. 
 
 14. When general officers, or persons entitled to a salute, pass in the 
 rear of a guard, the officer is only to make his men stand shouldered, 
 and not to face his guard about, or beat his drum. 
 
 15. When general officers, or persons entitled to a salute, pass guards 
 while in the act of relieving, both guards are to salute, receiving the 
 word of command from the senior officer of the whole. 
 
 16. All guards are to be under arms when armed parties approach their 
 posts; and to parties commanded by commissioned officers, they are to 
 present their arms, drums beating a march, and officers saluting. 
 
 17. No compliments by guards or sentinels w T ill be paid between retreat 
 and reveille, except as prescribed for grand rounds. 
 
 18. It is equally the duty of non-commissioned officers and soldiers, at 
 all times, and in all situations, to pay the proper compliments to officers of 
 the navy and marines, and to officers of other regiments, when in uni- 
 form, as to officers of their own particular regiments and corps. 
 
 19. Courtesy among military men is indispensable to discipline. Re- 
 spect to superiors will not be confined to obedience on duty, but will be 
 extended to all occasions. It is always the duty of the inferior to accost 
 or to offer first the customary salutation, and of the superior to return 
 such complimentary notice. 
 
 20. Sergeants, with swords drawn, will salute by bringing them to a 
 present; with muskets, by bringing the left hand across the body, so as 
 to strike the musket near the right shoulder. Corporals out of the ranks,
 
 REGULATIONS FOR CAMP ALLEN. 
 
 GUARD MOUNTING. 
 
 and privates not sentries, will carry their muskets at a shoulder, as ser- 
 geants, and salute in like manner. 
 
 21. When a soldier without arms, or with side arms only, meets an 
 officer, he is to raise his hand to the right side of the visor of his cap, 
 palm to the front, elbow raised as high as the shoulder, looking at the 
 same time in a respectful and soldier-like manner at the officer, who .will 
 return the compliment thus offered. 
 
 22. A non-commissioned officer or soldier being seated, and without 
 particular occupation, will rise on the approach of an officer, and make 
 the customary salutation. If standing, he will turn toward the officer 
 for the same purpose. If the parties remain in the same place, or on" 
 the same ground, such compliments need not be repeated. 
 
 GUARD MOUNTING. 
 
 1. At the first call for guard-mounting, the men warned for duty turn 
 out on their company parades for inspection by the First Sergeants; and 
 at the second call, repair to the regimental or garrison parade, conducted 
 by the First Sergeants. Each detachment, as it arrives, will, under the 
 direction of the Adjutant, take post on the left of the one that preceded 
 it, in open order, arms shouldered, and bayonets fixed ; the supernume- 
 raries five paces in the rear of the men of their respective companies ; the 
 First Sergeants in rear of them. The Sergeant-Major will dress the 
 ranks, count the files, verify the details, and when the guard is formed, 
 report to the Adjutant, and take post two paces on the left of the front 
 rank. 
 
 2. The Adjutant then commands Front, when the officer of the guard 
 takes post twelve paces in front of the centre, the Sergeants in one rank, 
 four paces in the rear of the officers; and the Corporals in one rank, four 
 paces in the rear of the Sergeants all facing to the front. The Adjutant 
 then assigns their places in the guard. - % . 
 
 3. The Adjutant will then command, 
 
 1. Officer and non-commissioned officers. 2. ABOUT FACE. 
 3. Inspect your guards MARCH ! 
 
 The non-commissioned officers then take their posts. The commander 
 of the guard then commands, 
 
 1. Order ARMS. 2. Inspection ARMS. 
 
 and inspects his guard. When there is no commissioned officer on the 
 guard, the Adjutant will inspect it. During inspection the band will 
 play. 
 
 4. The inspection ended, the officer of the guard takes post as though
 
 REGULATIONS FOB CAMP ALLEN. 
 
 GUAKD MOUXTIXC. 
 
 the guard were a company of a battalion, in open order, under review ; 
 at the same time, also, the officers of the day will take post in front of 
 the centre of the guard ; the old officer of the day three paces on the 
 right of the new officer of the day, one pace retired. 
 
 5. The Adjutant will now command, 
 
 1. Parade BEST ! 2. Troop Beat off! 
 
 when the music, beginning on the right, will beat down the line in front 
 of the officer of the guard to the left, and back to its place on the right 
 -where it will cease to play. 
 
 6. The Adjutant then commands, 
 
 1. Attention ! 2. Shoulder ARMS ! 3. Close order MARCH ! 
 
 At the word " close order," the officer will face about ; at " march," resume 
 his post in line. The Adjutant then commands, 
 
 Present ARMS ! 
 
 At which he will face to the new officer of the day, salute, and report, 
 " Sir, the guard is formed" The new officer of the day, after acknowl- 
 edging the salute, will direct the Adjutant to march the guard in review, 
 or by flank to its post. But if the Adjutant be senior to the officer of 
 the day, he will report without saluting with the sword then, or when 
 marching the guard in review. 
 
 7. In review, the guard march past the officer of the day, according to 
 the order of review, conducted by the Adjutant, marching on the left of 
 the first division; the Sergeant-Major on the left of the last division. 
 
 8. When the column has passed the officer of the day, the officer of the 
 guard marches it to its post, the Adjutant and Sergeant-Major retiring. 
 The music, which has wheeled out of the column, and taken post opposite 
 the officer of the day, will cease, and the old officer of the day salute, and 
 give the old or standing orders to the new officer of the day, the super- 
 numeraries, at the same time, will be marched by the First Sergeants to 
 their respective company parades, and dismissed. 
 
 9. In bad weather, or at night, or after fatiguing marches, the cere- 
 mony of turning off may be dispensed with, but not the inspection. 
 
 10. Grand guards, and other brigade guards, are organized and mounted 
 on the brigade parade by the staff officer of the parade, under the direc- 
 tion of the field officer of the day of the brigade, according to the prin- 
 ciples here prescribed for the police guard of a regiment. The detail of 
 each regiment is assembled on the regimental parade, verified by the 
 Adjutant, and marched to the brigade parad by the senior officer of the
 
 REGULATIONS FOR CAMP ALLEN. 
 
 GUARD MOUNTING. 
 
 detail. After inspection and review, the officer of the day directs the 
 several guards to their respective posts. 
 
 11. The officer of the old guard, having his guard paraded, on the ap- 
 proach of the new guard, commands, 
 
 Present ARMS ! 
 
 12. The new guard will march, in quick time, past the old guard, at 
 shouldered arms, officers saluting, and take post four paces on its right, 
 where, being aligned with it, its commander will order, 
 
 Present ARMS ! 
 
 The two officers will then approach each other, and salute. They will 
 then return to their respective guards, and command, 
 
 1. Shoulder ARMS. 2. Order ARMS ! 
 
 13. The officer of the new guard will now direct the detail for the 
 advanced guard to be formed and marched to its post, the list of the 
 guard made and divided into three reliefs, experienced soldiers placed 
 over the arms of the guard and at the remote and responsible posts, and 
 the young soldiers in posts near the guard for instruction in their duties, 
 and will himself proceed to take possession of the guard-house or guard- 
 tent, and the articles and prisoners in charge of the guard. 
 
 14. During the .time of relieving the sentinels and of calling in the 
 small posts, the old commander will give to the new all the information 
 and instructions relating to his post. 
 
 15. The first relief having been designated and ordered two paces to 
 the front, the Corporal of the new guard will take charge of it, and go 
 to relieve the sentinels, accompanied by the Corporal of the old guard, 
 who will take command of the old sentinels, when the whole are relieved. 
 
 16. If the sentinels are numerous, the Sergeants are to be employed, 
 as well as the Corporals, in relieving them. 
 
 17. The relief, with arms at a support, in two ranks, will march by a 
 flank, conducted by the Corporal on the side of the leading front-rank 
 man ; and the men will be numbered alternately in the front and rear 
 rank, the man on the right of the front rank being No. 1. Should an< 
 officer approach, the Corporal will command carry arms, and resume the- 
 support arms when the officer is passed. 
 
 18. The sentinels at the guard house or guard tent will be the first 
 relieved and left behind; the others are relieved in succession. 
 
 19. When a sentinel sees the relief approaching, he will halt and face
 
 10 REGULATIONS FOR CAMP ALLEN. 
 
 DUTIES OF GUARDS AND SENTINELS. 
 
 to it, with his arms at a shoulder. At six paces, the Corporal will com- 
 mand, 
 
 1. Relief. 2. HALT I 
 
 when the relief will halt and carry arms. The Corporal will then add, 
 " No. 1," or " No. 2," or " No. 3," according to the number of the post, 
 
 Arms PORT ! 
 
 The two sentinels will, with arms at port, then approach each other, when 
 the old sentinel, under the correction of the Corporal, will whisper the 
 instructions to the new sentinel. This done, the two sentinels will 
 shoulder arms, and the old sentinel will pass, in quick time, to his place, 
 in rear of the relief. The Corporal will then command, 
 
 1. Support ARMS ! 2. Foncard. 3. MARCH ! 
 
 and the relief proceeds in the same manner until the whole are relieved. 
 
 20. The detachment and sentinels from the old guard having come in, 
 it will be marched, at shouldered arms, along the front of the new guard ) 
 in quick time, the new guard standing at presented arms; officers saluting, 
 and the music of both guards beating, except at the outposts. 
 
 21. On arriving at the regimental or garrison parade, the commander 
 of the old guard will send the detachments composing it, under charge 
 of the non-commissioned officers, to their respective regiments. Before 
 the men are dismissed, their pieces will be drawn or discharged at a 
 target. On rejoining their'companions, the chiefs of squads will examine 
 the arms, &c., of their men, and cause the whole to be put away in good 
 order. 
 
 22. When the old guard has marched off fifty paces, the officer of the 
 new guard will order his men to stack their arms, or to place them in the 
 arm-racks. 
 
 23. The commander of the guard will then make himself acquainted 
 with all the instructions for his post, visit the sentinels, arid question them 
 and the non-commissioned officers relative to the instructions they may 
 have received from other persons of the old guard. 
 
 DUTIES OF GUARDS AND SENTINELS. 
 
 1. Sentinels will be relieved every two hours, unless the state of the 
 weather, or other causes, should make it -necessary or proper that it be 
 done at shorter or longer intervals. 
 
 2. Each relief, before mounting, is inspected by the commander of the 
 guard or of its j>ost. The Corporal reports to him, and presents the old 
 relief on its return.
 
 REGULATIONS FOR CAMP ALLEN. 1L 
 
 DUTIES OF GUARDS AND SENTINELS. 
 
 3. The countersign, or watchword, is given to such persons as are enti- 
 tled to pass during the night, and to officers, non-commissioned officers, 
 
 .and sentinels of the guard. Interior guards receive the countersign only 
 when ordered by the commander of the troops. 
 
 4. The parole is imparted to such officers only as have a right to visit 
 the guard, and to make the grand rounds ; and to officers commanding 
 guards. 
 
 5. As -soon as the new guard has been marched off, the officer of the 
 day will repair to the office of the commanding officer and report for 
 orders. 
 
 6. The officer of the day must see that the officer of the guard is fur- 
 nished with the parole and countersign before retreat. 
 
 7. The officer of the day visits the guards during the day at such 
 times as he may deem necessary, and makes his rounds at night at least 
 once after 12 o'clock. 
 
 8. Upon being relieved, the officer of the day will make such remarks 
 in the report of the officer of the guard as circumstances require, and 
 present the same at head-quarters. 
 
 9. Commanders of guards leaving their posts to visit their sentinels, 
 or on other duty, are to mention their intention, and the probable time 
 of their absence, to the next in command. 
 
 10. The officers are to remain constantly at their guards, except while 
 visiting their sentinels, or necessarily engaged elsewhere on their proper 
 duty. 
 
 11. Neither officers nor soldiers are to take off their clothing or 
 accoutrements while they are on guard. 
 
 12. The officer of the guard must see that the countersign is duly 
 communicated to the sentinels a little before twilight. 
 
 13. When a fire Jbreaks out, or any alarm is raised in a garrison, all 
 guards are to be immediately under arms. 
 
 14. Inexperienced officers are put on guard as supernumeraries, for 
 the purpose of instruction. 
 
 15. Sentinels will not take orders or allow themselves to be relieved, 
 except by an officer or non-commissioned officer of their guard or party, 
 the officer of the day, or the commanding officer ; in which case the 
 orders will be immediately notified to the commander of the guard by 
 the officer giving them. 
 
 16. Sentinels will report every breach of orders or regulations they 
 are instructed to enforce. 
 
 17. Sentinels must keep themselves on the alert, observing everything 
 that takes place within sight and hearing of their post. They will carry 
 their arms habitually at support, or on either shoulder, but will never 
 quit them. In wet weather, if there be no sentry-box, they will secure 
 arms.
 
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 REGULATIONS FOR CAMP ALLEN. 18 
 
 DUTIES OF GUARDS AND SENTINELS. 
 
 18. No sentinel shall quit his post or hold conversation not necessary 
 to the proper discharge of his duty. 
 
 U). All persons, of whatever rank in the service, are required to observe 
 respect towards sentinels. 
 
 20. In case of disorder, a sentinel must call out the guard; and if a 
 fire take place, he must cry "Fire!" adding the number of his post. 
 If in either case the danger be great, he must discharge his firelock 
 before calling out. 
 
 21. It is the duty of a sentinel to repeat all calls made from posts more 
 distant from the main body of the guard than his own, and no sentinel 
 will be posted so distant as not to be heard by the guard, either directly 
 or through other sentinels. 
 
 22. Sentinels will present arms to general and field officers, to the offi- 
 cer of the day, and to the commanding officer of the post. To all other 
 officers they will carrj' arms. 
 
 23. "When a sentinel in his sentry-box sees an officer approaching, he 
 -will stand at attention, and as the officer passes will salute him, by 
 bringing the left hand briskly to J the musket, as high as the right 
 shoulder. 
 
 24. The sentinel at ,ny post of the guard, when he sees any body of 
 troops, or an officer entitled to compliment, approach, must call " Turn 
 out the guard!" and announce who approaches. 
 
 25. Guards do not turn out as a matter of compliment after sunset; 
 but sentinels will, when officers in uniform approach, pay them proper 
 attention, by facing to the proper front, and standing steady at shouldered 
 arms. This will be observed until th'e evening is so far advanced that the 
 sentinels begin challenging. 
 
 26. After retreat (or the hour appointed by the commanding officer), 
 until broad daylight, a sentinel challenges every person who approaches 
 him, taking, at the same time, the position of arms port. He will suffer 
 no person to come nearer than within reach of his bayonet, until the per- 
 son has given the countersign. 
 
 27. A sentinel, in challenging, will call out " Who comes there?" If 
 answered " Friend, with the countersign," and he be instructed to pass per- 
 sons with the countersign, he will reply "Advance, friend, with the 
 countersign!" If answered "Friends!" he will reply " Halt friends ! 
 Advance one with the countersign !" If answered " Relief," " Patrol," or 
 " Grand rounds," he will reply "Halt! Advance, Sergeant (or Corporal), 
 with the countersign !" and satisfy himself that the party is what it repre- 
 sents itself to be. If he have no authority to pass persons with the coun- 
 tersign, if the wrong countersign be given, or if the persons have not 
 the countersign, he will cause them to stand, and call "Corporal of the 
 guard!"
 
 14 REGULATIONS FOE CAMP ALLEN. 
 
 DUTIES OF GUARDS AND SENTINELS. 
 
 28. In the daytime, when the sentinel before the guard sees the officer 
 of the day approach, he will call " Turn out the guard ! Officer of the 
 day!" The guard will be paraded, and salute with presented arms. 
 When any person approaches a post of the guard at night, the sentinel 
 before the post, after challenging, causes him to halt until examined 
 by a non-commissioned officer of the guard. If it be the officer of the 
 day, or any other officer entitled to inspect the guard and to make the 
 rounds, the non-commissioned officer will call " Turn out the guard!" 
 when the guard will be paraded at shouldered arms, and the officer of 
 the guard, if he thinks necessary, nYay demand the countersign and pa- 
 role. 
 
 29. The officer of the day, wishing to make the rounds, will take an 
 escort of a non-commissioned officer and two men. When the rounds are 
 challenged by a sentinel, the Sergeant will answer " Grand rounds!" 
 and the sentinel will repl} T "Halt, Grand rounds ! Advance Sergeant, with 
 the countersign!" Upon which the Sergeant advances and gives the coun- 
 tersign. The sentinel will then cry "Advance, rounds!" and stand at a 
 shoulder till they have passed. 
 
 30. When the sentinel before the guard challenges, and is answered 
 " Grand rounds" he will reply " Halt, grand rounds ! Turn out the guard ; 
 grand rounds !" Upon which the guard will be drawn up at shouldered 
 arms. The officer commanding the guard will then order a Sergeant 
 and two men to advance ; when within ten paces, the Sergeant chal- 
 lenges. The Sergeant of the grand rounds answers " Grand rounds !" 
 The Sergeant of the guard replies "Advance, Sergeant, with the counter- 
 sign !" The Sergeant of the rounds advances alone, gives the counter- 
 sign, and returns to his round. The Sergeant of the guard calls to his 
 officer " The countersign is right !" on which the officer of the guard 
 calls " Advance, rounds !" The officer of the rounds then advances alone, 
 the guards standing at shouldered arms. The officer of the rounds 
 passes along the front of the guard to the officer, who keeps his post on 
 the right, and gives him the parole. He then examines the guard, orders 
 back his escort, and, taking a new one, proceeds in the same manner to 
 other guards. 
 
 31. All material instructions given to a sentinel on post by persons 
 entitled to make grand rounds, ought to be promptly notified to the com- 
 mander of the guard. 
 
 32. Any general officer, or the commander of a post or garrison, may 
 visit the guards of his command, and go to the grand rounds, and be 
 received in the same manner as prescribed for the officer of the day.
 
 REGULATIONS FOR CAMP ALLEN. 15 
 
 GUARDS GRAND GUARD MOUNTING. 
 
 1. The officer on guard (outpost or other guards) will write down all 
 orders which he receives, whether these orders come to him verbally or 
 iu writing, and deliver these orders, in writing, to the officer who 
 relieves him. 
 
 2. In order to simplify the duties of the sentries, each individual man 
 is to retain the same post during the whole of the guard or picket ; that 
 is to say, that each time a man goes on duty as a sentry, he must have 
 the same post that he had the first time the most intelligent, trusty, 
 and experienced soldiers being chosen for the most difficult and impor- 
 tant posts. 
 
 3. The officers will most particularly examine each sentinel upon his 
 post, respecting the orders that he has received, immediately after he is 
 placed there for the first time ; and before he is marched off to take the 
 same post a second time, the officer will question him for the purpose of 
 ascertaining whether he recollects his orders. 
 
 4. It is the duty of the officers to ascertain if every individual is 
 instructed in what he has to do ; and it is to them, therefore, tlmt the respon- 
 sibility attaches, if any accident or irregularity occur in consequence of orders 
 not being accurately given. 
 
 5. Regimental guards will send out patrols in their own camp or 
 bivouac, after tattoo, to pick up men out of quarters. Those of their 
 own regiment will be confined and reported to the regimental comman- 
 dant ; those of other Regiments reported to head-quarters. 
 
 6. The officer of the guard will see that the company cooks are called 
 in time in the morning to prepare the coffee and breakfast for the men 
 before "Reveille." 
 
 GRAND GUARD MOUNTING. 
 
 1. The following will be observed in mounting grand guard until 
 otherwise ordered or printed in regulations : 
 
 2. At the first call for guard mounting, the companies or detachments 
 will turn out in their company streets for inspection by the First Ser- 
 geants, who will see that ever} 7 man is thoroughly armed and equipped, 
 (shelter tent, canteen, haversack, etc.,) and provided with rations for the 
 prescribed number of days. The details will then be taken command of 
 by the respective senior officers accompanying each detachment, and be 
 conducted by them, band playing, to the ground selected for the forma- 
 tion of the guard. 
 
 3. The Regimental Adjutant selected for the occasion, assisted by the 
 Sergeant-Major of the same regiment, will then direct the formation, 
 placing each detatchmcnt, as it arrives, on the left of the one that pre-
 
 16 REGULATIONS FOR CAMP ALLEN. 
 
 GRAND GUARD MOUNTING. 
 
 ceded it, with ranks open, and shouldered arras, officer of the outpost 
 guard opposite the centre, twelve paces to the front (faced to the front); 
 the Assistant Adjutant-General of Brigade will then take his place 
 opposite the centre, twenty paces to the front, facing the guard ; the 
 field officer of the day, mounted and attended by his orderly, will take 
 his place opposite to and twenty paces in rear of last named officer, 
 facing the guard. If the whole detail exceed three hundred officers and 
 men, the officer commanding the outpost, and Assistant Adjutant-Gene- 
 eral, will also he mounted. 
 
 4. The Adjutant of the day will then advance from the right, along the 
 line to the front and centre, halting two paces to the right and rear of 
 the officer of the outpost, salute and report to the Assistant Adjutant- 
 General, " Sir, the -guard is ready." He will then, facing about and pass- 
 ing along the line, take his place on the left, the Sergeant-Major on his 
 right, 
 
 5. The Assistant Adjutant-General will first see that the officers are 
 properly assigned to their places, then command, 
 
 1. Officers, about Face I 2. Inspect your guards. 8. MARCH ! 
 
 At the last command, the line officers will take their places in line, the 
 officer of outpost facing about, and seeing them there, will command, 
 
 1. Order ARMS. 2. Inspection ARMS. 
 
 The band will play, and a thorough inspection be had of the men's arms, 
 ammunition, and equipments. The officer commanding the grand guard, 
 and field-officer of -the day, will, during the inspection, pass slowly along 
 the lines. 
 
 6. At the conclusion of the inspection, the officers will retake their 
 places to the front, and the Assistant Adjutant-General command, 
 
 1. Parade BEST ! 2. Troop Beat of! 
 
 Officers and men will remain immovable while the band plays down the 
 line from light to left, and back, when it will cease. 
 
 7. The Assistant Adjutant-General will then command, 
 
 1. Attention ! 2. Shoulder ARMS ! 3. Close order MARCH ! 
 
 when the ranks will close, officers taking their place in line, the officer of 
 outpost going to the right of the line. 
 
 8. The Assistant Adjutant-General will then command, 
 
 Present ARMS ! 
 face about, salute, and report, " Sir, the guard is formed."
 
 REGULATIONS FOR CAMP ALLEN. 17 
 
 GRAND GUARD MOUNTING DRESS PARADE. 
 
 9. The field officer of the day, having acknowledged the salute, will 
 direct that the guard be marched in review or to the outpost ; if in review, 
 the Assistant Adjutant-General will face about,. and command, 
 
 1. ShoulJer ARMS ! 2. By company, right wheel MARCH ! 
 
 He will then take his place at the head of and on the outer flank of the 
 column, and command, 
 
 1. Pass in review. 2. Column Forward! 3. Guide right. 4. MARCH I 
 
 when the column will march past the field officer of the day in quick time, 
 the outpost officer mounted at the head, the Assistant Adjutant-General 
 on the outer flank of the first company, the regimental Adjutant and 
 Sergeant Major on the outer flank of the left company." 
 
 10. On arriving opposite the officer of the day, the band will wheel out 
 and take post facing him; the Assistant Adjutant-General, after saluting 
 and passing him six paces, will take place in front of the band; after the 
 column has passed, it will be taken command of by the officer of the out- 
 post, and marched off the ground. 
 
 11. If the passing in review is dispensed with, the outpost officer will 
 immediately take command, and march the guard off the ground. In 
 case the camp guard is mounted at the same time as the grand guard, 
 they will be formed on the extreme left in the same manner, the commis- 
 sioned officers only coming to the front ; if the guard pass in review, 
 they will do the same, but not go by the flank, passing the old guard in 
 platoons. 
 
 12. If the grand guard does not pass in review, the camp guard will 
 remain in line until they have left the ground, when the camp guard will 
 pass the old guard as above directed. The new officer of the day and 
 the old officer of the day will take post on the right, and two paces to 
 the rear of the field officer of the day, during the guard mounting, and 
 acknowledge the salute of the camp guard only in the review. 
 
 13. In the absence of the Assistant Adjutant-General, a staff officer of 
 the brigade may be detailed in his place without altering the above for- 
 mation. 
 
 DRESS PARADE. 
 
 1. The proper formation of a dress parade adds much to its effective- 
 ness, simplicity, and precision. 
 
 2. To form the line properly, Captains of companies will form their 
 companies in their company streets, viz: The companies of the right 
 wing faced toward the right flank of the camp, the left or Second Ser-
 
 18 REGULATIONS FOR CAMP ALLEN. 
 
 DRESS PARADE. 
 
 geants nearest the color line, the First Sergeants nearest the company 
 officers' tents. 
 
 3. The companies of the left wing faced in the reversed direction. 
 
 4. " The Assembly" should sound thirty minutes before the formation 
 of dress parade, when the First Sergeant should cause the company to 
 fall in, in the position prescribed, call the roll, and turn it over to the 
 Captain. The Captain then sees that the equipments are all clean and 
 neat, clothes buttoned up, boots blacked, and everything in proper order, 
 the company at parade rest, and then gives a short exercise in the 
 manual, mark time, alignments, etc. 
 
 5. At the hour of formation the drums beat the first part of " the 
 Troop '" instantly each Captain gives the command 
 
 Attention COMPANY. Shoulder ARMS. Right (or left} face. 
 
 (The companies of the right wing face to the left, those of the left wing 
 face to the right.) 
 
 6. At the same instant the Adjutant, with the markers, with their 
 colors, being formed in front of the Colonel's quarters, will march for- 
 ward on the line. The Adjutant will halt on the color line, station the 
 guides and markers for the formation of the color company, so that the 
 Color Sergeant will be exactly at the centre of the battalion, one marker 
 where the right of the color company will rest, the other where the left 
 of the color company will rest. 
 
 7. The instant the Adjutant arrives on the color line, the band will 
 commence to play. All the Captains of companies will give the com- 
 mand 
 
 Forward ! 
 
 the moment the drums cease " the Troop." The instant the band com- 
 mences to play, the command 
 
 March ! 
 
 will be given by all the Captains. 
 
 8. They will then move their companies on to the line, the color 
 company moving a little in advance. 
 
 9. The right guides of right companies, and left guides of left com- 
 panies, throw themselves on the line the moment their companies are 
 halted. 
 
 10. They will remain in front of their companies until the Adjutant 
 gives the command 
 
 Guides POST ! 
 
 11. The Captain of the color company will align his company on its
 
 REGULATIONS FOR CAMP ALLEN. 19 
 
 DRESS PARADE POLICE. 
 
 left, and then give way for the Captain on his left to align his company, 
 taking his post on the right at the command 
 
 Guides POST ! 
 
 12. The Captains of the right wing align their companies by the left, 
 and change to their proper position at the command 
 
 Guides POST ! 
 
 Each Captain will immediately, as soon as his company is aligned, give 
 the command 
 
 Front ! Support ARMS ! 
 
 As soon as the line is formed, each Captain will follow.the Regulations, 
 as prescribed in paragraph 339, Army Eegulations, and following. 
 
 13. The companies, while marching to the line of formation, should 
 never halt (but mark time) until halted in their proper position, one 
 pace in rear of the line, for alignment. A good officer will oftentimes 
 execute effective and handsome movements while approaching his posi- 
 tion in line. Seeing that he will have to be delayed a moment, he some- 
 times marches in rear of and covering the company next to him on 
 which he is to form, then comes handsomely by the right-about back 
 again to a halt just at the right moment and in the right place. Again, 
 he will sometimes march several paces in rear of the line, and come for- 
 ward to the line by flanking his company, and come up to the line by 
 company front. , 
 
 POLICE, AND DUTIES IN CAMP. 
 
 1. Commandants of regiments will see that thorough inspections of 
 the camp are daily made ; that ditches and holes are not made the 
 receptacles of refuse of any kind, but that it is properly removed and 
 buried ; that the kitchens and utensils for cooking are kept clean. 
 
 2. Commandants of companies will be held responsible for the enforce- 
 ment of the above, and the officer of the guard responsible that 
 nuisances are not committed within the precincts of the camp-guard, 
 and that the general cleanliness of the camp is promoted by both officers 
 and men. The guard will be particularly cautioned to arrest offenders. 
 
 3. Regimental Surgeons are charged with making frequent inspections 
 of the <5aJ3ip8 or bivouacs, and reporting anything they may consider 
 calculated to injure the health of the men. 
 
 4. If any just cause of complaint exists against the conduct of the 
 troops, and it should be impossible to find out the offenders, so as to 
 bring them to punishment, some general punishment will be laid on the 
 regiment by which the offence has been committed. The officers com-
 
 20 REGULATIONS FOR CAMP ALLEN. 
 
 POLICE-OFFICER OF THE GUARD. 
 
 manding regiments will therefore establish the most vigilant police, 
 each in his own camp or bivouac. 
 
 5. The hours for service and duty will be the same throughout the 
 brigade. The Drummers' call for reveille, morning parade, guard mount- 
 ing, brigade parades, retreat, and tattoo, will be first sounded at the 
 picket guard, and repeated at each guard tent in camp. 
 
 Reveille. (Men rise, wash, dress, answer to roll-call. One officer in 
 each company must be present at reveille roll-call.) 
 Peas on Trencher. (Call for breakfast.) 
 Troop. (For guard mounting.) 
 Assembly. (Fall in for drill, or dress parade.) 
 Color. (Form line.) 
 Roast Beef. (For dinner.) 
 Retreat. (Boll-calls.) 
 Tattoo. (All in quarters, ready for sleep.) 
 Taps. (Lights all out.) 
 
 6. The officer of the guard is charged with the observance of the 
 above. The calls will be sounded by the bugler or drummer of the 
 guard (one should always be there). 
 
 OFFICER OF THE GUARD. 
 
 1. The officer of the guard will supervise, with the officer of the day, 
 his guard's appearance in dress, equipments, etc., see that they are prop- 
 erly posted and instructed, and understand their duties. 
 
 2. He will, in addition to duties prescribed in the Eegulations, provide 
 as far as possible and the meana at hand allow, for the comfort of his 
 men in the guard-house ; have it thoroughly policed and cleaned, well 
 ventilated, and rendered wholesome. 
 
 3. Except when visiting posts, he should always be at the guard- 
 house, having his meals brought to him. He should be prompt in turn- 
 ing out his guard, vigilant, and correct in his deportment and dress, 
 thus setting an example for his men, as well as preserving a due respect 
 for his position. 
 
 4. He will read to each relief the extracts from Army Eegulations con- 
 cerning their duties, and see by their practical illustrations that they 
 understand them. 
 
 5. He will send out, every two hours, a non-commissioned officer to 
 make the round of sentinels, and examine them as regards their know- 
 edge and practice of the instructions imparted previous to their going 
 on guard. 
 
 6. He will impress upon each man the necessity of care, neatness, and 
 soldierly bearing as sentinels, and realize himself that nothing is more
 
 REGULATIONS FOR CAMP ALLEN. 21 
 
 REGIMENTAL OFFICER OF THE DAY. 
 
 calculated to show the drill and discipline of a regiment than the appear- 
 ance and bearing of a sentinel on post or a guard at their station. 
 
 7. The duties of regimental officers of the day and guard, if properly 
 performed, are calculated to increase the efficiency, drill, and reliability 
 of a regiment under more serious circumstances, as on picket and other 
 duties, and the battle field, where the principles of correct deportment, 
 vigilance, and soldierly respect, inculcated as sentinels in camp, will bear 
 fruit in a*like observance when its effect will influence the fate of an army 
 or a battle. 
 
 8. He should never leave camp during his tour of duty. 
 
 9. He is responsible for any disorder, noise, or disturbance in camp, 
 and for the proper and respectful behavior of all the troops in camp 
 during his tour of duty, and should report for punishment any person 
 who violates the orders. 
 
 REGIMENTAL OFFICER OF THE DAY. 
 
 1. The duties of officer of the day, in addition to those prescribed in 
 the Kegulations, begin with the mounting of the guard. He should see 
 that the non-commissioned officers have performed their duty in bringing 
 their squads on the ground clean, and with arms and equipments well 
 fitted and in good order, punishing the officer as well as the man for all 
 neglect in this particular. 
 
 2. The authority given empowers him to enforce rigidly the police of 
 the camp and its vicinity ; to see that refuse is buried, streets, tents, and 
 the spaces between them properly swept. He should be held responsi- 
 ble for the cleanliness and general good order of the camp during his 
 tour. 
 
 3. He should visit each sentinel, question him as to his instructions and 
 knowledge of his duties ; see that he knows how to salute properly, halt- 
 ing on the approach of an officer ; presenting arms to a Major and all 
 above that rank ; coming to a shoulder arms, and saluting by bringing 
 the left hand smartly across the body, and striking the piece at the 
 height of the shoulder, to all officers below the rank of Major. 
 
 4. He should report to the field officer of the day each morning for 
 instructions, and also send a report to him as to the condition of the 
 camp, hospitals, sinks, stables, etc., and the conduct and vigilance of the 
 police and camp guards during the day and night. 
 
 5. At least once during the day he will inspect the tents and the en- 
 tire camp of the regiment, the kitchens, and 'all the cooking utensils, 
 sinks, wells, parade-ground, and guard-houses. He will make the rounds 
 of the camp-guard during the nighfyand also observe that all standing 
 orders of the brigade, regiment, etc., are strictly complied with.
 
 I 
 
 22 REGULATIONS FOR CAMP ALLEN. 
 
 BRIGADE FIELD-OFFICER OF THE DAY. 
 
 6. He is charged particularly with police duties. Under his directions 
 the old guard of the day previous is turned out to police the camp. He 
 is to look particularly to all matters under the head of Police and Duties 
 in Camp. He sees that the officer of the guard properly turns out the 
 guard, and that the accustomed salute is paid to all distinguished officers, 
 and to officers entitled to the compliment, and that the officer of the 
 guard thoroughly understands his duties. 
 
 I 
 
 BRIGADE FIELD-OFFICER OF THE DAY. 
 
 1. The field-officer of the day is generally taken from the field-officers 
 of regiments, but senior Captains may be detailed. His duties are simi- 
 lar, but more comprehensive than those of the regimental officer of the 
 day. He is to the brigade what the latter is to his regiment. 
 
 2. He is, in a measure, a special aid and representative of his General, 
 to see that the orders and regulations of the brigade or division are prop- 
 erly observed. His term of office is commonly twenty-four hours, and 
 in that period he should visit every part of the command at least once or 
 twice, and report to his superior whatever he sees in the condition or 
 conduct of the troops particularly commendatory or censurable, or in any 
 way unusual. 
 
 3. In camp he has the immediate superintendence of the camps of the 
 brigade, as to order, cleanliness, and health. He is the chief officer of 
 police, and it is his duty, through the regimental officers of the day, to 
 carry out the regulations in regard to policing the camps. 
 
 4. He will ride through all company and other streets, see to their 
 cleanliness, and the condition of sinks, trenches, etc. ; order all refuse, 
 offal, and all other matter deleterious to health to be buried. 
 
 5. He should visit the kitchens, hospitals, out-houses, and all places 
 occupied or used by the men, order evils or abuses corrected, and see 
 that his orders are obeyed. Having the power and authority, he has not 
 any excuse for leaving the brigade encampment, at the end of his tour of 
 duty, in any thing but a well policed, orderly, and healthy condition. 
 
 6. He should attend to the wells, and see that sufficient pure water may 
 be obtained. He should also see to the proper position of the sinks, cook- 
 fires, Commissary Department, stables, and the requisite guards for the 
 same. 
 
 7. He should see that the hours for drill and instruction established at 
 head-quarters are complied with; and the men are prompt to their duty 
 at " reveille," and to their quarters at tattoo, and that the lights are 
 down at taps. He should also preserve order throughout the brigade 
 camp-grounds during the night. 
 
 8. He should see that the camp-guards do their duty, and are at their 
 posts during the night, as well as through the day, and should require a
 
 REGULATIONS FOR CAMP ALLEN. 23 
 
 ARRANGEMENTS AFTER THE MARCH. 
 
 uniform mode of mounting guard and doing camp-guard duty through- 
 out the command. He should also be authorized to instruct sentinels in 
 the proper manner of saluting officers, and constant observance of regu- 
 lations in this respect. Hardly anything tends so much to make the sol- 
 dier feel cheerful as the consciousness that he has been properly instructed 
 in his duty. 
 
 9. He should see that the butchers of the brigade or regiments dig 
 proper trenches for the reception of all refuse matter, that it is buried, 
 and the vicinity made and kept wholesome. 
 
 10. He should report to the Commanding General.at 9 A. M., [or such 
 hour as directed] for instructions, and promptly turn over those instruc- 
 tions to his successor. He should receive at 9 A. M., at his head-quar- 
 ters, each regimental officer of the day, and give to him definite instruc- 
 tions, and receive from them, on the morning of the next day. at 8J 
 o'clock, their respective reports. 
 
 ARRANGEMENTS AFTER THE MARCH. 
 
 1. The moment a regiment arrives at camp or bivouac, the camp-guard 
 will be posted, whose duty it is to prevent any person leaving, except 
 officers and authorized persons. 
 
 2. When the column reaches the camp ground, the infantry comes into 
 line on the color line. The number of men to be furnished for guards, 
 pickets, and orderlies are then announced by the Brigadier-General to 
 the Colonels and by them to the field officers, the Adjutant and Captains 
 formed in front of the regiment, the First Sergeants taking post behind 
 their Captains. The Adjutant then makes the details, and the First Ser- 
 geants warn the men. The regimental officer of the day forms the 
 picket and sends the guards to their posts. 
 
 3. The officer of the day, under the commanding officer, is particu- 
 larly responsible for the cleanliness of the camp or quarters of each 
 regiment ; and the field officer of the day, who is charged with the 
 superintendence of the police and the cleanliness of the camp or quar- 
 ters of the brigade, will give such orders upon the subject as may be 
 necessary to the officer of the day. 
 
 4. If the arms are not stacked on the ground of formation, some con- 
 spicuous mark must be made on the right and left flank of the ground 
 on which each regiment, when called out, is to form. 
 
 PREPARING FOR THE MARCH. 
 
 1. A bugler will always be at hand at the head-quarters of each regi- 
 mental commander. The Assistant Adjutant-General will detail buglers 
 from the different regiments to attend at his head-quarters, from whence 
 all calls will be sounded.
 
 24 REGULATIONS FOR CAMP ALLEN. 
 
 PREPARING FOR THE MARCH. 
 
 2. The calls, as laid down in the Infantry Tactics, will be used by bu- 
 gles alone. They will be instantly repeated by the bugler at each regi- 
 mental head-quarters. To prevent confusion, there will be sounded first 
 the call of the brigade. This will be repeated by all buglers when re- 
 peating calls. 
 
 3. When the whole of the troops in a brigade are to move, " the Gen- 
 eral," the "Assembly," and " To the Color," will be sounded at the proper 
 intervals, in the order here mentioned. At the first, the troops will pre- 
 pare for the movement; at the second, they will form by company; and 
 at the third, unite by battalion. If some of the regiments only are to 
 depart, these sounds will be preceded, in each of the regiments, by the 
 particular march of the regiment. Each regiment will prepare and in- 
 struct the bugler in its own refrain or march. 
 
 4. The officers' call, as used in the field for drill, when in camp, will 
 call only Colonels, or their Adjutants, to receive orders. 
 
 5. The " General" At this call Sergeants and Corporals will see that 
 their squads dress, equip, pack up, and prepare for the march. 
 
 6. The officers will immediately prepare themselves for the march, and 
 then visit their entire companies, and see that the non-commissioned 
 officers have properly performed their duties. 
 
 7. The tents 0*r bivouacs will be struck immediately at the " General." 
 
 8. The baggage, extra rations, and all matters to be carried in the 
 wagons, must be packed at least ten minutes before the t: Assembly" 
 sounds. 
 
 9. The " Assembly" will usually sound from thirty to sixty minutes 
 after the " General," when the companies will assemble on the company 
 parade grounds, and be inspected thoroughly by the officers. The 
 column will be divided into platoons and sections. 
 
 10. The wagons will assemble at the left of the line of tents or 
 bivouacs, under charge of the Quarter-Master. The Eegimental Quar- 
 ter-Master will then report to the Brigade Quarter-Master that his train 
 is ready, and ask for instructions. 
 
 11. The Third Sergeants of companies will see to the packing of the 
 baggage, and assist the Quarter-Master in the preparations at the sound- 
 ing of the " General." 
 
 12. " To the Color" will sound after the " Assembly," at such time as 
 the General may direct, when the regiment will form on its color-line or 
 in column, without ceremony, and march to the place designated for the 
 brigade, in quick time, band playing, unless otherwise ordered. 
 
 13. Regimental Quarter-Masters will have the general direction of 
 affairs pertaining to the regimental train, where regiments move sepa- 
 rately. Where they move together, the Brigade Quarter-Master will 
 direct.
 
 REGULATIONS FOR CAMP ALLEN. 25 
 
 ON THE MARCH OFFICERS AT STATIONS. 
 
 14. If the baggage of "any regiment fails to be at the rendezvous at 
 the proper time, the Brigade Quarter-Master will report the fact in writ-, 
 ing, with particulars, to the General, and the baggage of such regiment 
 will be placed last in the train, and sent to them last, after the march ; 
 if other teams or wagons break down or give out during the march, the 
 teams or wagons of such regiment will be used to replace them. 
 
 15. Guards, details at wells, springs, etc., will join their companies at 
 the sound of the " General." 
 
 16. Outpost guards will receive orders for the dispositions as regards 
 them, and the time they will leave their posts. In case of failure to 
 receive any orders, they will, after the brigade has marched, join the 
 rear guard. 
 
 ON THE MARCH OFFICERS AT STATIONS MARCHING OFF SILENCE ROUTE 
 
 STEP HALTING AND CLOSING UP FORMATION AFTER THE MARCH. 
 
 1. All officers remain constantly at their posts during the march. 
 
 2. Captains at the head of their companies; Lieutenants in the rear, 
 except at " route step," when the Captains may march at the rear of 
 their companies. 
 
 3. Commanding officers of regiments, assisted by their Adjutants, will 
 move from one part to another, as their presence may be required, for 
 the preservation of order, and the prevention of straggling, and chang- 
 ing the position from platoon or company to flank, or vice versa. 
 
 4. In like manner, the Lieutenant-Colonel, Major, or Captain, will quit 
 their habitual stations when their presence is required in any other part 
 of their wings or companies, but will return to them as soon as the pur- 
 pose for which they quitted them shall be effected. 
 
 5. On all occasions of marching out of camp or bivouac to picket or 
 other duty, or of moving after a halt, the regiment must always move 
 off together by word of command. 
 
 6. The men must be perfectly silent, dress and keep the step, covering 
 in file as on drill, until the word " route step" is given by the command- 
 ing officer. 
 
 7. All commands given to men marching at " route step" must be pre- 
 ceded by bugal signal or command ' : l Attention." At this, the men will 
 bring their pieces immediately to shoulder arms, close up and form regu- 
 larly, keeping perfect silence until the command "route step" is again 
 given. 
 
 (In less than a brigade, bugle sound will not be needed.) 
 
 8. All commands or bugle signals must bo repeated promptly to the 
 rear by commandants of regiments, wings, companies, or by their buglers. 
 The Major will repeat the command (if from the head of the column,) 
 to the commandant of the regiment in his rear.
 
 26 REGULATIONS FOR CAMP ALLEN. 
 
 FORMATION AFTER THE MARCH. 
 
 9. When marching at " route step," the ranks may be opened and the 
 files loosened. Each rank, section, platoon, or company will hold itself 
 
 'in condition to march easily, without crowding, at the same time pre- 
 serving its individuality, and ready to form solidly in an instant. " Eoute 
 Step " does not mean any permission for straggling. 
 
 10. When at the end of a march it happens that a line is to be taken 
 up by a successive formation, or a column formed, each company may 
 shoulder arms as soon as formed by command from its own officer, but 
 the companies must not " order arms " or stand at a rest until directed 
 to do so by the commanding officer of the regiment when the whole is 
 formed. 
 
 11. When any officer desires to pass any notice to the commanding 
 officer of the regiment, or to any other company, or to direct the men 
 to keep to the right or left, to permit mounted officers to pass along the 
 column or road, the word must be passed by the officers or First Ser- 
 geants only. The men must not repeat calls, orders, or commands, un- 
 less directed. 
 
 12. Whenever the bugles sound the " Halt " from the head of the 
 column, the call will be repeated by the bugles along the line, and each 
 regiment will halt wherever it may be, closing up only to its own head, 
 and not closing up the interval that may have been lost between it and 
 the preceding regiment. 
 
 13. When it is intended that the whole column should close up and 
 halt, the head of the column will be halted silently, without bugle call 
 or signal. The word will be passed to the rear to close up and halt ; and 
 when the last regiment of the brigade has closed up and halted, its 
 bugler will sound the halt as an indication to the head of the column 
 that the last regiment has closed up to its proper interval. 


 
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