PERKINS LIBRARY Diilce University Kare books w v* r r line of each regiment. X. At taps, all lights, except those of commissioned officers, non-commissioned staff, and first sergeants, are to be extinguished, and there is to be perfect quiet in the encampment. One officer of each company remains on duty in his company grounds for half an hour after.taps, enforcing obedience to these requirements, and then reports to the adjutant of the regiment. All lights, except those of the field and staff, are extinguished at 11 P. M. XI. Brigade, regimental, and company commanders are re- quired to give close and constant attention to the quality and quantity of the rations issued to their men, and the preparation of the same as food. The various medical officers are to make frequent inspections of the issues of food and the cooking uten- sils, find offer such suggestions, from time to time, as may seem likely to promote the health of the command. XII. In each brigade, a brigade guard is to be detailed every day, consisting- of the proper number of commissioned and non- commissioned officers, and man enough for a chain of sentinels entirely surrounding the brigade encampment, including the sinks, and, if practicable, the water. Between daylight and dark, officers wearing their side-arms, and enlisted men without arms or accoutrements, are to pass the chain of sentinels of the brigade guard at will ; but this does not authorize them to absent themselves from any duty whatever, nor to go more than five hundred yards from their camps, unless they are general officers, brigade or regimental commanders, their staff officers, orderlies, or couriers on dxity. • Between dark and daylight, the brigade guard challenges all persons attempting to pass the line, and arrests all who do not give the countersign. At all hours, whether by day or night, the brigade guard arrests all disorderly or suspicions persons, and all citizens coming within the lines without the written permission of a general officer, or an officer commanding an outpost or cavalry force covering the lines of this army. There is also to be a patrol guard in each brigade, moving day arid night through and around the encampment, arresting sus- picious persons, preventing nuisances, and suppressing all dis- orders. XIII. From the division, there is to be detailed, daily, or at longer intervals, as circumstances may require, a picket guard, consisting of the proper number of commissioned and non-com- missioned officers, and men enough to coverall approaches to the camp, and to keep up, by day and night, an efficient patrol between the several picket stations. It receives special instruc- 1 tions, from time to time. Each brigade officer of the day has immediate control over the pickets detailed from his brigade, and is responsible for their due performance of duty. [ 6 ] XIV. Every detachment is to maintain such guards as will effectually preserve order and prevent 'surprise. The smaller the body,. the greater the necessity for vigilance. . While one relief of a guard is on post, and another sleeps, the other relief is to be at the guard house, awake, and ready for any emergency. Officers and men detailed for guard duty are to take with them their blankets and cooked rations, and are not, on" any pretence, to revisit their quarters until- relieved, unless in the proper and necessary discharge of duty. XV. One of the commissioned officers of each guard is required to visit all the sentinels of each relief, assuring himself that they know and correctly perform all their duties. Brigade officers of the day are to visit their guards at least once before dark, and once during the night, after twelve P. M., ascertaining that both officers and men are properly instructed and duly vigilant. All the guards, patrols, fatigue and police parties of the command are under the general supervision and control of the division officer of the day, and he is responsible for their due performance of duty. He requires those under him to make written reports as soon as relieved, and forwards the same to division headquarters, with such comments and suggestions as he may think expedient. He reports to the division commander, in person, when relieved, accompanied by the new division officer of the day. XVI. A sentinel should always be ready to fire. He must, however, be sure of the presence of an enemy before firing ; once satisfied of that, he m ist fire, at all hazards, as the safety of the command may depend upon it. Sentinels fire on all persons deserting to the enemy, or breaking through the lines and failing to stop when so ordered, and upon all persons whom it is their duty to arrest, and who cannot otherwise be secured. If a person challenged announces that he is without the countersign, the sentinel orders " stand ! " at the same time requiring the person to face from him, and calls the corporal of the guard, with the number of the post. Persons on horseback [ 1 ] are to dismount, when approaching sentinels, to give the countersign. Officers of guards an 1 required bo to regulate the movements* of the sentinels that they shall habitually turn on their posts at the same time, and all move in the same direction. Due honors are to be paid by guards and sentinels, and acknowledged by the officers so complimented. Proper saluta- tions are always to be exchanged, at meeting, between officers, and between officers and privates. XVII. All orders affecting the conduct of the troops are to be read at the head of each company, that all may distinctly hear them. The Rules and Articles of War of the Confederate States are to be read to each company, on the first Sunday of each month. It is earnestly hoped that little or no cause will be given for enforcing the penalties therein pronounced against offenders ; but all are distinctly notified, and solemnly cautioned, that seri-' ous violations of the same will be dealt with as therein provided, and no pardons granted. XVIII. A spirit of courtesy is to be cultivated, and harmony, devotion to the cause, obedience to superiors, and patient endu- rance of all hardships, sought to be made the distinguishing characteristics of both officers and men. Language or conduct calculated to cause discontent among the troops is not to be tolerated, and, in every instance, the offender is to be put in arrest and brought to trial. This is made the duty of all officers of the command. The habit of entering private houses, uninvited, obtaining food from private families, and otherwise lessening the comforts or increasing the burthens of the women and children of the country, is unsoldierly in the extreme. The practice of commit- ting depredations upon private property is detestable. Officers of all grades are to be held strictly accountable I'm- the conduct of their men in these respects, and all damages suffered by citi- zens are to be deducted from the offender's pay. « Officers arc reminded that assiduous attention to every duty is the sacred obligation resting on them; and that the censure of their own consciences, and of their countrymen everywhere, will [ 8 ] assuredly follow them up, during the war and to the end of life, if they prove remiss in any respect. The test of their fidelity is in the condition of the troops which they command. Men well disciplined, well instructed, and well cared for, point out the honest officer and. true patriot. The reverse shows an officer unworthy of his position, and faithless to the cause. By command of Major-General Hindman". J. P. WILSON, A. A. General U5 8888 BRaS