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THE ARMY REGULATIONS," With Compliments of
FOR THE USE OF The Compiler
THE NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF THE FIFTY-FIRST REGIMENT N. Y. V.
COMPILED BY R. CHARLTON MITCHELL, Captain Fifty-first Regiment N. Y. V.
· BY ORDER OF
COL. EDWARD FERRERO, COMMANDING.
ANNAPOLIS. ELIHU S. RILEY, PRINTER. 1861.
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Allen County Public Library 900 Webster Street PO Box 2270 Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2270
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1861, by R. CHARLTON MITCHELL, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the District of Maryland.
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NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND
SOLDIERS OF THE 51ST REG., N. Y. V:
This little work has been compiled for your use, by order of your Colonel, in it, you will find such extracts from the "Army Regulations," and "Articles of War," as relate to your duties as soldiers. The Colonel, in placing a copy of it, in the hands of each of you, trusts that you will not only read, but study it, and endeavor, in every way, to conform to the line of duty it lays down for you.
R. C. M.
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EXTRACTS
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THE ARMY REGULATIONS. 1 .
MILITARY DISCIPLINE.
1. All inferiors are required to obey strictly, and to execute ,with alacrity and good faith, the lawful orders of the supe- viors appointed over them.
COMPANIES.
. , 89. The name of each soldier will be labeled on his bunk, .and his company number will be placed against his arms and ac.outrements.
. 90. The arms will be placed in the arm-racks, the stoppers · in the muzzles, the cocks let down, and the bayonets in their scabbards ; the accoutrements suspended over the arms, and , the swords hung up by the belts on pegs.
. 91., The knapsack of each man will be placed on the lower shelf of his bunk, at its foot, packed with his effects, and ready to be slung ; the great-coat on the same shelf, rolled and strapped ; the coat, folded inside out, and placed under the knapsack; the cap on the second or upper shelf; and the boots well cleaned.
92. Dirty clothes will be kept in an appropriate part of the knap-sack ; no article of any kind to be put under the bed- ding.
93. Cooking utensils and table equipage will be cleaned and arranged in closets or recesses ; blacking and brushes out of view ; the fuel in boxes.
!! 94. Ordinarily the cleaning will be on Saturdays. The
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chiefs of squads will cause bunks and bedding to be over- hauled ; floors dry rubbed ; tables and benches scoured ; arms cleaned ; accoutrements whitened and polished, and everything put in order.
"95. Where conveniences for bathing are to be had, the men should bathe once a week. The feet to be washed at least twice a week. The hair kept short, and beard neatly trimmed.
96. Non-commissioned officers, in command of squads, will be held more immediately responsible that their men observe what is prescribed above; that they wash their hands and faces daily ; that they brush or comb their heads ; that those who are to go on duty put their arms, accoutrements, dress, &c., in the best order, and that such as have permission to pass the chain of sentinels are in the dress that may be or- dered.
97. 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.
98. When belts are given to a soldier, the captain will see that they are properly fitted to the body ; and it is forbidden to cut any belt without his sanction.
99. Cartridge-boxes and bayonet-scabbards will be polished with blacking ; varnish is injurious to the leather, and will not be used.
100. 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 Department. Arms will not be taken to pieces without permission of a commissioned officer. Bright barrels will be kept clean and free from rust without polish- ing 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 operations, a rod of wood with a loop in one end is to be used instead of the 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.
101. Arms shall not be left loaded in quarters or tents, or when the men are off duty, except by special orders.
102. Ammunition issued will be inspected frequently. Each man will be made to pay for the rounds expended with- out orders, or not in the way of duty, or which may be dam- aged or lost by his neglect.
103. Ammunition will be frequently exposed to the dry air, or sunned. :
104. Special care shall be taken to ascertain that no ball-
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cartridges are mixed with the blank cartridges issued to the men.
105. All knapsacks are to be painted black. Those for the artillery will be marked in the centre of the cover with the number of the regiment only, in figures of one inch and a half in length, of the character called full face, with yellow paint. Those for the infantry will be marked in the same way, in white paint. Those for the ordnance will be marked with two cannon, crossing; the cannon to be seven and a half inches in length, in yellow paint, to resemble those on the cap. The knapsack straps will be black.
106. The knapsacks will also be marked upon the inner side with the letter of the company and the number of the soldier, on such part as may be readily observed at inspec- tions.
107. Haversacks will be marked upon the flap with the number and name of the regiment, the letter of the company, and number of the soldier, in black letters and figures. And each soldier must, at all times, be provided with a haversack and canteen, and will exhibit them at all inspections. It will be worn on the left side on marches, guard, and when paraded for detached service-the canteen outside the haver- sack.
108. The front of the drums will be painted with the arms of the United States, on a blue field for the infantry, and on a red field for the artillery. The letter of the company and number of the regiment, under the arms, in a scroll.
110. Soldiers will wear the prescribed uniform in camp or garrison, and will not be permitted to keep in their possession any other clothing. When on fatigue parties, they will wear the proper fatigue dress.
225. Immediately after reveille roll-call, the tents or quar- ters, and the space around them, will be put in order by the men of the companies, superintended by the chiefs of squads, and the guard-house or guard-tent by the guard or prisoners.
SALUTES.
244. Courtesy among military men is indispensable to dis- cipline. Respect to superiors will not be confined to obe- dience 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 com- plimentary notice.
245. Sergeants, with swords drawn, will salute by bring-
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ing 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, and privates not sen- tries, will carry their muskets at a shoulder as sergeants, and salute in like manner.
246. 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 compli- ment thus offered.
247: 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 stand- ing, 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.
GUARDS AND DUTIES OF SENTINELS.
389. 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. --
390. Each relief, before mounting, is inspected by the com- mander of the guard or of its post. The Corporal reports to him, and presents the old relief on its return.
391. The countersign, or watchword, is given to such per- cons as are entitled to pass during the night, and to officers, non-commissioned officers, and sentinels of the guard Inte- rior guards receive the countersign only when ordered by the commander of the troops.
392. The parole is imparted to such officers only as have a · right to visit the guards, and to make the grand rounds ; and to officers commanding guards.
393. 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.
394. The officer of the day must see that the officer of the guard is furnished with the parole and countersign before re- treat.
395. 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.
396. Upon being relieved, the officer of the day will make
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such remarks in the report of the officer of the guard as cir- cuinstances require, and present the same at head-quarters.
397. 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 com- mand.
398. The officers are to remain constantly at their guards, except while visiting their sentinels, or necessarily engaged elsewhere on their proper duty.
399. Neither officers nor soldiers are to take off their cloth- ing or accoutrements while they are on guard.
. 400. The officer of the guard must see that the countersign is duly communicated to the sentinels a little before twilight.
401. When a fire breaks out, or any alarm is raised in a garrison all guards are to be immediately under arms.
402. Inexperienced officers are put on guard as supernu- meraries, for the purpose of instruction.
403. 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 com- manding officer ; in which case the orders will be immediate -. ly notified to the commander of the guard by the officer giv- ing them.
404. Sentinels will report every breach of orders or regu- lations they are instructed to enforce.
405. Sentinels must keep themselves on the alert, observ- ing every thing that takes place within sight and hearing of their post. They will carry their arms habitually at sup- port, or on either shoulder, but will never quit them. In wet weather, if there be no sentry-box, they will secure arms.
406. No sentinel shall quit his post or hoid conversation not necessary to the proper discharge of his duty.
407. All persons, of whatever rank in the service, are re- quired to observe respect toward sentinels.
408. 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.
409. 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 senti- nels.
410. Sentinels will present arms to general and field offi- cers, to the officer of the day, and to the commanding officer of the post. To all other officers they will carry arms.
411. When a sentinel in his sentry-box sees an officer ap- 2
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proaching, he will stand at attention, and as the officer passes will salute him, by bringing the left hand briskly to the musket, as high as the right shoulder.
412. The sentinel at any post of the guard, when he sees any body of troops, or an officer entitled to compliment, ap- proach, must call-"Turn out the guard!" and announce who approaches.
413. Guards do not turn out as a matter of compliment af- ter sunset ; but sentinels will, when officers in uniform ap- proach, pay them proper attention, by facing to the proper front, and standing steady at shouldered arms. This will be observed until the evening is so far advanced that the senti- nels begin challenging.
: 414. After retreat (or the hour appointed by the command- ing officer), until broad daylight, a sentinel challenges every person who approaches him, taking, at the same time, the po- sition of arms port. He will suffer no person to come nearer than within reach of his bayonet, until the person has given the countersign.
- 415. A sentinel, in challenging, will call out-" Who comes there ?" If answered-"Friend, with the countersign," and he be instructed to pass persons with the countersign, he will reply-"Advance, friend, with the countersign !" If an- swered-"Friends !" he will reply-"Halt, friends ! Ad- vance one with the countersign!" If answered-"Relief," "Patrol," or "Grand Rounds," he will reply-"Halt, Ad- vance, Sergeant (or Corporal), with the countersign !" and sat- isfy himself that the party is what it represents itself to be. If he have no authority to pass persons with the countersign, 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 !"'
- 416. In the day time, 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.
417. 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, may demand the countersign and parole.
418. The officer of the day, wishing to make the rounds, will take an escort of a non-commissioned officer and two -
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men. When the rounds are challenged by a sentinel, the Sergeant will answer-"Grand Rounds," and the sentinel will reply-"Halt, Grand rounds ! Advance, Sergeant, with the countersign.". Upon which the Sergeant advances and gives the countersign. Thesentinel will then cry-"Advance rounds !" and stand at a shoulder till they have passed.
419. 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 countersign !" The Sergeant of the rounds advances alone, gives the countersign, 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 ad- vances alone, the guard 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 es- cort, and, taking a new one, proceeds in the same manner to other guards.
420. All material instructions given to a sentinel on post by persons entitled to make grand rounds, ought to be promptly notified to the commander of the guard.
421. Any General officer, or the commander of a post or garrison, may visit the guards of his command, and go the grand rounds, and be received in the same manner as pre- scribed for the officer of the day.
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569. The police guard and the advanced post pay the same honors as others guards. They take arms when an armed body approaches.
570. The sentinel over the colors has orders not to permit them to be moved except in presence of an escort ; to let no one touch them but the color-bearer, or the sergeant of the police guard when he is accompanied by two armed men.
571. The sentinels on the color front permit no soldier to take arms from the stacks, except by order of some officer, or
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a non-commissioned officer of the guard. The sentinel at the Colonel's tent has orders to warn him, day or night, of any unusual movement in or about the camp.
572. The sentinels on the front, flanks, and rear, see that no soldier leaves camp with horse or arms unless conducted by a non-commissioned officer. They prevent non-commis- sioned officers and soldiers from passing out at night, except to go to the sinks, and mark if they return. They arrest, at any time, suspicious persons prowling about the camp, and at night, every one who attempts to enter, even the soldiers of other corps. Arrested persons are sent to the officer of the guard, who sends them, if necessary, to the officer of the day.
573. The sentinels on the front of the advanced post have orders to permit neither non-commissioned officers nor soldiers to pass the line, without reporting at the advanced post ; to warn the advanced post of the approach of any armed body, and to arrest all suspicious persons. The sergeant sends per- sons so arrested to the officer of the guard, and warns him of the approach of any armed body.
574. The sentinel over the arms at the advanced post guards the prisoners and keeps sight of them, and suffers no one to converse with them without permission. They are only per- mitted to go to the sinks one at a time, and under a sentinel.
575. If any one is to be passed out of camp at night, the officer of the guard sends him under an escort to the ad- vanced post, and the sergeant of the post has him passed over the chain.
576. At retreat, the officer of the guard has the roll of his guard called, and inspects arms, to see that they are loaded and in order ; and visits the advanced post for the same pur- pose. The sergeant of the police guard, accompanied by two armed soldiers, folds the colors and lays them on the trestle in rear of the arms. He sees that the sutler's stores are then closed, and the men leave them, and that the kitchen fires are put out at the appointed hour.
PLUNDERING.
768. Plundering and marauding, at all times disgraceful to soldiers, when committed on the persons or property of those whom it is the duty of the army to protect, become crimes of such enormity as to admit of no remission of the aw- ful punishment which the military law awards against of- fenses of this nature.
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TROOPS ON BOARD OF TRANSPORTS.
TROOPS ON BOARD OF TRANSPORTS.
834. Immediately after embarking, the men will be as- signed to quarters, equal parties on each side of the ship, and no man will be allowed to loiter or sleep on the opposite side. As far as practicable, the men of each company will be assigned to the same part of the vessel, and the squads, in the same manner, to contiguous berths.
835. Arms will be so placed, if there be no racks, as to be secure from injury, and enable the men to handel them promptly-bayonets unfixed and in scabbard.
838. The guard will be proportioned to the number of sen- tinels required. At sea the guard will mount with side-arms only. The officer of the guard will be officer of the day.
.839. Sentinels will be kept over the fires, with buckets of water at hand, promptly to extinguish fires. Smoking is prohibited between decks or in the cabins, at all times; nor shall any lights be allowed between decks, except such ship lanterns as the master of the transport may direct, or those carried by the officer of the day in the execution of his duty.
840. Regulations will be adopted to enable companies or messes to cook in turn ; no others than those whose turn it is, will be allowed to loiter around or approach the galleys or other cooking places.
842. All the troops will turn out at - -, A. M. without arms or uniform, and (in warm weather) without shoes or stockings ; when every individual will be clean, his hands, face, and feet washed, and his hair combed. The same per- sonal inspection will be repeated thirty minutes before sunset. The cooks alone may be exempted from one of these inspec- tions per day, if necessary.
843. Recruits or awkward men will be exercised in the morning and evening in the use of arms, an hour each time, when the weather will permit.
844. Officers will enforce cleanliness as indispensable to health. When the weather will permit, bedding will be brought on deck every morning for airing. Tubs may be fix- ed on the forecastle for bathing, or the men may be placed in the chains and have buckets of water thrown over them.
847. During cooking hours, the officers of companies visit the camboose, and see that the messes are well prepared. The copppers and other cooking utensils are to be regularly and well washed, both before and after use.
848. The bedding will be replaced in the berths at sunset, or at an earlier hour when there is a prospect of bad weather - and at tattoo every man not on duty will be in his berth.
EXTRACTS FROM THE ARTICLES OF WAR.
AN ACT FOR ESTABLISHING RULES AND ARTICLES FOR THE GOVERN- MENT OF THE ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America, in Congress assem- bled, That, from and after the passing of this act, the follow- ing shall be the rules and articles by which the armies of the United States shall be governed.
ART. 2. It is earnestly recommended to all officers and sol- diers diligently to attend divine service ; and all officers who shall behave indecently or irreverently at any place of divine worship shall, if commissioned officers, be brought before a general court-martial, there to be publicly and severely repri- manded by the president ; if non-commissioned officers or sol- diers, every person so offending shall, for his first offense, for- feit one sixth of a dollar, to be deducted out of his next pay ; for the second offense, he shall not only forfeit a like sum, but be confined twenty-four hours ; and for every like of- fense, shall suffer and pay in like manner ; which money, so forfeited, shall be applied, by the captain or senior officer of the troop or company, to the use of the sick soldiers of the company or troop to which the offender belongs.
ART. 3. Any non-commissioned officer or soldier who shall use any profane oath or execration, shall incur the penalties expressed in the foregoing article ; and a commissioned officer shall forfeit and pay, for each and every such offense, one dollar, to be applied as in the preceeding article.
ART. 5. Any officer or soldier who shall use contemptuous or disrespectful words against the President of the United States, against the Vice-President thereof, against the Con- gress of the United States, or against the Chief Magistrate or Legislatureof any of the United States, in which hemay bequar- tered, if a commissioned officer, shall be cashiered, or other- wise punished, as a court-martial shall direct; if a non-com- missioned officer or soldier, he shall suffer such punishment as shall be inflicted on him by the sentence of a court-mar- tial.
ART. 6. Any officer or soldier who shall behave himself with contempt or disrespect toward his commanding officer, shall be punished, according to the nature of his offence, by the judgment of a court-martial.
ART. 7. Any officer or soldier who shall begin, excite,
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cause, or join in, any mutiny or sedition, in any troop or com- pany in the service of the United States, or in any party, post, detachment, or guard, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as by a court-martial shall be inflicted.
ART, S. Any officer, non-commissioned officer, or soldier, who, being present at any mutiny or sedition, does not use his utmost endeavor to suppress the same, or, coming to the knowledge of any intended mutiny, does not, without delay, give information thereof to his commanding officer, shall be punished by the sentence of a court-martial with death, or otherwise, according to the nature of his offense.
ART. 9. Any officer or soldier who shall strike his superior officer, or draw or lift up any weapon, or offer any violence: against him, being in the execution of his office, on any pre- - tense whatsoever, or shall disobey any lawful command of his superior officer, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall, according to the nature of his offense, be inflicted upon him by the sentence of a court-martial.
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