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Introduction
1. Guards may be divided into four classes: Exterior guards, interior guards, military police, and provost guards. 2. Exterior guards are used only in time of war. They belong to the domain of tactics and are treated of in the Field Service Regulations and in the drill regulations of the different arms of the service. The purpose of exterior guards is to prevent surprise, to delay attack, and otherwise to provide for the security of the main body. On the march they take the form of advance guards, rear guards, and flank guards. At a halt they consist of outposts. 3. Interior guards are used in camp or garrison to preserve order, protect property, and to enforce police regulations. In time of war such sentinels of an interior guard as may be necessary are placed close in or about a camp, and normally there is an exterior guard further out consisting of outposts. In time of peace the interior guard is the only guard in a camp or garrison. 4. Military police differ somewhat from either of these classes. (See Field Service Regulations.) They are used in time of war to guard prisoners, to arrest stragglers and deserters, and to maintain order and enforce police regulations in the rear of armies, along lines of communication, and in the vicinity of large camps. 5. Provost guards are used in the absence of military police, generally in conjunction with the civil authorities at or near large posts or encampments, to preserve order among soldiers beyond the interior guard.
Contents
Introduction
Classification of interior guards
Details and rosters
Commanding officer
The officer of the day
The commander of the guard
The sergeant of the guard
The corpora* of the guard
Musicians of the guard
Orderlies and color sentinels
Privates of the guard
Countersigns and paroles
Guard patrols
Watchmen
Compliments from guards
Prisoners
Guarding prisoners
Stable guards
Flags
Reveille and retreat gun
Guard mounting
Relieving the old guard
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