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3. Whenever it shall appear that more wood or straw has been drawn than there were officers, soldiers, servants or batmen not soldiers, and washer-women actually present and entitled thereto; the commanding officer signing such requisition, shall be held responsible for the value of the article drawn beyond the quantity allowed by these regulations, and shall have his name and the circumstances of the case, reported to the secretary for the department of war.
4. Requisitions thus signed, and the receipts given by the officers, to whom the articles are delivered for consumption, shall be produced as vouchers by the contractor, agent, or quarter-master, in the settlement of his accounts.
As a smaller quantity of fuel may suffice for the garrisons and recruiting parties to the southward than ordered by these regulations, their commandants are enjoined to regulate the demands for this article by the nature of the climate.
_Given at the war office of the United States in the city of Washington, this twenty eighth day of April_, A. D. 1801.
HENRY DEARBORN, _Secretary of War_.
_Additional regulations relative to fuel._
At all posts, garrisons, or recruiting rendezvous, to the northward of the 39th degree of north latitude, should be allowed in addition to the present allowance of wood, from the first day of October, to the first day of April in each year;
To each field officer, half a cord per month.
To every commanding officer, of a garrison, consisting of one company, half a cord per month.
To every other commissioned officer, one third of a cord per month.
To every room occupied by eight men, half a cord per month.
To a garrison or quarter guard, half a cord per month.
_May 1, 1806._
REGULATIONS _respecting certain supplies and objects of special and extra expense._
The several contractors, besides rations including ardent spirits and vinegar, shall only provide and furnish _quarters, transportation, forage, fuel, straw, and stationery_, to recruiting parties where there is no appropriate officer of the quarter-master general’s department to furnish the same. The quarters intended, are those of a temporary kind. The power to provide them shall not extend to the building or repairing of barracks. In what they furnish, they shall govern themselves _exclusively_ by the regulations which have been established by law or by the war department, and in cases to which no regulations apply, by the orders of the particular commanding officer.
No repairs shall be made to any barracks or buildings which shall incur a disbursement of money exceeding fifty dollars, but by an order of the secretary of war.
As often as any matter which may require any special or extra expense can wait without material injury to the service, for a communication to, and the direction of the secretary of war, or the commander of the army; it is not to be undertaken till after such communication and direction shall have been had.
The quarter-master general, his deputies and assistants, are primarily charged with making the disbursements in the cases abovementioned. When there is no such officer, the agent of the war department in the vicinity shall do it. All orders for such disbursements must be definite and in writing, to be transmitted with the accounts of them to the accountant of the war department; and all disbursements made in pursuance of these regulations must be substantiated by such vouchers as shall be prescribed by the said accountant.
_Given at the war office of the United States in the city of Washington, this twenty eighth day of April_, A. D. 1801.
HENRY DEARBORN, _Secretary of War_.
_Rules adopted by the president of the United States relative to promotions in the army._
Promotions in the army of the United States, shall hereafter be made agreeably to the regulations in force previous to those of the 3d of September 1799, which were promulgated in general orders, dated the ninth of that month.
Promotions to the rank of captain shall be made regimentally, and to the rank of major and lieutenant colonel in the lines of the artillery and infantry respectively.
The officer next in rank, will, on the happening of a vacancy, be considered, in ordinary cases, as the proper person to fill the same; but this rule may be subject to exceptions in extraordinary cases.
_Given at the war office of the United States, this twenty sixth day of May_, A. D. 1801, _and of independence the twenty fifth_.
HENRY DEARBORN, _Secretary of War_.
The above rules for promotion in the infantry and artillery, are applicable to the cavalry and riflemen.
No officer will consider himself as filling a vacancy until he receives notice thereof through the department of war.
H. DEARBORN. _March 7, 1808._
_Regulations respecting salutes._
Salutes from the forts in the several ports and harbors of the United States shall, as a general rule, be of sixteen discharges from guns of a calibre not exceeding nine or twelve pounders.
No salute shall be fired to foreign ships or vessels of war, but in return; and in every such case, their salute shall be returned gun for gun.
Each military post within the United States may fire a national salute on the morning of the fourth of July, annually; and when there shall be a collection of citizens at, or within the immediate vicinity of a military post for the purpose of celebrating the anniversary of American independence, sixteen guns may be fired in the course of the feast.
A national salute shall be fired on a visit to the post from the president or vice president of the United States, or the governor of the state in which the post may be.
A gun not exceeding a six pounder, should be fired daily at reveille beating, immediately after the break of day; after which, no officer or soldier should remain in bed.
_Given at the war office of the United States in the city of Washington, this tenth day of June_, A. D. 1801, _and in the twenty fifth year of American independence_.
(Signed) HENRY DEARBORN, _Secretary of war_.
REGULATIONS _respecting extra pay, and allowance of soldiers, when ordered on constant labor, for a term not less than 40 days._
The non-commissioned officers and privates of the artillery or infantry who may be drawn as artificers, to work constantly on fortifications or bridges, for a term not less than 40 days, Sundays excepted, shall be allowed, for each day’s actual labor, fourteen cents, and one gill of spirits each, in addition to their pay and rations, and one pair of linen overalls, and one frock; and if they shall be continued at work for 120 days, Sundays excepted, they shall each be allowed an additional frock, and an additional pair of overalls.
Other non-commissioned officers and privates, not artificers, who shall be drawn from the artillery and infantry for constant labor on fortifications, roads, or bridges, for a term not less than 40 days, Sundays excepted, shall be allowed for each day’s actual labor, ten cents and one gill of spirits each, in addition to their pay and rations; and if they shall be continued at work for 120 days, an additional frock and pair of overalls in like manner as the artificers.
It shall be the duty of the officer commanding any such working party, to have a regular account, kept under his inspection of every day’s work performed by each non-commissioned officer or private, signed by the commanding officer, and to transmit monthly a fair abstract thereof to the paymaster of the district in which the labor may be performed, which paymaster will be authorised to draw the money on the said abstracts, and pay the men conformably therewith.
It is to be understood, that the extra daily pay and allowance, is only to be given for actual day’s work, and not to be granted, when from sickness or other causes, the work shall not actually be performed.
(Signed) H. DEARBORN, _Secretary of war_.
_War department, June 25, 1801._
The above regulations, so far as they respect allowances of extra clothing, are considered as being superseded by the act fixing the military peace establishment, which grants fatigue clothing to all the non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates of that establishment, annually.
H. DEARBORN. _March 7, 1808._
_The following rates are to govern in the allowance to officers for the transportation of their baggage, when ordered on distant commands._
A colonel 750 pounds. Lieut. colonel, 600 Major, 500 Captain, 400 First lieutenant, 300 Second do. 250 Ensign, 250 Surgeon, 500 Surgeon’s mate, 300
Each officer to be allowed the usual and customary prices of transportation by land or water per hundred, on the route which shall be necessary for him to transport himself and baggage, for as many hundred as he is entitled to the transportation of, by the regulations hereto annexed. An average price by land, will not exceed two dollars per hundred for 100 miles, and by water there are but few cases where a certain rate per cwt. is not known.
(Signed) H. DEARBORN.
_War department, June 23, 1801._
In addition to the foregoing regulations, there shall be allowed to each officer, when ordered on general courts-martial, at the rate of three dollars for every hundred miles, for the transportation of his baggage.
(Signed) H. D.
_Ordinance, regulating and ascertaining the quantity of stationery which each officer, serving in the army of the United States, shall be entitled to receive annually._
To every officer commanding a separate post, the garrison of which shall consist of, from one to two companies, twenty quires of writing paper.
To every officer commanding a separate post, the garrison of which shall consist of, from three to five companies, thirty-six quires of writing paper.
To every officer commanding a separate post, one blank book containing two quires of paper.
For the use of the garrison of every separate post, ingredients sufficient to make two quarts of ink.
For the use of the garrison of every separate post, twenty dozen of wafers.
For the use of the assistant military agent, at every separate post, one blank book containing two quires of paper.
For the use of every military company, whether in garrison or otherwise, two quires of paper, and one blank book containing the same quantity.
For the use of every other commissioned officer in the army, two quires of letter paper, with a proportionate allowance of ink, quills, and wafers.
_Done at the war office of the U. States, this 25th day of February, 1802._
H. DEARBORN, _Secretary of war_.
_Regulations relative to the employment of physicians._
In future, no surgeon, surgeon’s mate, or physician, not holding an appointment in the army of the United States, is to be employed on public account, by any officer or other person whatever to act in the capacity of surgeon or physician, for any man or men attached to the army, unless by special agreement first entered into, in which the compensation for medical service to be performed, shall be stipulated in writing, either by the day or month.
When the services required shall be such, as not to exceed the usual duties of a surgeon’s mate, the compensation per month, should not exceed the pay and emoluments of a surgeon’s mate.
For any number of men, not exceeding twenty, the compensation should not exceed the rate of two hundred dollars a year, including medicine; and for any number of men, not exceeding thirty, the compensation should not exceed the rate of three hundred dollars a year, including medicine.
In no instance, extraordinary cases excepted, should the compensation for medical assistance, for a shorter period than one month, exceed the rate of four dollars per day, exclusive of medicine.
Charges for medical services, after the promulgation of these regulations, will require certificates, of their having been performed agreeable thereto.
_April 2, 1806._
_Regulations relative to returns of clothing._
It shall be the duty of the commanding officers of companies, to make out in December each year correct returns of the clothing necessary for their respective companies for the succeeding year, including what is on hand fit for service; also correct returns or all clothing on hand, noting such as is fit for use: the said returns to be forwarded annually, by the 1st day of January, to the department of war, through the commanding officer of the military post, garrison, or encampment, at which the officer making the returns is stationed. The commanding officers of companies, shall be responsible for the correctness of their respective returns.
_War department, Dec. 1, 1807._
REGULATIONS _to be observed by officers commanding detachments of the army to be embarked, and on ship board_.
I. The officer commanding the embarkation, prior to the men’s going on board, must personally inspect the transports, to ascertain that the quantity of provisions assigned, and every necessary accommodation is provided.
II. As soon as the troops are on board, an officer from each company will personally see, that the arms and accoutrements, the clothing neatly packed in the knapsacks, together with the hats, are to be placed in order, and properly secured, over their respective births, on the racks and pins ordered for the purpose: the arms are all to be provided with cloth tompkins; they are to be oiled, and handled daily, during the voyage, and are to be frequently inspected by the officers, to prevent their being injured by rust.
III. The men must be allotted to births, in the order in which they roll in their companies, and are to be divided into messes by squads, with a non-commissioned officer at the head of each, who is to be responsible for the good order and cleanliness of it; particular attention must be paid to the cooking, for which purpose two men must be detailed weekly from the company to attend to this duty, and it is essential that every other soldier should be prohibited from going to the camboose.
IV. An officer of the day will be appointed, whose duty it will be to enforce regularity, cleanliness and order amongst the men; to see that their provisions are well cooked and equally distributed; and in case of neglect, in any instance, he must immediately report the circumstance to the officer commanding, who will chastise the offender, if necessary.
V. The men must not be permitted to go below during the day, except in case of indisposition, or bad weather; and the bedding must invariably be brought on deck every morning, if not prevented by rain, and taken down always before sun set.
VI. To prevent accidents by fire, no candles must be suffered below, but in lanterns, and smoking between decks must be on no account, permitted. All lights are to be extinguished at eight o’clock; and the officers, to set an example of good order, should not indulge themselves in sitting up beyond a reasonable hour.
VII. General parades and calls of the roll are to be had at troop and retreat, with arms and accoutrements, in good weather, and without in bad; and on every Saturday, the commanding officer must make a complete inspection of arms, accoutrements and clothing.
VIII. To ensure cleanliness, the men must be compelled to wash their heads and hands every morning, and their feet every evening.
IX. A serjeant’s guard must be mounted daily, and a sufficient number of sentries posted, to enforce these regulations; and particularly one or more at the necessary, camboose and hatchways, with their side arms.
X. In case of coming to anchor, care must be taken to prevent the men having any communication with the shore; and attention must be paid to prevent their purchasing liquor or green fruit, from boats coming along side.
XI. The commanding officer is to co-operate with the master of the transport, in whatever may be necessary to promote the voyage; and in approaching a sail, he is positively forbid shewing a single soldier on deck: the sentries are in such case to be removed below.
XII. The men are to be furnished with two flints; twenty four rounds of ball cartridges, each: six in their cartridge boxes, and the residue packed in kegs.
These regulations are to be strictly observed in every particular; and any officer who may violate them, by omission or commission, will be brought before a general court-martial.
_Given at Head Quarters, city of Washington, Dec. 15, 1808._
This closes the whole body of Regulations for the United States force, as far as the American editor has been able to collect them.
_To buy or sell at the_ REGULATION, to give or receive no more for a commission than what has been settled by the king’s authority in the British service. When an officer is allowed to retire from a regiment with permission to sell, the one next for purchase is supposed to pay the regulation price or his commission; but it frequently happens that parties agree among themselves with respect to terms; and it sometimes occurs, that young men of interest and fortune stop the regular promotions of officers by overbidding the market. This traffic, so infamous in its principle, as well as in its abuses, was exhibited in an odious light in the case of the duke of York and his courtesans in 1809.
_Cavalry_ REGULATIONS, specific instructions for the formations and movements of cavalry.
_Infantry_ REGULATIONS. A system of tactics for infantry. The general principles for the formations and movements of cavalry and infantry being invariably the same, their more particular explanation in several points, is to be found in the regulations for the infantry. See _American Military Library_.
_General_ REGULATIONS _and orders_. A collection of certain general rules which were published for the British army by authority on the 20th of August, 1799, and which are to be considered as the ground work of those instructions that generals commanding districts, and officers in the command of brigades and regiments, forts or garrisons, may find it necessary to issue to the troops under their respective commands. To use the words of the adjutant general, this publication does by no means comprehend the whole detail which the various duties and services, and the interior economy and management of regiments may require. They are principally extracted from a book, intituled _The Rudiments of War_, which was published by N. Conant in 1777, they are directed to be considered as the _standing_ orders of the army at large. They cannot be altered, or in any sense be deviated from, without the king’s or commander in chief’s approbation. It is however to be observed, that a book manifestly calculated for the interior management of the army, and consequently a necessary companion to the rules and regulations, should have been more specific. Many circumstances, apparently insignificant in themselves, and, of course, unnoticed at head quarters, grow into objects of serious discussion among the different regiments of the service, both at home and abroad. It is an old maxim, that he who neglects small faults will soon fall into great offences.
RE-IMBODY. To re-imbody, is to imbody again any regiment or corps that has been disbanded. Thus, the English militia is disbanded, and partially re-imbodied for 28 days in every year during peace.
REIN, that part of a bridle which extends from the head of a horse to the hands of the rider, &c.
REINFORCE, in _founding guns_, that part of a gun next to the breech, which is made stronger than the rest of the piece, in order to resist the force of the powder. There are generally two in each piece, called the first and second reinforce: the second is something smaller than the first, upon the supposition that when the powder is inflamed, and occupies a greater space, its force is diminished, which is not the case. See CANNON.
REINFORCE _ring_. There are three in each gun, called the first, second, and third: they are flat mouldings, like flat iron hoops, placed at the breech end of the first and second reinforce, projecting from the rest of the metal by about ¹⁄₄ of an inch.
REINFORCEMENT _to the army_, is an addition of fresh troops to strengthen an army, in order to enable it to go on with an enterprise, &c.
_To_ REJOIN. To meet again. To return. He left his regiment when it broke up camp, but rejoined it again before the army marched into the enemy’s country·
REJOUISSANCES _publiques_, _Fr._ Public rejoicings, or thanksgivings. Chevalier Folard makes a curious and interesting comment relative to this subject, in one of his notes upon Polybius. He therein asserts, that the _Te Deum_, or thanksgiving to God, was as much practised among the heathens as it is among the moderns.
REITRES, _Fr._ a body of armed horsemen, who came out of Germany, and entered into the French service during the reign of Henry III. They were incorporated with the carabineers.
RELAYER, _Fr._ to relieve; to lessen the labor of any particular set of men by occasionally sending fresh workmen.
RELAIS, _Fr._ a term used in fortification to signify a space, containing some feet in breadth, which is between the foot of the rampart and the scarp of the fosse. It serves as a convenient receptacle for the earth that occasionally crumbles off.
RELAY _horses_, in the _artillery_, are spare horses that march with the artillery and baggage, ready to relieve others, or to assist in getting up a hill, or through bad roads, &c.
RELEASE. The commanding officer alone has the prerogative of releasing a prisoner from confinement, after he has once been duly given in charge to the guard, with his crime or crimes stated in writing; or of remitting after he has been adjudged to suffer military punishment; except in cases of a general court-martial, when the general of the district in certain cases, and the president of the United States in higher cases, can remit or mitigate.
_Cheval de_ RELAIS, _Fr._ a hackney horse.
RELEVEE, _Fr._ The afternoon.
RELEVER, _Fr._ to relieve. Hence,
RELEVER _une sentinelle_, _Fr._ To relieve a sentry, by posting another soldier in his room.
RELEVER _la garde_, _Fr._ To relieve guard.
RELIEF, _Fr._ an order, given by the minister at war, to authorize an officer to receive the arrears of pay which had accumulated during his absence from the regiment.
RELIEF, _Fr._ In architecture means the same as the term does when used in English.
RELIEN, _Fr._ The broken grains of gunpowder which have not passed through the sieve.
_To_ RELIEVE _the guard_, is to put fresh men upon guard, which is generally done every 24 hours.
_To_ RELIEVE _the trenches_, is to relieve the guard of the trenches, by appointing those for that duty, who have not been there before, or whose turn is next.
_To_ RELIEVE _the sentries_, is to put fresh men upon that duty from the guard, which is generally done every two hours, by a corporal who attends the relief, to see the proper orders are delivered to the soldier who relieves.
RELIEVER, an iron ring fixed to a handle by means of a socket, so as to be at right angles to it: it serves to disengage the searcher of a gun, when one of its points is retained in a hole, and cannot be got out otherwise. See SEARCHER.
_A_ REMAIN, a term used among store-keepers belonging to the board of ordnance, &c. to express the actual quantity of stores which is found at an outport, &c. when a new store-keeper is appointed.
REMAINS of stores are ordered to be taken at all places at home, once in seven years, as also at the expiration of a war. In foreign parts a _remain_ is taken only on the appointment of a new store-keeper. See OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, or BOARD OF ORDNANCE.
_To_ REMAND, to send back; as when a soldier who has been brought out of prison, or the guard-house, for the purpose of being examined or tried, is sent back without any thing final occurring relative to his case
_To_ REMARK, to take note of any thing.