General Orders

General Order 1.

• Be especially watchful at night, and during time for challenging, challenge all persons on or near my posts, and to allow no one to pass without proper authority.

• Take charge of this post and all government property in view.

• Quit my post only when properly relieved.

• Repeat all calls from posts more distant from the guardhouse or the quarter-deck than my own.

General Order 2.

• Talk to no one except in the line of duty.

• Give the alarm in case of fire or disorder.

• Quit my post only when properly relieved.

• Walk my post in a military manner, keeping always on the alert, and observing everything that takes place within sight or hearing.

General Order 3.

• Report all violations of orders I am instructed to enforce.

• Salute all officers and all colors and standards not cased.

• Talk to no one except in the line of duty.

• Quit my post only when properly relieved.

General Order 4.

• Repeat all calls from posts more distant from the guardhouse or the quarter-deck than my own.

• Walk my post in a military manner, keeping always on the alert, and observing everything that takes place within sight or hearing.

• Be especially watchful at night, and during time for challenging, challenge all persons on or near my posts, and to allow no one to pass without proper authority.

• Call the corporal of the guard or officer of the deck in any case not covered by instructions.

General Order 5.

• Give the alarm in case of fire or disorder.

• Repeat all calls from posts more distant from the guardhouse or the quarter-deck than my own.

• Quit my post only when properly relieved.

• Talk to no one except in the line of duty.

General Order 6.

• Repeat all calls from posts more distant from the guardhouse or the quarter-deck than my own.

• Recieve, obey, and pass on to the sentry who relieves me all orders from the commanding officer, command duty officer, officer of the day, officer of the deck, and officers and petty officers of the watch only.

• Be especially watchful at night, and during time for challenging, challenge all persons on or near my posts, and to allow no one to pass without proper authority.

• Walk my post in a military manner, keeping always on the alert, and observing everything that takes place within sight or hearing.

General Order 7.

• Give the alarm in case of fire or disorder.

• Talk to no one except in the line of duty.

• Take charge of this post and all government property in view.

• Repeat all calls from posts more distant from the guardhouse or the quarter-deck than my own.

General Order 8.

• Give the alarm in case of fire or disorder.

• Be especially watchful at night, and during time for challenging, challenge all persons on or near my posts, and to allow no one to pass without proper authority.

• Repeat all calls from posts more distant from the guardhouse or the quarter-deck than my own.

• Take charge of this post and all government property in view.

General Order 9.

• Take charge of this post and all government property in view.

• Talk to no one except in the line of duty.

• Call the corporal of the guard or officer of the deck in any case not covered by instructions.

• Report all violations of orders I am instructed to enforce.

General Order 10.

• Quit my post only when properly relieved.

• Repeat all calls from posts more distant from the guardhouse or the quarter-deck than my own.

• Walk my post in a military manner, keeping always on the alert, and observing everything that takes place within sight or hearing.

• Salute all officers and all colors and standards not cased.