Officer

of the day. An officer whose immediate duty is to attend to the interior œconomy and good order of the corps to which he belongs, or of those with which he does mixed duty. The following regulations will explain the nature of that duty when troops are encamped:— The officers for daily duty in camp, independent of guards, will be a general or generals of the day, according to the circumstances and strength of the camp. In large camps there will be a lieutenant general of the day, and a major general for each wing, or one major general of cavalry, and one of infantry; and majors of brigade in the same proportion: a field officer per brigade, and a captain and subaltern of the day per regiment, and an adjutant and quarter master of the day per brigade. The general of the day is to superintend the regularity and discipline of the camp, in every particular: he is to visit the guards of the camp and the outposts (unle the latter are put under the command of some particular officer): he is to call out and inspect the inlying piquets, as often, and at such times as he thinks proper: he is to receive all reports in camp, and make immediate communication of any extraordinary occurrences, to the commander in chief. The captain of the day of each regiment superintends the cleanline and regularity of the camp of the regiment: he attends the parading of all regimental guards, orders the roll to be called frequently and at certain hours, and reports every thing extraordinary to the commanding officer. The subaltern of the day a ists the captain in his various duties, and reports to him any irregularity, which may come to his knowlege. The captain and subaltern of the day, are each to visit the hospital at uncertain hours, the captain is to make his report of the state of the hospital to the commanding officer of the regiment. The regularity of the men’s me ing is an object of primary importance. The captain or subaltern of the day must visit, and inspect the kettles, at the hour appointed for cooking, and no kettle is to be taken from the kitchens till this inspection is made, and the signal is given by the drum for the men to dine, which should be at the same hour, throughout the camp. Independent of this regimental arrangement, the officers of companies must daily and hourly attend to the me ing and every circumstance of the œconomy of their companies, in camp more particularly than in quarters. The adjutant of the day, of the brigades, is to a ist the brigade major in the various details of it, and in the absence of the brigade major is to receive and execute all orders; it may frequently be nece ary for him likewise to attend for orders, at head-quarters. It is the duty of the quarter master of the day, of the brigade, to attend to the cleanline of the camp; to take care that all broken gla and filth of all kinds is removed, for which the quarter master of each regiment is responsible, as far as the camp of his regiment is concerned. The officers on duty and those in waiting, as next for duty, who are always to be mentioned in the orders of the day, are constantly to remain in camp, or within their cantonments. No officer is, on any account, to sleep out of camp, or cantonments, without leave. Officers making written report, are to sign them, specifying their rank, and the regiments to which they belong. All orders relating to the men are to be read to them by an officer per company, at the next parade after such orders are given out. When there is a field officer of the day, it is his duty to visit all guards frequently during the day and night; in the morning, on the dismounting of the guards, he will collect the reports, and carry them to the governor or commandant, together with any observations he may himself have made, in the course of his duty in the preceding day. When there is no field officer of the day, the reports will be collected, and delivered to the governor, by the captain of the main guard. Each regiment must have an alarm post a igned to it, to which it will repair in case of fire, or any other extraordinary alarm either by day or by night. Marine Officers , all those who command in that body of troops employed in the sea service, under the direction of the lords of the admiralty.