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hm_jollies2012-03-05 10:57 pm
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On duties at sea
Lord St Vincent, detailing Marines' duties:
1. Guards to be paraded on the poop every morning at half-past eight o'clock, with all the form and order practised in the best regulated parades; and, after going through the exercises, to descend to the quarterdeck at nine o'clock precisely, where all the accustomed formalities are to be gone through, with respect and decorum due to the occasion - although no colours are allowed - and, where there is a band, 'god Save the King' is to be played, while the Guard is under presented arms, and all persons present are required to stand with their hats off till the Guard shoulders. After the commanding officer of the detachment has received his orders from the Captain or commanding sea-officer on the Quarterdeck, the arms are to be lodged and the Guard held in constant readiness for occasional service.
2. No non-commissioned Officer, Marine or Soldier told off the Guard shall be called upon to perform any of the ordinary duties of the ship. The seamen are fully competent.
3. [The original gives a scale of guards for each rate of man-of-war... not included)
4. A Sergeant or Corporal of the Guard to patrol the ship every half-hour, with two privates.
5. The Guard to continue for three days and the relief to be exempt from duty the day before they mount, to clean their arms and accoutrements.
Formative Years 1803-1806, Lt-Col Brian Edwards, RMHS Special Publication No. 31
1. Guards to be paraded on the poop every morning at half-past eight o'clock, with all the form and order practised in the best regulated parades; and, after going through the exercises, to descend to the quarterdeck at nine o'clock precisely, where all the accustomed formalities are to be gone through, with respect and decorum due to the occasion - although no colours are allowed - and, where there is a band, 'god Save the King' is to be played, while the Guard is under presented arms, and all persons present are required to stand with their hats off till the Guard shoulders. After the commanding officer of the detachment has received his orders from the Captain or commanding sea-officer on the Quarterdeck, the arms are to be lodged and the Guard held in constant readiness for occasional service.
2. No non-commissioned Officer, Marine or Soldier told off the Guard shall be called upon to perform any of the ordinary duties of the ship. The seamen are fully competent.
3. [The original gives a scale of guards for each rate of man-of-war... not included)
4. A Sergeant or Corporal of the Guard to patrol the ship every half-hour, with two privates.
5. The Guard to continue for three days and the relief to be exempt from duty the day before they mount, to clean their arms and accoutrements.
Formative Years 1803-1806, Lt-Col Brian Edwards, RMHS Special Publication No. 31