Guide to the Examinations for Promotion of Regimental Officers in the Infantry

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Página 117 - Correction, and also to direct that the offender shall be kept in solitary confinement for any portion or portions of such imprisonment...
Página 23 - No person shall be liable to be tried and punished by a general court-martial for any offence which shall appear to have been committed more than two years before the issuing of the order for such trial, unless the person, by reason of having absented himself, or some other manifest impediment, shall not have been amenable to justice within that period.
Página 21 - All crimes not capital, and all disorders and neglects, which officers and soldiers may be guilty of, to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, though not mentioned in the foregoing articles of war, are to be taken cognizance of by a general, or a regimental, garrison, or field officers' court-martial, according to the nature and degree of the offense, and punished at the discretion of such court.
Página 11 - Arrival at the Place of final Destination, with One hot Meal in each Day, the Meal to consist of such Quantities of Diet and Small Beer as may be fixed by Her Majesty's Regulations, not exceeding One Pound and a Quarter of Meat previous to being...
Página 190 - General of the Day, and a Major-General of each Wing, or one MajorGeneral 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 Officers on Duty and...
Página 39 - The foot must be carried straight to the front, and, without being drawn back, placed softly on the ground, so as not to jerk or shake the body ; the toes turned out at the same angle as when halted.
Página 209 - However, it is by all means advisable to procure a justice of the peace to attend, and for the military to act under his immediate orders, when such attendance and the sanction of such orders can be obtained, as it not only prevents any disposition to unnecessary violence on the part of those who act in repelling the tumult, but it induces also, from the known authority of such magistrates, a more ready submission...
Página 115 - PUBLICATIONS. 210. .. .Deliberations or discussions among any class of military men, having the object of conveying praise, or censure, or any mark of approbation toward their superiors or others in the military service; and all publications relative to transactions between officers of a private or personal nature, whether newspaper, pamphlet or hand-bill, are strictly prohibited.
Página 123 - Formation of an Advanced Guard on a Road. — When a column is marching along a road, the advanced guard will be composed of one or more companies, divided into four parts or sections ; the two rear sections (under the command of the senior officer) will form the reserve in front of the column ; the second section from the front will form a support...
Página 156 - That the line of sight should be taken along the centre of the notch of the back-sight and the top of the fore-sight, which should cover the middle of the mark aimed at.

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