Instructions

to

Officer of the Day

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Plan of Brigade

and

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Standing Camp Orders

 

 

[medallion containing a table of the Sundays in 1864 by month, inscribed "1^st NCC.     Vols" on the lefthand side and "James C. Beecher Colonel" on the right]

 

To be transmitted to the New Officer of the Day. /

 

Instructions to the

            "Officer of the Day"—Revised

                                    November 28^th 1863

 

                                                                                    Head Qrs 1^st NCC Vols

                                                                                    Folly Island SC Aug^t 8/63

 

I.

The New Officer of the Day will report at Head Quarters, with the Old Officer of the Day, immediately after Guard Mounting. The former for instructions, the latter to report tour of duty.

 

II.

He will take entire Supervision of the Camp Police, inspect Streets and Quarters, Sinks and Wells, look out for Fires; and see that all / fires or lights are Extinguished, except at Guard and Officers Quarters, at Taps; and that the Camp Regulations are strictly carried out.

 

III.

He will make the Rounds of Camp at least once daily and once between Midnight and Reveille. He will also see that the Calls are sounded by the Regimental Bugler and repeated by The Drum Corps when so ordered.

 

IV.

These Instructions will be transmitted from the Old Officer of the Day to his Relief.

 

                                                            By Order of

                                                            Jas C Beecher

Col Com^dg 1^st NCC Vols /

[Diagram titled "Plan of 3^rd Brigade showing position of Sentinels", with the following identifications:

"Line of Bushes on the Outer Edge of Parade Ground.

55^th Mass. Vols.                                  1^st N.C.C. Vols.

                                                B         GKEHCIDF    A

Line Officers

Field & Staff                                       Line Officers

                                                            Field & Staff"] /

 

                                    Ante Meridian

 

O'Clock

5.00                 Reveille                                  Drum Corps

6.30                 Breakfast                                 One Drum

7.00                 Pick Call                                 do        do

7.30                 1^st Sergeant's Call                   do        do

8.30                 Guard Mount                          Drum Corps

9.00                 Company Drill                        One Drum

10.30               Recall                                      do        do

 

                                    Meridian—Dinner

                                    One Drum

 

                                    Post Meridiem

 

O'Clock

2.00                 Battalion Drill                         Drum Corps

4.30                 Dress Parade                           do        do

5.00                 Supper                                     One Drum

Sunset             Retreat                                    Drum Corps

8.30                 Tattoo                                     do        do

9.00                 Taps                                        One Drum

 

                        Calls to be sounded from the

                        Parade Ground in front of H^d Qrs

 

[margin]

 

The following will—until further orders—be the Manner of Calls. /

 

Standing Camp Reg^lns.

 

1^st

Perfect cleanliness must be secured in Streets, Tents, Quarters and Cook Houses. No slops of any kind must be thrown upon the ground.

Two Barrels will be placed by each Cook House into which all slops and water will be thrown, and which shall be emptied into a sink in front of the Guard Quarters outside the Camp lines immediately after Reveille.

 

2^nd

No enlisted man will be allowed to pass the Camp lines in any direction without Passes from his Company Commander except the Non Commissioned Staff. The Camp / Guard will take special care to prevent any such straggling. All passing from and into Camp will be by the Road in front of the Company Streets; and no enlisted man will leave camp from the rear.

            Sentinels will be so instructed.

 

3^rd

No firing of guns will be allowed except between the hours of 8 and 9, or after Guard Mounting, AM—at which time—the Commanders of Companies will send all men whose guns require to be discharged to the Old Officer of the Day when they will proceed under him with the Old Guard to the beach as soon as the Guard is relieved.

 

4^th

By Orders from General Head Quarters / No Trees will be cut down except small Timber for Camp purposes. No Trees will be cut within the Camp lines on any account.

 

5^th

Company Commanders will instruct their men to use the sinks; and to Commit no Nuisance within or near the Camp lines.

Sentinels are instructed to arrest promptly any man detected in a breach of this Order.

 

By Command of

Col Jas C Beecher

Wm C. Manning

1^st Lieut & Adjt /

 

Jacksonville Fla

Mch 4/67

 

            Please put this with my papers

Keep as reminiscences of the War

                                    Geo. P. Guerrier

Rev. S. Fon

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