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Orders of the Sentry
Term | Definition |
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1st Order of the Sentry | Take charge of this post and all government property in view. |
2nd Order of the Sentry | Walk my post in a military manor, keeping always on the alert, and observing everything that takes place within sight or hearing. |
3rd Order of the Sentry | Report all violations of orders I am instructed to enforce. |
4th Order of the Sentry | Repeat all calls, from posts, more distant, from the guardhouse, than my own. |
5th Order of the Sentry | Quit my post only when properly relieved. |
6th Order of the Sentry | Receive, obey, and pass on to the sentry who relieves me, all orders from the commanding officer, command duty officer, officer of the deck and officers and petty officers of the watch only. |
7th Order of the Sentry | Talk to no one except in the line of duty. |
8th Order of the Sentry | Give the alarm in case of fire or disorder. |
9th Order of the Sentry | Call the officer of the deck in any case not covered by instructions. |
10th Order of the Sentry | Salute all officers, and all colors, and standards not cased. |
11th Order of the Sentry | Be especially watchful at night, and during the times for challenging, challenge all persons on or near my post, and to allow no one to pass without proper authority. |