ROSTER OF DUTIES.

496. For all duties, with or without arms, whether performed
     by units or by individuals, the roster will commence from the
     senior downwards; in the case of private soldiers the roster will
     be alphabetical.

497. Duties are classified as-
     (1.) Guards to the Governor-General.
     (2.) Duties under arms-(a) divisional, (b) brigade or camp,
     (c) regimental.
     (3.) Courts-martial-(a) general, (b) district.
     (4.) Boards or Courts of Inquiry-(a) divisional, (b) brigade,
     (c) regimental.
     (5.) Working-parties.
     (6.) Fatigues.

498. When it becomes an officer's turn for more than one
     duty at the same time he will be detailed for that duty which takes
     precedence as above. An officer detailed for one duty will, in
     addition, be detailed for such other duties as he can perform consistently
     with the proper discharge of the first-mentioned duty,
     and whether it is his turn by roster for the additional duties or
     not. When an officer is on duty he will be freed from all other
     duties which may come to his turn. Being detailed as “in
     waiting” does not count as a tour of duty. An officer on duty
     will attend parades, and perform such other incidental duties as
     do not interfere with the special duties for which he has been
     detailed.

499. Attendance at a Court-martial-the members of which
     have assembled and been sworn-will reckon as a tour of duty,
     though the Court may be dissolved without trying any person.
     On any day on which a Court-martial is not actually sitting its
     members will be considered available for other duties. They will
     not, however, quit the camp or station without the authority of
     the convening officer until the Court has been dissolved. This rule
     is also applicable to Courts of Inquiry and Boards.

500. A unit, detachment, guard, picquet, or fatigue party is
     entitled to count a tour of duty only when it has in pursuance of
     that duty marched off the ground where it was ordered to parade.

501. An officer detailed in orders will not exchange his duty
     with another without the permission of the officer by whom he
     was detailed.

502. An officer of Artillery, Engineers, or Signals will share in
     the general duty of the garrison or camp, with the exception of
     guards and picquets, which he will take only with his own corps.

503. A Commanding Officer of Artillery, Engineers, or Signals
     will be included in the roster, but whenever his camp duty would
     interfere with his special employment and responsibilities the officer
     commanding the camp may exempt him from such duty.

504. A Colonel will not be included in the field officers' roster,
     but will have special duties assigned to him.

505. A Lieut.-Colonel commanding a regiment of Mounted
     Rifles or battalion of Infantry, or exercising a Lieut.-Colonel's
     command of Artillery, Engineers, or Signals, will, as a rule, be
     exempted from serving as field officer of the day, and on other
     ordinary military duties, except when the officer commanding at
     the station or camp considers that, owing to the small number of
     field officers available, it is not advisable to exempt him.

506. Every Major on the camp-duty roster will do camp duty
     as a field officer.

DAILY DUTIES IN CAMPS.

507. The hours for “reveille,” “retreat,” and “tattoo”
     will be-
     “Reveille,” varying from 5 a.m. in summer to 6.30 a.m. in
     winter:
     “Retreat,” at sunset:
     “Tattoo” (“last post”), at 10 p.m., unless otherwise
     specially ordered.

Under special circumstances these hours may be varied by
the Commanding Officer to suit local conditions.

508. Between “tattoo” and “reveille” no call will be sounded
     except for “lights out,” which will be sounded a quarter of an
     hour after “last post,” and the “alarm,” “fire-alarm,” or other
     signal for troops to turn out. On the alarm being sounded all
     troops will turn out under arms.

509. In camps of more than one unit the field officer of the
     day will be present at guard-mounting, and will inspect all such
     guards by day and by night. He will take command of the picquet
     in case of fire, riot, or alarm. In the morning, when the guard
     dismounts, the reports of their commanders will be forwarded by
     the field officer to the O.C. Camp, together with his own report.

510. In a small camp the Captain will do the duty of field
     officer of the day in the same manner and in all respects as a field
     officer, except that his being mounted may be dispensed with.
     When the guards are numerous or widely distributed the Captain
     as well as the field officer of the day may be detailed, and the
     former may be directed to perform a portion of the field officer’s
     duties.

511. A Captain of the day and a subaltern of the day will be
     detailed in each unit to superintend regimental duties.

512. An Adjutant of the day and any personnel, including
     bands and drummers, required for camp or garrison duties, will
     be furnished according to roster from the units in camp or
     garrison.

513. Soldiers will be warned for all duties, &c., by means of
     daily orders posted in a suitable place in the quarters of each
     company, &c.; the soldier will be held personally responsible that
     he makes himself acquainted with all orders so posted.

GUARDS AND PICQUETS.

514. An O.C. Camp or Station will be responsible that the
     number of camp and regimental guards and picquets is as low as
     possible. They will be replaced whenever possible by police.
     Guards and picquets will mount at the hour the O.C. Camp may
     deem best to the climate and the season.

515. All guards and armed parties before going on duty will
     be inspected by the Adjutant or an officer of their unit.

516. The standing orders of the guard will be read and explained
     to the men as soon as the guard has mounted. Every
     relief will be inspected before going out and on its return.

517. An officer or soldier will not take off any articles of
     clothing or equipment whilst on guard. The wearing of the greatcoat
     or cloak in the guard-room or tent will be optional.

518. The commander will visit the sentries at least twice by
     day and twice by night to ascertain that they are alert and on
     their posts and acquainted with their orders, and in addition, he
     will detail a non-commissioned officer with a file of men to perform
     the same duty at frequent and uncertain intervals.

519. The commander will never quit his guard except to visit
     his sentries, and will then inform the next in command of the
     probable time he will be absent. He will not allow any noncommissioned
     officer or soldier to quit the guard without leave,
     which will be granted only for special purposes.

520. Every guard will turn out at the commencement of
     “reveille,” “retreat,” and tattoo” sounding; the commander
     will then carefully inspect it.

521. When a fire breaks out or an alarm is raised, every guard
     will immediately turn out under arms, and will so continue until
     the fire is extinguished or the cause of alarm has subsided, unless
     otherwise ordered.

522. Sentries will be relieved every two hours, but at night,
     in cold or inclement weather, they may, at the discretion of the
     Commanding Officer, be relieved every hour. Regimental arrangements
     should be made for hot coffee to be provided free of charge
     at some period of the night for each man on guard.

523. A sentry furnished by a stable guard will mount with or
     without arms, at the discretion of the Commanding Officer.

524. A commander will render his guard report on the prescribed
     form; he will also send an immediate report to the field
     officer or Captain of the day of any unusual occurrence on or near
     his guard.

525. A patrol or picquet detailed to assist Civil authorities or
     to quell a disturbance in which soldiers are concerned will be armed
     and equipped as laid down in King's Regulations. A regimental
     picquet or patrol employed in the apprehension of soldiers may be
     sent out with side-arms only.

526. Every guard will be dismissed on its regimental parade,
     where it will be inspected and its arms examined. In the case of an
     officer's guard the men will be dismissed by the commander after
     he has reported to any officer of superior rank present on the
     parade. If the commander of the guard is a non-commissioned
     officer a report will be made to the Adjutant or orderly officer
     previous to dismissal.

527. A young officer will be placed on guard with a senior
     officer, as supernumerary, for instruction.

528. All stores and furniture in charge of a guard will be handed
     over from one commander to another. The commander of the
     relieving guard will be responsible for their correctness, and will,
     in his report, note the condition of each article when taken over.

AMMUNITION AND RANGE PRACTICE.

529. A soldier of the Territorial Force is strictly forbidden
     (a) to carry any rounds of ball ammunition to a place of parade or
     instruction, and (b) to take any Government ammunition (whether
     obtained on payment or not) away from a rifle range or place of
     instruction. An order to this effect will be published annually in
     regimental or corps orders at the commencement of the training
     season.

530. Whenever possible, ammunition for musketry practice,
     private practice, or competition will be issued only on the range.
     If no magazine exists on the range, then the ammunition must be
     conveyed thither in bulk under unit arrangements.

531. Before blank or dummy ammunition is delivered to the
     men an officer will ascertain that no ball ammunition remains in the
     pouches, pockets, bandoliers, or magazines. The men will be
     reminded that they are not allowed to have any ball ammunition
     in their possession.

532. Arms, pouches, or bandoliers must on all occasions be
     examined before the issue of ammunition, whether ball or blank;
     and at the termination of any parade, drill, or exercise for which