Taranaki Provincial Gazette – 1861 – No. 12

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✨ Military Standing Orders



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  1. Under any circumstances on the "Assembly" being sounded the 57th regt. will fall in at their several barracks and await orders, with the exception of No. 7 company which will be marched to the north gate on the Devon road and receive their orders from Major Butler, 57th regt.

  2. The Militia and Volunteers will assemble as under.

The Town will be divided into three (3) divisions, viz.:—

1st. The Militia and Volunteers living in No. 1 division, or on the north and east of the gate on the Devon road will assemble at Captain Stapp’s house, Devon line road.

2nd. The Militia and Volunteers living in No. 2 division, or within the ordinary limits of the Town, will assemble at the Militia office, Mount Eliot.

3rd. The Militia and Volunteers living south and west of the gate on Devon road will assemble at the south gate.

  1. The undermentioned officers will command the several divisions, and as they are responsible for the disposition of the force under their command, and that the instructions they receive are carried out, all orders given by them are to be strictly and promptly obeyed, viz.:—

No. 1 or north division—Major Butler, 57th Regt.

No. 2 or centre division—Major Herbert, Militia and Volunteers.

No. 3 or South division—Major Hasard, 57th Regt.

Brevet-Major St. Clair, 57th Regiment, will command the reserve at Marsland hill, and will receive his orders from the officer commanding the garrison.

  1. An officer or an intelligent non-commissioned officer (mounted if possible) from each division will be sent to the garrison office to convey orders and act as orderly to the officer commanding the garrison.

  2. The troops occupying the several Blockhouses will get under arms on the occasion of any alarm, and remain within their defences until regularly dismissed.

  3. The Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers will receive their orders from the officer commanding the garrison at the garrison office.

  4. On the occasion of any alarm, particularly at night, it is absolutely necessary to avoid confusion, and preserve the utmost regularity within the Town. The Colonel commanding, and the officers commanding the different divisions will secure the safety of the inhabitants from all ordinary danger, but the inhabitants must second their endeavours and keep their families from quitting their houses and straggling about the streets. Women and children are much safer in their houses than they can possibly be in the streets, and it is earnestly requested under every circumstance of night alarm that they extinguish all lights and keep themselves quietly within their houses.

  5. Patrols will be sent out from the different divisions to assist out-lying settlers within the lines, in the event of occasion requiring this precaution.

  6. Public houses will be closed for the sale of liquor during the continuance of any alarm.

By order of Colonel Warre, C.B., Commanding the Province,
(Signed) R. H. Cox, Lieut., Garrison Adjutant.

Garrison Office,
New Plymouth, June 24, 1861.

(A true Copy.)

R. H. Cox,
Garrison Adjutant.

Printed by G. W. Woon for the Provincial Government.




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🛡️ Garrison Standing Orders for Taranaki (continued from previous page)

🛡️ Defence & Military
24 June 1861
Garrison Orders, Military, Taranaki, Assembly, Militia, Volunteers
6 names identified
  • Butler (Major), Commands No. 1 division
  • Herbert (Major), Commands No. 2 division
  • Hasard (Major), Commands No. 3 division
  • St. Clair (Brevet-Major), Commands the reserve
  • Stapp (Captain), Assembly point for No. 1 division
  • Warre (Colonel), Commanding the Province

  • R. H. Cox, Garrison Adjutant