consideration: the care of the soldiers under their charge the first. No commanding officer of a regiment or a company, on the termination of a march, must attend to his own business, until the soldiers under his command are properly disposed of in their camp, and the necessary arrangements are in progress for the supplies for the men, or forage for the horses. The casual sick also require immediate attention.

"7. A troop or company on service should never be dismissed after a march, until a scrutiny has been made by the officers belonging to it, into any accident which may have happened to the arms or accoutrements of their men or horses, during the previous movement, and orders are given for the requisite repairs. At the evening parades everything should be again in order. The ammunition in pouch should be carefully looked to; and the act of making away with any be invariably punished.

"8. Officers commanding regiments must be very attentive to the regularity of their column of march; since the more or less of fatigue to their men greatly depends on this point.

"The falling out of the ranks by individuals should always be checked as much as possible; and when a man does fall out, his firelock is invariably to be carried forward by his next file, under orders from the commander of the section. A halt,

and a piling of arms, for five minutes in every hour, prevents the necessity for individuals frequently quitting the ranks.

"9. Good conduct towards the inhabitants of a country passed through, both on the part of officers and soldiers, is another very essential part of good discipline. All plundering or ill-treatment of them must be most carefully repressed; and in foraging or other unavoidable encroachments on their property, every unnecessary injury should be abstained from.

"10. All encouragement, by good treatment, should be given to the country-people bringing articles for sale to the bazaars, as many of the comforts of the army may depend much on this point.

"11. Whenever camps are near to towns or villages, safeguards must be placed in them, to prevent all pillage or marauding, or misconduct of any kind, by stragglers from the army or its followers; and when such places are passed on the line of march, small guards should be detached from the head of the column, to prevent stragglers entering them, which guards should join and come forward with the rear-guard of the column.

"12. In some of our marches the supply of water may prove scanty; and where it must be drawn from wells for a large body of troops, careful arrangement is always necessary; and the commanding officers of regiments should establish

strict regulations to preserve order at these places.

"13. The soldiers must be taught always to recollect that many of their brother soldiers are marching behind them; and that needless injury can never be done, or waste committed on a line of march, which does not bring trouble and inconvenience on those following them.

"14. A strict performance of all duties by guards and picquets must be carefully enforced from the commencement of the march, so that proper habits may be early established; the details for these should never be longer than circumstances render imperative, as the more soldiers on service are spared from unnecessary fatigue the better.

"15. An officer in command of a brigade must never rest satisfied until he has personally seen that the picquets of his brigade are properly posted.

“16. The greatest happiness which could befal his Excellency the Commander-in-chief, and the reflection which would be the most gratifying to him during the remainder of his life, would be, if he could be enabled to carry through the duties entrusted to him without the infliction of any punishment whatever. It is only from good discipline that such a result can be possible: and he calls on every officer and non-commissioned officer with the army to aid him in maintaining that which is so very desirable.

"17. At the same time that he proclaims what he so much wishes, he makes known to the soldiers that the necessity for good behaviour on their part is so important for their own advantage, as well as for general success, that he will repress disorders and breaches of discipline, and neglects of duty, with a strong hand.

"18. He has the utmost confidence in the courage of the troops placed under his command; and if with that good quality, strict discipline be combined, his Excellency doubts not that the detachment of the Bengal army will return to Hindoostan, having acquired high honour for themselves, and advantage for their country."

STANDING ORDERS FOR OFFICERS.

"1. A ready and cheerful obedience to all orders from superior officers, is the first principle of military discipline: if, therefore, a subaltern should chance to command on any parade or duty, all junior officers employed on the same duty, are expected to pay as much deference to his orders, as if they were acting under a field-officer. Subaltern officers commanding platoons at drill or exercise, may order extra drill, not exceeding four days, to any man of their platoon who is awkward or inattentive; and when inspecting guards, may order any man who is dirty one day's extra guard;

but if they think more than four days' extra drill, or one day's guard, necessary, they will report the circumstance, for the information and orders of the commanding officer.

"2. In reprimanding men for any irregularity, all passionate or abusive terms are to be avoided.

"3. Every officer is expected to attend to the dress, appearance, and behaviour of the men of the corps, on or off duty, and whether they belong to his own company or not.

"4. Officers shall also take notice of all guards and sentries of the regiment, and report any neglect that comes under their observation; they should be equally ready to bring into notice any remarkable instance of attention; they should watch over the general character of the corps, and embrace every opportunity of evincing the interest they take in its reputation, by checking irregularity and neglect, and encouraging diligence and attention to duty in the individuals belonging to it.

"5. They should endeavour to become acquainted with the character and general behaviour on duty, of the native commissioned, non-commissioned officers, and privates of the corps, but particularly of their own companies. The frequency of commands and escorts under European officers, affords many opportunities of acquiring this information.

"6. They should themselves attend to the complaints of the men, and not allow this duty to