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becomes responsil)le for them after their number lias been 

 verificfl and tliey liave been tnrned over to the custody of his 

 guard by the old snard or by the prisoner guard or overseers. 



78. The prisoners will be verified and turned over to the 

 new guard without parading them, unless the commanding 

 officer or the officer of the day shall direct otherwise. 



79. To receive the prisoners at the guardhouse wdien they 

 have been paraded and after they have been verified by the 

 offic^l's of the day, the commander of the new guard directs 

 his sergeant to form his guard with an interval, and com- 

 mands : 1. Prisoners, 2. Right, 3. FACE, 4. Forward, 5. MARCH. 

 The prisoners having arrived opposite the interval in the 

 new guard, he commands : 1. Prisoners, 2. HALT, 3. Left, 4. 

 FACE, 5. Right (or left), 6. DRESS, 7. FRONT. 



The prisoners dress on the line of tlie new guard. 



Section 5. Sergeant of the guard. 



80. The senior noncommissioned officer of the guard always 

 acts as sergeant of the guard and if there be no officer of the 

 guard will perform the diities prescribed for the commander 

 of the guard. 



81. The sergeant of the guard has general supervision over 

 the other noncommissioned officers and the musicians and pri- 

 vates of the guard, and must be thoroughly familiar with all 

 of their orders and duties. 



82. He is directly responsible for the property under charge 

 of the guard and will see that it is properly cared for. He 

 will make lists of articles taken out by working parties and 

 see that all such articles are duly returned. If they are not, 

 he will innnediately report the fact to the commander of the 

 guard. 



83. Innnediately after guard mounting he will prepare dupli- 

 cate lists of the names of all noncommissioned officers, musi- 

 cians, and privates of the guard, showing the relief and post 

 or duties of each. One list will be handed as soon as possible 

 to the commander of the guard ; the other will be retained by 

 the sergeant. 



84. He will see that all reliefs are turned out at the proper 

 time, and that the corporals thoroughly understand, and are 

 prompt and efficient in, the discharge of their duties. 



