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127. He will wake the corporal whose relief is next on post 

 iu time for the latter to verify the prisoners, form his relief, 

 I'.iid post it at the proper hour. 



128. Should the guard he turned out, each corporal will call 

 '':■; own relief, and cause its members to fall in promptly. 



129. Tents or hunks in the same vicinity will be designated 

 ftu- the reliefs so that all the members of each relief may, if 

 necessary, be found and turned out by the corporal in the least 

 Liiue and with the least confusion. 



130. When challenged by a sentinel while posting his relief, 

 the corporal commands: 1. Relief, 2, HALT; to the sentinel's 

 cljallenge he answers " Relief,'' and at the order of the senti- 

 ik;1 he advances alone to give the countersign, or to be recog- 

 nized. When the sentinel says, "Advance relief," the corporal 

 commands : 1. Forward, 2. MARCH. 



If to be relieved, the sentinel is then relieved as prescribed. 



131. Between retreat and reveille, the corporal of the guard 

 will challenge all suspicious looking persons or parties he may 

 observe, lirst halting his patrol or relief, if either be with him. 

 He will advance them in the same manner that sentinels on 

 post advance like parties (Pars. 191 to 197), but if the route 

 of a patrol is on a continuous chain of sentinels, he should not 

 challenge persons coming near him unless he has reason to 

 believe that they have eluded the vigilance of sentinels. 



132. Between retreat and reveille, whenever so ordered by 

 an officer entitled to inspect the guard, the corporal will call : 

 " Turn out the guard," announcing the title of the oflicer, and 

 then, if not otherwise ordered, he will salute and return to his 

 post. 



133. As a general rule he will advance parties approaching 

 the guard at night in the same manner that sentinels on post 

 advance like parties. Thus, the sentinel at the guardhouse 

 challenges and repeats the answer to the corporal, as pre- 

 rfcribed hereafter (Par. 200) ; the corporal, advancing at port 

 •a'ms, sa^.":: "Advance (so-and-so) with the countersign," or 

 " to be recognized," if there be no countersign used ; the coun- 

 tersign being correctly given, or the party being duly recog- 

 ■iized, Ihe corporal says : "Advance (so-and-so)," repeating the 

 .•asv. :i" to the challenge of the sentinel. 



:.34. When officers of different rank approach the guard- 

 ju-use fi'om different directions at the same time, the senior 



