GUARDS: 
Guarn, Picquet, is a. , number of horfe and foot, who keep 
themfelves always in Tiger in cafe of an alarm ; the hories 
rally faddled, and the riders booted. The foot 
ead of < ori at the beating of the 
tattoo, but afterwards return -to’ their tents, er they 
remain in readinefs to march on any fudden 
This guard is to se refiftance in cafe of a an Se till 
* the army can get re 
Rp, Port, a are detached from the main guard. 
All officers on port, or detached guards, are to fend a report, 
ht and morning, to the captain of the main guard, and at 
oF other times, wire any thing Giga occurs. ‘Thofe 
who command at the ports are to up the beligein on 
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Guarp, Quarter, is a {mall guard commanded by a fub- 
tern ‘iBicers pofted in the front of each battalion, about 
‘two hundred and twenty-two feet before the front of the 
ment 
“Guano-Rel, are {trong rails of wood bolted on to piles, 
juft above the level of the water, at the head and tail of the 
ocks on s, and projecting before the wing-walls, for 
— the boats into the locks, and prevent their ftriking 
"Guan, = is that part of - — which brings up 
h: the rear guard of a party is frequently 
or ae riore about five heared» viet behind the party. 
advan going out on a party, forms the 
— and infantry are allowed a 
— candleftick, tin can for beer, and drinking 
: they are alfo allowed “Sag Pa and gh tf from 
poneniernn Aci when they are to be taken into ftore. 
The rooms of the ——— and ferjeants of of. cavalry, 
and the ferjeant-ma 
are to be ~toaied wi ids the © necellary - bedding and uteniils 
in io the fame manner as is a!lowed to the foldiers’ rooms. 
Guarp-Ship Guard-Suie. 
Gvarp, Siandod is a {mall guard under a corporal, out 
ef each regiment horfe, who mount on foot in the front 
of regiment, at the diftance of re feet from t! 
ftreets, oppofite to the main 
nS angie Trench, confitts of hee fcr, or fix battalions, 
accordin. ion, which mount in t a 
g to oO 
in order to mig the when fall 
pee the workme, oe oe 
Guarp, bebe a the fame with the Font of an army. See 
hiraes d,and Advance Guarp, above. 
| Guanrp is more partici arly underftood ofa fldier asa 
Papi sciag sien a tached from a company, 
er fecure, t 
aianaty Bh any perfon, or to 
Cram is alfo underftood of the troops, or companies, 
kept to guard the King 5 ; called alfo royal guards, life guards; 
gardes du corps, 
There are “Mo. ufually bodies of guards to wait on the 
princes of the blood, in the fame capacity. 
i e eee are eee into = foot, ieisis: 
The firft troop was raifed in 
mand given to legueatas 4 Yeti Cholmonde ley; the 2d 
in 1702, and t man Each. 
troop has a colonel, lieutenant-colonel, one e guidon, o or major, 
three exempts and captains, eg ieutenants, one adjutant, 
three pean and fixty private men 
In cnfequenee of the reduétion of the: 
efcorting his majefty. 
and 2d life-guards. 
of 53; me one Reals arons 
Gua Ds, Royal Ria of Horfe, is commonly called the 
€ Oxford 1 Blues," from having been eoetally raifed by the 
earl of Oxford, and confifts of nine troo The quarter- 
mafter belonging to this corps is an e piresise to the gene- 
ral regulations that affect the quarter-maiters of all cavalry. 
regiments. The latter hold chee commiffions by warrants, 
but the former has des fign-manual to his appointment. 
Guarps, Yeomen of the, firt raifed by kmg Henry VII. 
in the year 1485, are a kind of foot guards to the king’s 
perfon, and are generally called by a ee ae beef-eaters,, 
They were anciently 250 men of the ank uader gentry, 
and of a larger ftature than ordinary, aE being required to, 
be fix feet igh. At prefent there are but 100 en conftant, 
duty, and 70 more pig on duty; and when any one of pb 
100 dies, his place is fupplied out of the 70. The 
dreffed after the fathion of king Henry VIII.’s ea 
Their firft commander, or captain, was me earl of Oxford, 
and their pay is 2s. 6d. per da 
Guarps, The Foot, are is gages for ~ guard of his 
d for 
majeity and his palace, a they are 
diftinguifhed by re se 0a = which Dheietaah are Feats, called 
the 1ft, &c. regiment of foot guards. ‘They were raifed im 
= year 1660: she f Gel ivgineent is netieaucaghnd i by one colo- 
lone nel,t ree majors, went - 
one scapnilaslicteiai ~e lieutenants, iad r ene 
figns, and three adjutants ; and it confifts of three battalions. 
regiment, or -ftream, has one colonel, one lieu- . 
tenant-colonel, two majors, fixteen captains, one captain- 
utenant, forty-two lieutenants, fourteen enfigns, and two 
adjutants ; and confifts of two battalions. “The third regi- 
ment is the fame ere ond. 
ds, no doubt as ancient as <erppbas 
moteft — affords i inftances of them 
emperors had for their retonan 
cohorts, eftablithed by Auguitus, as Dion and Suetonius 
relate : chad of the emperors of Conitantinople were called 
bucceHlarii. 
the re< 
Captain, brigadier, exempt of the guards, ke. 
See Caprarn, Cotoxeis Bricapier, YEOMA Ay 
d ft eftabli 
Scotch lords, rf drive out the Englith. 
Guarps, Praetorian. See Prmrorian. 
Guarps, White. See Scno.ares. ‘ 
Gvanp, in Fencing, an ation or potturey proper te to te 
