GENERAL, 
“minutely infpe® the internal ve sd and difcipline of the 
feve order 
ral regiments under their 
They are shat lpnel to vifit the hofpitals and guards. On 
arriving in camp they are never to leave their brigades till 
the tents are pitched, an ofted ; they mult 
e 
em dua in the vicinity of their camp. 
sm at any time change the quarters 
affigned them, eitioae on from head-quarters, 
All general officers fhould make themfelves hai aasies 
as foon as poffible, with the fituation of the 
the cam 
~ AS 
y to fuftain, or defend any poft, they may be 
able to march i a waiting for guides, and be competent, 
from a topographical kno owledge = the country, to form 
the beft difpofition for the ferv They fhould inftru& 
their aids-de-camp in thefe particulars % ad always require 
their attendance oii they vifit the poits. 
TAIL general officers, and others in pan een ommand, 
muft make themfelves thoroughly acquainted with the nature 
of the anal the quality of the roads, every circuitous 
accefs through vallies 
maps 
nremitting aCtivity 
t fhould ever = i the fate of a 
cer a decided pairs a over 
nnot have exa- 
au where the e oe and “teligenc of the principal 
officers muft determine the movements of troops, and en 
; en, . ae and improve pects advantage that eccie as 
the enemy approaches. 
eneral officers on fervice abroad, or commanding diftrits 
at ae tl ora pas own a ae and bet ieee 
ma be confidered 
as Y ficers att shed . ae “Teveral 1 rig not secu; 
then ormer 
the officers commandin mer are their 
habitat attendants and domettic nie In the feletion 
of aids-de-camp and brigade-majors, too much attention 
cannot be ae - their “requifite qualifications ; s and that 
em oS 
the in 
-mendation, could fo far forget his duty, as to prefer an un- 
ie tripling, to a character marked by a knowledge 
of the profeffion, a zeal for the fervice, and an irreproachable 
cond . 
» Colonel, an honorary ttle, or a , rank, 
sich is oe in foreign fervices. Thus, the prince o 
peace in Spain is colonel-general of he 8 pee ards. 
Grxen RAL of a Diffri@, a general officer, who has the 
ea and fuperintendance of a certain extent of country, 
n which troops are encamped, anes eal, or cantoned. He 
is entitled to have three aids-de . rigade- 
r. ives reports, &c gat Sal 
in{p 
ot by feparate fete when and in what part he pleafes, 
making eceflary reports to the war-office, commander- 
in -chic 
Genz bof Foot, is an officer under the chief general, 
wo ae an sable command of the foot-of the army. 
E Horfe, is next under the chief 
general, who a an abfolute soneana of the horfe of an 
army. above the a page ae 
of the gene 
Liewteantgeneral have been of late multiplied in Europe, 
as the armies have become more numerous. 
“gh 
is 
the right wing of the army, the fecond the left wing, t 
third the centre, the fourth the eae. wing of the fecond line, 
the fifth th 
fiege, during th 
in ad trenches, Raed the attacks, which they a 
without order from the enerain-hie Lieu 
temnt-gener are a to two sids-de- 
d the ee 
age 5 ondu€é d retreat ; and alfo to be 
well tequaned with the numerous apparatus belonging to 
the train, laborato Ce 
GENERAL, Major, t the next officer to the lieutenant- 5 ee 
ral ; whofe office it is to receive e orders from the general, o 
in ea of his a 
Bo 
ments, ee xm the ale ieee a detail of duty 
of the army en It is the ses ae ea of the day 
is charged with the encampmen of th rmy, who placea 
= at the head of it, ao it marches, 
an fieg 
oe are ma - the oad belongs to hires but if there be 
only one, he takes elke from the right or left san the attack, 
that which has not been chofen by aa lieutenant-gene 
ie 
ral, and cae th his orders. 
gagement, oft is at the head of the guards of the 
army, % until de are near enough to the enemy, to enjoin 
heir different corps ; after which 
fe 
GENERAL 
