OFFICE WOKE OF A GARRISON BATTERY. 
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General Orders , Army Circulars } General Regimental Orders. 
45. All these printed orders should always he kept in spring clip cases 
till the end of the year, then removed and bound. These cases for holding 
them are very useful. (See also par. 73.) 
Daily Work. 
46. Let us suppose that, as a beginner, you mean to go fully into each 
part of the daily work, to see how the different entries fit into one another. 
You have on your table the rough diary described in par. 1, and a wooden 
tray, foolscap size, holding all documents put aside for consideration. 
W.O. forms 312, men deprived pay for absence, 55 for fines, and 102 for 
rations attached men not on > pay, are also on your table; while the Pay- 
Serjeant gives you another tray, with all fresh letters, and such of his work 
that may be ready for you. 
47. The last night's orders direct that an escort is to start in two day's 
time; this goes down in the diary against the date named. You open the 
letters ; some can be answered at once, or merely require passing, in which 
the date should always be used; others go into the tray for reference. Next 
come the prisoners. 
48. Gunner Elton has been deprived two days' pay, and thereby has lost a 
badge. The crime is entered by you in the defaulter sheet, and initialled by 
you, and the two days' pay lost entered in the W.O. Eorm 312 at once. 
The Pay-Serjeant enters the loss of the pay and then of the badge in the 
man's ledger sheet. The Serjeant-Major enters the loss of the badge in the 
rough casualty book; then he, later, copies the whole entry into the punish¬ 
ment return. You, later, enter the loss of the badge on the man's attestation. 
Gunner Win ton has got seven days' cells. The Colonel has written his sen¬ 
tence on the original crime; the Adjutant ought to give you a certified copy 
of this on the duplicate. A commitment to the cells is filled up in the Colonel's 
office, signed by him. The prisoner is sent again to the hospital, to be 
medically examined a second time. The crime is recorded in the defaulter 
sheet and punishment return, and the loss of pay consequent thereon noted 
in the ledger sheet. Gunner Dennis has been fined for drunkenness. The 
fine is recorded in the defaulter sheet, ledger sheet, the special list at the end 
of the ledger, and in the return of fines on your desk. 
49. The proceedings of a court-martial lately held on Gunner Powel have 
just reached you. The crime, an abstract of the charge, is entered in the 
defaulter sheet and punishment return, and the loss of pay recorded in the 
ledger, from date of awaiting trial to end of sentence. The casualty then 
goes into the rough casualty book exactly as it ought to stand in the fair 
return, and the proceedings are copied into the court-martial return. You 
check and initial the return, and send off the proceedings to the Adjutant. 
If there is a reduction of rank, enter it in the man's pocket ledger. Enter in 
your rough diary the date of the man's release. Later, enter the casualty in 
the attestation. Any imprisonment has to be entered in the medical history 
sheet. 
50. Gunner Eyan, who belongs to your battery, but has been away on 
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