at the Place where the Hospital is, to wait on the Commandant, or
Military Inspector; to acquaint him of his Arrival, and to receive his
Commands. He ought then to go to the Purveyor or Commissary's Office,
to get a List of all the Soldiers who are in or about the Hospital,
and belong to the Regiment or Brigade he is employed for, wherein
those on Billet are distinguished from those in Hospitals. The next
Day he ought to parade all those marked on Billet, to see if the
Number of Men agrees with the List given him, and to examine in what
State each Man is, and how he is employed; and then he ought to go
round the Hospitals, attended by an orderly Serjeant, to see all the
Men in the Hospitals, and to know if the List given him at the
Purveyor's Office was right; and afterwards he ought to send every Day
a Serjeant or Corporal to see the Men in Hospitals, and to report to
him when any Men are discharged or die.--And he ought to procure from
the Military Inspector a Return of all the Men of his Corps, who are
either admitted into, or discharged from Hospitals, on the Days when
such Returns are made. He ought to make all his Men on Billet appear
regularly on the Parade at Roll-calling, and to oblige them to keep
themselves clean and their Arms in good Order, and to endeavour to
preserve the same Regularity and Discipline as when they are with
their Regiments. And whenever a Party is to be sent to join their
Regiments, he ought to have all his Men particularly examined; and
those Men who are found to be perfectly recovered, should be sent to
their Regiments.
If every Officer on convalescent Duty conform to these Directions, no
Man can ever be detained without his Knowledge in or about Hospitals,
as he must always know where every Man is, in what State of Health,
and how he is employed; and may at any Time be able to make a Return
to the Brigade or Regiment for which he is employed, of every Man who
is admitted, discharged, or dies in the Hospital.
FINIS.