GENERAL ORDERS
Company D
DAVIS INVINCIBLES--JULY 20, 1861
Each morning the whole company must be in line
when the Reveille ceases to beat. No soldier will be permitted
to get in line after the first name is called. All absent except
it be from absolute necessity, must be reported as such by the
First Sergeant.
Punishment for delinquincey.
1st-offense-Camp Fatigue duty for two days extra
of other duty.
2nd-offense-Mark time before the Captain's tent
for one hour with a paper showing the offence, pinned to his back.
Mess property, as well as private property, must
be sacredly respected. If any one is seen to enter the tent of
another during the absence of its occupants, unless entering by
permission of some one having authority to grant it, shall be considered
guilty of criminal intent, and if reported, punished accordingly.
If any one shall interfere with, remove, exchange,
or injure any clothing, guns, blankets, or anything whatever belonging
to another, on conviction therof, shall be punished in such manner
as the nature of the offence may require.
Cleanliness is a virtue so necessary to health
that a want of it on the part of any soldier cannot be overlooked.
All must keep themselves clean & free from vermin. If any soldier fails to regard this order, in addition to
exposure, they will be otherwise punished, at the discretion of
the commanding officer. In order that this rule, so necessary & important,
may be properly enforced, this company is hereby divided into 4
squads, each of which is placed under the immediate charge of a
non-commissioned officer, who will be held responsible for the
cleanliness of the men in his squad.
They shall see that each man's blanket is folded, & neatly
put away each morning-
That the provisions are not scattered over the
tents, & wasted.
That the clothing is either hung up on the pole
in tent, or else packed away in the knapsacks.
That the straw is not scattered out of the tents,
but kept inside & nicely packed down.
Tents Nos. 3,4, & 5,
with their occupants are placed under the immediate charge of Sergeant
Woodall.
Nos. 6,7, & 8---Sergeant Murray-
Nos-9, 10, & 11--Sergeant
Hurley.
Nos-12, 13, & 14--Sergeant
Hobbs.
The Corporals are to assist them in the discharge
of their duty, & each sergeant & Corporal, while in the discharge of their duty, must be respected, & obeyed by every man.
Soldier, under pain of being sent to the Guard
House, to be dealt with as a General Court Martial shall direct.
There will be an inspection of the Quarters every
Sunday morning at 8 O'clock, precisely, at which time, the officers
in charge of the squads & all the men must be present. The officers will be held responsible for the condition
of quarters at that time, as well as all others. The Chiefs of
Squads must see that the men wash their hands & faces daily; that they comb their heads & beards; & that those who go on duty, put their arms & accourtriements in good order.
If any man shall be so negligent of his person
as to become offensively filthy, or infested with vermin, he shall
be ordered by the officers of his squad to apply the remedy immediately, & on failure to do so, or for a second offence, he shall be taken to the spring
by a squad of men under charge of a commissioned & non-commissioned officer, & publicly ducked-this rule to take effect from & after Monday morning next, & will be most rigidly enforced. If any one shall curse or abuse another in a
provoking manner, under any circumstances, they shall be punished
in such
manner as the nature of the offence may require at the discretion
of the Captain. All complaints & grievances
must be reported at evening Roll Call, & at no other time. The men must not play with their bayonets by thrusting
them at one another, nor must they snap their muskets except when
on duty, & then only in obedience to a proper command from a superior. No man will be allowed
to take his gun to pieces except by permission, & then it must be a case of necessity.
By order-
Samuel D. Irvin [Irwin]-
Captain Commanding.
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