SQUAD indicates that the platoon commander is to cause the signal
which follows to be executed by platoon or squad.




CHAPTER 12.

Guard Duty.

Time spent: Study, 2 hours.
Conference, 2 hours.
Formal guard mounting.

Guards are divided roughly into four classes:
1. Exterior--(Which come more properly under head of field service).
2. Interior--Their purpose is to preserve order, protect property
and enforce police regulations.
3. Military Police--Also treated of in field service.
4. Provost Guards--Used in the absence of military police to aid
civil authorities in preserving order among soldiers beyond the
interior guard.

Here we are concerned chiefly with interior guards. We shall make up a
brief summary of what an officer must know and what he ought to teach
his non-coms. and men. Also we shall touch upon the subject of guard
duty as it has been changed by trench warfare.

An officer ought to have a good grasp of the following subjects
relative to guard duty: