WWII 1941 Army Guard Duty Guide

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GENERAL ORDERS ANDREGULATIONS FOR INTERIOR

GUARD DUTYRegulations Relating to General Orders

No. I---To take charge of this post and all Governmentproperty in view .( 1) All persons of whatever rank in the service arerequired to respect members of the guard in the performance of their duties.(2) A sentinel will report immediately to the cor

poral of the guard by telephone or other means everyunusual or suspicious occurrence noted.(3) He will arrest all suspicious-looking personsand all parties involved in a disorder occurring on ornear his post. He will turn over to the r:orporal of the

guard all persons arrested .( 4) The number , limits, and extent of his post willconstitute part of the special orders of a sentinel. Thelimits of his post will be so defined as to include everyplace to which he is required to go in the performanceof his duties.

No. 2- To walk my post in a military manner, keepingalways on the alert and observing everythingthat takes place within sight or hearing.A sentinel is not required to patrol his post in anyprescribed manner, but he must be constantly alert observing everything that takes place within his sight orhearing.


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No.3- To report all violations of orders I am instructedto enforce.

A sentinel will report a violation of orders at thefirst opportunity . He will arrest the offender if neeessary.No. 4- To repeat all calls from posts more distant fromthe guardhouse than my own.

To call the corporal of the guard for any purposeother than fire or disorder (No.8 next page), a sentinel will call , "Corporal of the guard No ........ ..... ..... "No . 5- To quit my post only when properly relieved.

( 1) I f relief becomes necessary by reason of sickness or other cause, a sentinel will call, "Corporal ofthe guard, No.. .................. relief," or communicate bytelephone or other means with the corporal of hisrelief. I f there is but one relief, he will leave his postat the proper time, return to the guardhouse, and reoport to the corporal of his relief.

(2) Sentinels will leave their posts for meals asspecifically directed by the commanding officer. I f asentinel is not relieved by the new sentinel at the ex'piration of his tour, the old sentinel will not abandonhis post but will communicate with the corporal of hisrelief by telephone or other means and comply withthe instructions received .No. 6- To receive. obey, and pass on to the sentinel

who relieves me, all orders from the command-ing officer, officer of the day, and officers andnoncommisSioned officers of the guard only.(1) During his tour of duty, a sentinel is subjectto the orders of the commanding officer, officer of the


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day, and officers and noncommissioned officers of theguard only; but any officer is authorized to investigateap.parent violations of regulations by members of the .guard .(2) A sentinel will quit his piece only on an ex'plicit order from a person from whom he lawfully re'ceives orders while on post. Unless necessity thereforexists, no person will require a sentinel to quit hispiece or even require it to be inspected .

No.7- To talk to no one except in line of duty .When persons make proper inquiries of a sentinel,courteous answers should be given. When challengingor holding conversation with any person, a dismountedsentinel armed with a rifle will take the position of

PORT ARMS . At night a dismounted sentinel armedwith a pistol takes the position of RAISE PISTOL in chal,lenging or holding conversation. A mounted sentineldoes not ordinarily draw his weapon in the daytimewhen challenging or holding conversation. At nightin challenging or holding conversation he takes theposition of RAISE PISTOL. .

No. 8- -To give the alarm in case of fire or disorder.In case of fire , the sentinel will immediately call,"Fire No ............. ," and give an alarm or make certainthat an alarm has already been given. He will thentake the necessary action to direct the responding fireapparatus to the fire. I f possible, the sentinel will ex'tinguish the fire. As soon as practicable, the sentinelwill notify the guardhouse of his action by telephoneor other means. Sentinels shall immediately transmitto the guardhouse by telephone or other means infor,mation of any disorder and will take proper policeaction with regard thereto. I f necessary, the sentinelwill call, "The guard , No .............. " In either case, if


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the danger is great , he will discharge his piece threetimes in rapid succession before calling. In time ofwar. sentinels will give warning of air and gas attacksas directed by the commanding officer.

No.9- To call the corporal of the guard in any casenot covered by instruct.ions.No.IO- To salute all officers and all colors and stand

ards not cased.( 1) Sentinels and other members of the guard ren-der salutes as prescribed in AR 600-25 , with the fol-lowi ng exceptions:(a) No salute is rendered to persons by a memberof the guard who is engaged in the performance of aspecific duty, the proper execution of which would

prevent saluting.(b) A mounted or dismounted sentinel armedwith a pistol does not salute after challenging. Hestands at RAISE PISTOL until the challenged party haspassed .(2) During the hours when challenging is pre-scribed the first salute is given as soon as the officer hasbeen duly recognized and advanced.(3) A sentinel in conversation with an officer will

not interrupt the conversation to salute, but in casethe officer salutes a senior the sentinel will also salute.No. l l - To be especially watchful at night and_ during the time for challenging_ to challenge all

persons on or near my post and to allow noone to pass without proper authority .

(1) (a) During challenging hours, if a sentinelsees any person or 'party on or near his post, he willadvance quickly along his post toward such person orparty, and when within about 30 paces will challengesharply, "HALT! WHO IS THERE?" The sentinel ordi-narily continues to advance while challenging but he


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may halt if circumstances require. After challenging,he places himself in the mos.t advantageous positionfrom which to pass or arrest the person or party. Inselecting this position, the sentinel may require thechallenged person or one of a party to advance towardhim, or to remain halted, or to advance to a particularplace, or to face toward the light, or to take whateverposition necessary in order that he may most surelyand promptly determine whether the person or partyshould be passed or turned over to the guard.

(b) I f the person or party challenged is mountedor in a vehicle, the sentinel will proceed as when theperson or party challenged is on foot. I f necessary tothe proper performance of his duty, he may cause oneor all of a party to dismount.

(c) The sentinel will permit only one of a partyto approach him for the purpose of being duly recog-nized .(d) The sentinel must satisfy himself beyond areasonable doubt that those challenged are what theyrepresent themselves to be and have a right to pass. I fhe is not satisfied, he calls the corporal of the guard bynearest telephone or other means.

(e) When a party approaches, the sentinel, on re-ceiving an answer that indicates that the party isauthorized to pass , will say, "Advance one to be rec-ognized," and when that one has been recognized willthen say, " Advance (so-and-so)," repeating the an-swer to his challenge. Thus, if the answer is "Patrol(friends, etc.)," the sentinel will say, "Advance one tobe recognized," and when recognized he will say, "Advance patrol (friends, etc.)."

(f) I f a person approaches alone. he will bt! di-rected to advance to be recognized and when recognized will be advanced as indicated above for one ofa party. Thus, if the answer is, "Friend (officer of theday, etc.)," the sentinel will call ; "Advance, friend


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(officer of the day, etc.), to be recognil;ed." Afterrecognition, the sentinel will say, "Advance, friend(officer of the day, etc.) ."(2) (a) I f two or more persons or parties ap-proach the sentinel's post from different directions atthe same time, they will be challenged in turn andrequired to halt and remain halted until advanced .(b) The senior is first advanced in accordance withthe foregoing rules.(c) I f a person or party is already advanced and in

conversation with a sentinel, the latter will challengeany other person or party that may approach. I f theperson or party challenged is senior to the one alreadyon his post, the sentinel will advance the new personor others that may be challenged; otherwise the sen-tinel will advance no one until the senior leaves him.He will.then advance only the senior of the remainingones, and so on.

(d) The following order of rank governs a sen-tinel in advancing different persons or parties ap-proaching his post: Commanding officer, officer of theday, officer of the guard, officers, patrols, relief, non-commissioned officers of the guard in order of rank,and friends.

(3) A sentinel 'must never allow himself to be sur-prised, nor permit two parties to advance upon him atthe same time .

( 4) Answers to a sentinel's challenge intended toconfuse or mislead him are prohibited. but the use ofsuch an 'answer as "Friend" is not to be understoodas misleading, but as the usual answer made by officersor patrols when the purpose of their visit makes itdesirable that their official capacity should not beannounced .

(5) The commanding officer may limit challengingto suspicl'ous looking persons.


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