Extracts from the “Regimental Companion”
DAILY RATES of the SUBSISTENCE or PAY and ALLOWANCE of the OFFICERS and MEN of THE INFANTRY
p. 20
FOOT GUARDS
subsistence per diem
| L | S | D | |
| Colonel* | 1 | 10 | 6 |
| Lt. Colonel | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Major | 0 | 18 | 6 |
| Captain | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| Lt. | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ensign | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Adjutant | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Quarter Master | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| Battalion surgeon | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Assistant surgeon | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| Solicitor | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Serjeant | 0 | 1 | 10 3/4 |
| Corporal | 0 | 1 | 4 3/4 |
| Drum-Major | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Drummer | 0 | 1 | 2 3/4 |
| Deputy-Marshal | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Hautbois | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Private | 0 | 1 | 1 |
* In addition to the above the Colonel receives, with his Subsistence, an allowance of the pay of one Warrant Man per company, viz. in the 1st Foot Guards 32 Warrant men at 6 6/7 d each per day; and in the 2d and 3d Foot Guards for 20 Warrant Men at the same rate.
N.B. Quarter Master — pay 4s 8d, allowance 1s.
INFANTRY OF THE LINE AND MILITIA**
subsistence per diem
| L | S | D | |
| Colonel | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Lt.Colonel | 0 | 15 | 11 |
| Major | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| Captain | 0 | 9 | 5 |
| Lt.,with additional allowance | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 2nd Lt.or ensign with ditto | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| Paymaster | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Adjutant | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Quarter Master with additional allowance | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| Surgeon of the line and militia | 0 | 9 | 5 |
| Surgeon's mate in Militia*** | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Serjeant Major or Quarter Master Serjeant | 0 | 2 | 0 3/4 |
| Paymaster Serjeant | 0 | 1 | 6 3/4 |
| Serjeant | 0 | 1 | 6 3/4 |
| Corporal | 0 | 1 | 2 3/4 |
| Drummer | 0 | 1 | 2 3/4 |
| Fifer | 0 | 1 | 1 3/4 |
| Private | 0 | 1 | 0 |
** In addition to the Rate of Pay above specified, for Infantry of the Line and Militia, the Colonel of Commandant of a Corps, has an allowance for each Company of which the same may consist, of 6d. a day in lieu of the pay of a Warrant Man. Each Lieutenant and Ensign in the Militia, not holding another commission, has an allowance of 1s. a day, in addition to the above mentioned Rate of Pay. In the Militia, where the paymaster must necessarily hold a commission in the Corps, his pay is made up to 15s. a day; and an allowance of 1s. 6.75 d. is made for the Paymaster's Clerk, who is not borne in addition to the numbers of the Corps.
*** By a regulation dated 27th June, 1803, Surgeons Mates of Militia are to receive the same pay as Assistant Surgeons of the Line; but if they hold another commission, they receive 3s. 6d with the pay, if Lieutenant, of 4s. 8d. if an Ensign, of 3s. 8d.
INDEPENDENT COMPANIES OF INVALIDS
| L | S | D | |
| Captain | 0 | 9 | 5 |
| Lieutenant | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| Ensign | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| Serjeant | 0 | 1 | 6 1/4 |
| Corporal | 0 | 1 | 1 3/4 |
| Drummer | 0 | 1 | 1 3/4 |
| Private | 0 | 0 | 11 1/4 |
Instructions with regards to the Sword Salute, &c.
p. 200
WHEN officers are ordered to fall in, or take post in the battalion, they will repair to their several companies, divisions or sections, and without waiting for any verbal direction or word of command, draw their swords. The ranks being at close order, every officer, except the supernumary ones, will dress by the men, from the right and left of the several companies.
Carriage of the Sword — at close Order.
1. Grasp the sword lightly by the hilt, in your right hand, on a level and close to your hip bone, there let it rest, as the soldier does his musquet, casting the blade into the hollow of your right shoulder.
Carriage of the Sword — at open Order.
2. Grasp the sword by the hilt in your right hand, in front of your hip bone, drop the blade, four inches from the point, in your left hand, keeping the left elbow bent, and place your thumb along the blade upwards; bring your right arm somewhat forwards, so as to allow the blade to remain in a diagonal direction across the chest without constraint; your left hand being opposite to, and about three inches lower than the left shoulder.
Salute of the Sword
Four motions — 1st. Bring your sword briskly up in a perpendicular direction, the point upwards, and the flat side of the blade opposite to the right eye; the guard even with the right nipple, and the elbow close to the body. The instant the left hand quits the blade it must be briskly dropped to the left thigh; the thumb being kept flat upon the seam of the breeches, and the rest of the hand close to the thigh.
2d. Drop the blade by briskly stretching your arm, so as to bring your right hand close to the right thigh,* and remain steadily in this position until the person you have saluted shall have passed you two paces at least.
3d. Bring your sword briskly up, as in the first position: and,
4th. Sink it in a diagonal direction across the chest, as described in open order.
At the word of command — Rear ranks take close order &mdash officers face to the right, recovering their sword as in 1st position of the sword salute; they march in ordinary time to the different intervals in the battalion, come to the right about, and by one motion bring their swords as in No. 1 of the carriage of the sword at close order.
* This mode, in our humble opinion, is better calculated to preserve that squareness of chest, (which is so essentially necessary to the correct appearance of every officer and solder) than what is generally followed. It has the sanction of the old French regulation, and on that account ought at least to have as much weight with us as their manner of dancing has. If the sword be dropped in the front of the thight or knee, the right shoulder must unavoidably project; whereas, by dropping it along the outside of the thigh, both shoulders will be kept in a line.
p.294...
No man who presumes to marry without leave of his commanding officer is to be allowed to mess, or sleep out of camp, or barracks; nor is he to have the same indulgences which good soldiers generally receive.
Officers commanding troops or companies are to see that all orders are regularly read, by a non-commissioned officer at every evening parade; so that none may hereafter plead ignorance of any order issued by government, or by the officer commanding the regiment.
p. 296
When any officer, non-commissioned officer, or private soldier, conceives himself aggrieved, by being ordered out of his turn of duty, or otherwise, he must not, on any pretext whatever, presume to dispute the propriety of such order before he has obeyed it. When relieved, he may respectfully remonstrate, through the proper channels; and if not redressed, or satisfactorily answered by his commanding officer, he may then demand a court-marital.
p. 300
Men dying in the regiment, are to be buried at the expense of the captain of the company to which they belonged; ...
When the regiment in in barracks, an officer is to visit them, to inspect the messes, and regimental infirmary, every day, at appointed hours. he is to report to the commanding officer, what condition the barracks are in; what number of messes there are in each company; how the men are supplied with provisions; the number of patients in the hospital and how attended. If the regiment be in quarters, an officer of a company is to visit every house, upon which the men are billeted, and to enquire of the landlord as to their general conduct and behavior.
p. 304
No serjeant or corporal shall sell any kind of liquor, on any pretext whatever.
If any serjeant or corporal be known to drink or keep company with the soldiers, drummers or fifers, or to conceal from his officer any instance of indecent or unsoldier-like behaviour among them, he will be confined on a charge of connivance, &c. contrary to good order and discipline, and be tried accordingly.
The non-commissioned officers and private men are to receive their pay at least once a week; and no more than one shilling and sixpence per week is to be stopped from each soldier; for which he is to be accounted with on the 24th day in every month, when the balance, if any, is to be paid to him. In cavalry regiments the accounts are settled on the 24th of every second month.
A serjeant or corporal of a company is to go round the barracks or quarters of their several companies, as soon as the taptoo has beat, and to report any man who may be absent. He is every morning to see what men are sick, that the arms and accoutrements are properly hung up, beds well arranged and folded, and the rooms, stairs and galleries, clean swept, previous to the visiting officer's inspection. The return of the sick and lame must be given by a corporal from each company, to the surgeon or his assistant every morning.
The corporals are always to have a brush on parade, that the company's clothes may be clean brushed.
No man, who is properly provided with necessaries, is to be put under stoppages, except by sentence of a court martial. No stoppage to exceed the half of a soldier's pay. All arms and accoutrements damaged in the field, or on duty, are to be repaired at the expence of the captain; unless the injury should have been occasioned by the neglect or wantonness of the soldier, who, in that case, should be sent to drill, and put under stoppages to pay the regimental armourer's charge.
Any non-commissioned officer or soldier who shall be heard to swear, or use profane expressions, shall incur the penalties expressed in the Articles of War, Sect. 1. Art. 2.
Gaming of every description is strictly prohibited among non-commissioned officers, drummers and private men.
p. 305
Any man who is ordered to the drill, and does not attend, is to be sent to the black-hole for twenty-four hours for the first offence, and forty-eight hours for the second; but if he should continue to neglect that duty, he is to be confined under a written charge of disobedience or orders, and tried by a court-martial.
Any soldier who shall use reproachful or provoking speeches or gestures, or shall upbraid another with his country, or past conduct, will be sent to the black-hole.
No non-commissioned officer, or private soldier is to hire another to do his duty for him, nor is any exchange of duty to take place, without the express leave of the commanding officer.
A soldier is not, on any account, to carry coals, or do any sort of dirty work, in any part of his regimentals. p. 310
Corporal
THE situation of a corporal is, perhaps, one of the most responsible parts of the interior economy (sic) of a regiment. He is to his squad, what a captain is to his company , and a colonel to the regiment. On the different corporals, in fact, depends the good or bad appearance of a corps. It is their duty to be constantly with the men, to compel them to appear clean and properly dressed at all times, and to parade them for duty. ...
