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 60 EARLY RECORDS OF PORT PHILLIP. are to be kept at all times ready for service, and he is certain that if this order is strictly attended to the arms will not be in such frequent want of repair ; and he shall in future direct stoppages to be made for the repair of such arms as shall appear to him to have been damaged by carelessness ; nor are they on any account to be taken out or used but on duty. He is concerned to observe that some of the non-commissioned ofhcers are so extremely inattentive to their duty as to bring the men to the parade in a slovenly and unsoldierlike state. It is their peculiar duty to inspect the men on the beating of the quarter-drum and to report them to the ojfficer of the company when they find their appearance to be unmilitary. He should feel much regret at bringing a non-commissioned officer to a court-martial, but as the service cannot be carried on without they attend to their duty, so shall he feel it his to have only good and attentive men in that very useful class of soldiers. It is again ordered that none of the detachment off duty quit the camp without having first obtained leave from the officer of the company to which they are classed. Detail for duty. Sullivan Bay, 11th January 1804. General Orders. Parole — Good news. C. Sign — Hope. Garrison Orders. Detail for duty only. Sullivan Bay, 12th January 1804. General Orders. Parole — Margate. C. Sign — Broadstairs. Garrison Orders. The quartermaster will complete the detachment with leggings, and will take care that the whole of the new clothing is completed by the 18th instant. The adjutant will practise the men at firing wdth powder on Monday and Tuesday next, for which purpose the quartermaster will prepare a dozen rounds of blank cartridges for each man. Detail for duty. Sullivan Bay, 13th January 1804. General Orders. Parole — Kingsgate. C. Sign — Ramsgate. Garrison Orders. Detail for duty only.