WHereas the Parliament hath made proviſion for the conſtant pay of the Army, and taking off all Free-Quarter and Billet, and have paſſed an Act with certaine Rules and Inſtructions intending the neceſſary proviſion for the Souldiers, moſt indifferently both to the Countrey, and them: Theſe are therefore in proſecution of the ſayd Act to require all Colonels, Majors, Officers, and Souldiers, whatſoever, to obſerve and put in execution ſuch Rules and Inſtructions in thei • reſpective Commands and places, as hereafter followeth.

1. That no Party under the Number of 25. though upon a March, Quarter in private Houſes, without the Owners conſent.

2. That whereas the Act allowes the Souldiers upon March to Quarter in private Houſes two Nights, to the intent they may within that time provide for themſelves, and divers Souldiers doe take advantage thereby (contrary to the intent thereof) to remove Quarters oftner then is neceſſary, and upon their remove march but two or three Myles a day, or there abouts: I doe therefore order, that no Troope march leſſe then ten Myles a day, nor Company of Foore leſſe then ſeaven, except upon ſervice or extraordinary occaſion.

3. That upon ſettlement of Quarters, the Officer in Chiefe of every Troope Company, or commanded party, make knowne to the reſpective Landlords within his reſpective Quarters, that they are to diſcharge their Billet; and in caſe any Landlord ſhall complaine to the Captaine or Commander in Chiefe upon the place that any of his Souldiers have not payd their Quarters: The ſayd Captaine or Commander in Chiefe of the ſayd Troope, Company, or Party, to give ſatisfaction to every perſon out of the Offenders pay within tonne dayes after juſt complaint made, upon paine of Caſhiering: And in caſe the Captaine, or Officer in Chief ſhall refuſe or neglect to give ſatisfaction, as aforeſayd; the Colonel, or Major of the ſayd Regiment, to give ſatisfaction himſelfe to the Landlord out of the ſayd Officers and Offenders pay next growing due: And to tranſmit the Charge againſt the Officer ſo offending, with the examination to the Iudge Advocate at the Head-Quarters within ten daies after hee hath had information thereof.

4. That in regard the ſame care cannot be taken upon a March: It is Ordered, That the Quarter-Maſter, or any imployed to take up Quarters, do in their tickets for Quarter, expreſſe the name of the Souldier or Souldiers to Quarter there, and make known that they are to pay their Quarters. And that in caſe of neglect, upon complaint the next morning to the Commander in chiefe, of the party, I roope, or Company, they ſhall receive ſatisfaction, That if either the Quarter-Maſter, or any imployed upon that ſervice, or the Commander in chiefe fayl in the due obſervance thereof, that they incutre the penalty of Caſhiering, giving ſasſsfaction to the Complainers, as before.

5. That this may be the better put in Execution; I doe Order, that all Colonels, and other Officers (but ſuch as I ſhall appoynt to attend the Head Quarters) bee reſident with their reſpective Regiments, and not abſent above fourteen dayes without ſpeciall leave from my ſelfe, upon paine of forfeiting their pay during their abſence; And that no Colonel doe give leave to any of his Officers to bee abſent above fourteen dayes without ſpeciall leave from my ſelfe; the Officer ſo offending to loſe his pay during that abſence.

6. That the Deputy Commiſſaries of the Muſters in their reſpect vecircuits, and Aſſociations doe certifie (by name) unto the Commiſſary Generall of the Muſters, every Muſter what Officers of any Regiment, or belonging to Garriſons they find abſent from their commands. And that the Commiſſary upon it do make Certificate thereof upon every Muſter with all ſpeed after the receipt thereof to the Major Generall, or thoſe who give out Orders at the Head-quarters in his abſence.

7. That by vertue of the Commiſſions formerly granted for the keeping of Courts of VVarre in the reſpective Regiments; each Colonell or Major take care for the convening the Officers of his Regiment at a Court Marſhall once every month, at the leaſt, and examine what hath beene done in the obſerving and executing of the afore going Orders and the Articles of VVar. And to certifie to the Major Generall or Officer iſſuing out Orders in his abſence at the Head Quarters, what Officers were then abſent from their commands, and upon what grounds, as is expreſt in the foregoing Article.

3. That all Offences mentioned within theſe Orders which have not a particular penalty appointed for them, be puniſhed at the judgement of the Regimentall Counſell of VVar; provided it extend to the loſſe of place of a Commiſſion Officer, nor to the taking away of life or limbe from any whatſoever.