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Many thanks to the Royal Borough of Kensington and +Chelsea Library for allowing their copy to be used for this +transcription. + + + + + + REGULATIONS + FOR THE + ESTABLISHMENT + AND + GOVERNMENT + OF THE + ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM. + + + * * * * * + + * * * * * + + London: + PRINTED FOR T. EGERTON + MILITARY LIBRARY, + WHITEHALL. + + * * * * * + + 1805. + + * * * * * + + * * * * * + + C. Mercier and Co. Printers, + No. 6, Northumberland-court. + + + + +WARRANT, CONTAINING ORDERS AND REGULATIONS, REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT +AND GOVERNMENT OF THE ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM. + + +GEORGE R. + +WHEREAS OUR Commissioners for the Affairs of Our Royal Military Asylum +did, in pursuance of Our Commands, signified to them in Our Warrant +bearing date the 24th June, 1801, prepare and present to Us, in their +Report, dated the 30th day of April, 1803, certain Orders and Regulations +for the good Government of Our said Asylum, and for the attainment of the +humane objects for which it has been erected; and did, in the same +Report, propose such an Establishment of Officers, as they deemed +necessary, in the first instance, to be appointed in Our said Asylum, +together with the Salaries and Allowances fitting to be annexed to their +respective employments; of which Report, in all its parts, WE were +pleased to approve: And Whereas divers additional Regulations and +Appointments of Officers have at different times since been represented +to Us by Our Commander in Chief, at the request of Our said +Commissioners, to be essential to the welfare of the Institution; and +have in like manner met with Our Royal Approbation: WE do, therefore, +confirm hereby the several Acts which have been done or directed by Our +said Commissioners, in conformity to Our said Warrant, and to the Report +and Representations afore mentioned: and, in regard to the Commissioners +for managing the Affairs of Our Royal Military Asylum, as well as to the +Regulations for the Establishment and Government of the same, in future, +WE do declare Our Will and Pleasure, to be as follows: + +OUR most dearly beloved Son, Field Marshal, Frederic, Duke of York and +Albany, Commander in Chief of all Our Forces in Our United Kingdom of +Great Britain and Ireland; Our most dearly beloved Son, General, Edward, +Duke of Kent; Our most dearly beloved Son, Lieutenant General, Ernest +Augustus, Duke of Cumberland; Our most dearly beloved Son, Lieutenant +General, Adolphus Frederic, Duke of Cambridge; + +General, Charles, Earl of Harrington, Colonel of Our First Regiment of +Life Guards; Brownlow, Bishop of Winchester; Lieutenant General, William, +Lord Cathcart, Colonel of Our Second Regiment of Life Guards; Our right +trusty and well beloved, William Windham, and Our right trusty and well +beloved, Charles Yorke, late, respectively, Secretaries at War; General, +Sir David Dundas, Knight of the Bath, Governor of Our Royal Hospital at +Chelsea; Lieutenant General, George Hewett, Barrack Master General to Our +Forces; Major General, Robert Brownrigg, Quarter Master General of Our +Forces; Major General, Harry Calvert, Adjutant General of Our Forces; Sir +Brook Watson, Baronet, Our Commissary General of Stores and Provisions in +Great Britain; the Reverend John Gamble, Chaplain General of Our Forces; +and Matthew Lewis, Esq. late Deputy Secretary at War; + +Together with, + +The General Commanding in Chief Our Forces in the United Kingdom, for the +time being; Our Secretary at War; Our Bishops of London and Winchester; +the Paymaster General of Our Land Forces; Our Master General of the +Ordnance; Our Quarter Master General; Our Adjutant General; Our Barrack +Master General; Our Inspector General of the Recruiting Service; the +Governor, and Lieutenant Governor, of Our Royal Hospital, at Chelsea; the +Colonels of Our Two Regiments of Life Guards; Our Judge Advocate General; +Our Commissary General of Stores and Provisions in Great Britain; the +Chaplain General of Our Forces; and Our Deputy Secretary at War; _All for +the Time being_; shall be Commissioners for the Government of our Royal +Military Asylum, and for the Direction, Management, and Control, of all +Affairs belonging thereto. + +And, it is Our Royal Pleasure, that Our Commander in Chief for time being +shall be the President, and Our Secretary at War for the time being shall +be the Vice-President, of Our said Royal Military Asylum. + +WE do hereby Grant to Our several Commissioners above specified, or any +Five or more of them, forming a Board, (of whom Our Commander in Chief, +Secretary at War, Paymaster General, Quarter Master General, Adjutant +General, or Governor of Chelsea Hospital, shall always be One) full Power +and Authority generally to do, perform, and direct, all such Matters and +Things, as They, in their Discretion, shall judge expedient, for the due +Government and Maintenance of Our said Asylum; subject to such further +Orders, Regulations, and Instructions, as WE shall at any time or times +hereafter think fit to give under Our Royal Sign Manual, in relation to +Our said Asylum, and to the Government thereof. + +Four Quarterly, or General, Boards shall be holden in each Year; viz. on +the 1st Tuesday in the Months of January, April, July, and October, or as +soon thereafter as may be; of which the Secretary shall give due notice +to each Commissioner, one Week, at the least, preceding each Board. + +At those Quarterly Boards the general business of the Institution shall +be transacted: such as the Appointment or Removal of Officers, not +holding their Employments by Commission from Us; the Authorising and +Approving of Contracts; the Examining and Settling of all Accounts; and +the consideration of the necessary Applications, from time to time, to +Parliament, for the Sums required in Support of the Institution. + +A Committee (open to all Commissioners, but at which, Three of those +specially named by the General Board shall always be present) shall meet +as often as occasion may require to receive Reports; to determine on the +reception, or rejection, of Children recommended for admittance into the +Asylum, under such Restrictions and Regulations as shall have been +previously prescribed by Our Commissioners at any General Board; and to +give directions in all Matters respecting the interior Economy of the +Institution: and whenever such Committee may find it expedient, it is to +direct the Secretary to Summon a Special General Board of Commissioners, +at any intermediate time between the Quarterly Boards. + +In the selection or the Children for admission, preference in general +shall be given, + +1st. To Orphans. + +2nd. To those, whose Fathers have been killed; or have died on Foreign +Service. + +3d. To those who have lost their Mothers, and whose Fathers are absent +on Duty abroad. + +4th. To those whose Fathers are ordered on Foreign Service; or, whose +Parents have other Children to maintain. + +The merit of the Father, as to Regimental Character, shall be always +considered as a principal recommendation. + +None shall be admitted, except the Children, born in Wedlock, of Warrant +and Non-commissioned Officers and Soldiers of Our Regular Army. + +Every Child, previously to admission, must be ascertained to be entirely +free from mental, and bodily, infirmity. + +The Parents, or Friends, applying for the admission of Children, shall be +required to sign their consent to such Children remaining in the Asylum +as long as Our Commissioners may think fit; and to their being disposed +of, when of proper Age, at the discretion of the Commissioners, as +Apprentices, or Servants; or, if Boys, to their being placed, with their +own free consent, in Our Regular Army, as Private Soldiers. + +The number of Children to be admitted shall not exceed One Thousand; viz. +Seven hundred Boys, and Three hundred Girls; exclusive of such as, upon +any pressure of special circumstances, may be received (for a time, and +until they are of proper Age to be removed, or until vacancies may occur +in the Asylum) into the infant Establishment in the Isle of Wight; hereby +declared to be a Branch of this Our Royal Institution, and to be under +the general control of the Commissioners thereof. + +The following shall be the Officers, Assistants, and Servants, on the +Establishment of Our Royal Military Asylum; subject to such further +change, augmentation, or diminution, in the description, number, or +Salaries, of the under Officers, Assistants, and Servants, as to Our said +Commissioners may hereafter appear necessary: viz. + + + +A COMMANDANT; + + +To whom, in consideration of the great trust reposed in Him, and the +continued attention required of Him to promote the general welfare of the +Institution, WE are pleased to assign the Pay of Twenty Shillings per +Diem, with an Allowance of Coals and Candles for three Rooms. + + + +A TREASURER; + + +To whom WE are pleased to Grant a Salary of £.300 per Annum, including +all Allowances for Clerks, Stationary, or otherwise. + + + +A CHAPLAIN, AND SUPERINTENDANT OF MORALS AND EDUCATION; + + +To whom WE are pleased to Grant a Salary of £.280 per Annum, with an +Allowance of Coals and Candles for two Rooms and an half. + + + +AN ADJUTANT AND SECRETARY; + + +To whom WE are pleased to Grant the Pay of Ten Shillings per Diem, with +an Allowance of Coals and Candles for two Rooms. + + + +A QUARTER MASTER AND STEWARD; + + +To whom WE are pleased to Grant a Salary of £.180 per Annum, with an +Allowance of Coals and Candles for two Rooms. + + + +A SURGEON; + + +Who, holding the Rank of Surgeon to Our Forces, shall have the Pay of +Fifteen Shillings per Diem, with an Allowance of Coals and Candles for +two Rooms and an half—he shall have the Assistance of an Hospital Mate, +(not Resident in the House) at Five Shillings per Diem, without any other +Allowance. + + + +A SERJEANT-MAJOR OF INSTRUCTION; + + +Whose Pay shall be Two Shillings and Sixpence per Diem, with Clothing; +Board, the same as the Children; and an Allowance of Coals and Candles +for one Room. + + + +SERJEANT-ASSISTANTS; + + +In the proportion of One to every Fifty Boys; they shall have the Pay of +One Shilling and Sixpence per Day, each; Clothing and Board; and an +Allowance of Coals and Candles, according to the Season of the Year, in a +proportion to be fixed by Our Commissioners. + +To the Quarter-Master Serjeant, and to such of the Serjeant-Assistants as +shall be employed to instruct the Boys in the different Trades, WE are +pleased to allow Sixpence per Diem, each; in addition to the Pay of One +Shilling and Sixpence above specified. + + + +A DRUMMER; + + +To be allowed Drummer’s Pay and Clothing, and to Mess with the Children. + + + +A MATRON; + + +Who shall have £.100 per Annum as Salary, and in lieu of all former +Allowances; except in regard to Coals and Candles, the Allowance for +which shall be continued to her for two Rooms. + + + +AN ASSISTANT MATRON AND SCHOOLMISTRESS; + + +Who is to have a Salary of £.50 per Annum, (in lieu of her former Salary, +and Allowance for Provisions) together with an Allowance of Coals and +Candles for one Room. + + + +ONE READING MISTRESS, AND ONE KNITTING MISTRESS AND SEMPSTRESS; + + +Each having a Salary of £.25 per Annum, One Shilling per Diem in lieu of +Board, and an Allowance of Coals and Candles for one Room. + + + +NURSES, + + +In the proportion of One to each Ward; to be allowed £.10 per Annum, +each, and their Board; with Clothing, and Coals and Candles, the same as +the Serjeant-Assistants. + + + +NURSES FOR THE INFIRMARY, + + +In proportion to the number of the Sick; to be allowed £.12 per Annum, +each, and their Board; with Clothing, and Coals and Candles, as the other +Nurses. + + + +A COOK; + + +To be allowed £.20 per Annum, and her Board; with Clothing, and an +Allowance of Coals and Candles, the same as the Nurses. She shall be +allowed two Assistants; each having £.10 per Annum; with Board, Clothing, +and Coals and Candles, the same as the Cook. + + + +A LAUNDRESS; + + +To be allowed £.20 per Annum, and her Board; with Clothing, and an +Allowance of Coals and Candles, the same as the Cooks; and to have such +Aid from the Female Children, and such hired Assistance, as circumstances +may from time to time require. + + + +A SERJEANT-PORTER; + + +Who shall have the Pay of One Shilling and Sixpence per Day; with +Clothing, and One Shilling per Diem in lieu of Board: together with an +Allowance of Coals and Candles, in a proportion to be fixed by Our +Commissioners. + + * * * * * + +The Officers, Assistants, and Servants, belonging to Our Royal Military +Asylum, shall not, directly or indirectly, demand or receive any +Perquisite; or any Emolument whatever, beyond the Pay and Allowances +annexed to their respective Employments, as specified in this Our +Warrant, or otherwise expressly authorized by Our Commissioners: and any +such Officers, Assistants, or Servants, offending herein, shall be deemed +to have forfeited their Situations. + +WE do hereby Grant unto the Commissioners of Our Royal Military Asylum, +or any Five or more of them, assembled at a General Board as aforesaid, +full Power and Authority to Nominate, Constitute, and Appoint, from time +to time, the said Officers, Assistants, and Servants, and to displace +them, or any of them, as to Our said Commissioners shall seem meet: The +Commandant, Chaplain, Adjutant and Secretary, Quarter-Master and Steward, +and Surgeon, excepted; who, receiving Commissions from Ourselves, shall +not be removable, unless by Our especial Command. + +WE do further Grant hereby to Our said Commissioners, or any Five or more +of them, assembled as aforesaid, full Power and Authority to ascertain +and settle, what proportions and kinds of Victuals they shall judge most +expedient for the Diet of the Children, and of such other Persons as are, +in compliance with the above Regulations, to be entertained and fed in +Our Royal Military Asylum; and to make, or direct to be made, Contracts +and Agreements for the furnishing of the same, at such rates, and for +such periods, as to Our Commissioners shall appear best; as also, for +Clothing the said Children and Persons; and likewise, to cause the +Buildings, Furniture, Grounds, Roads, Walks, and Lights, belonging to Our +said Royal Military Asylum, to be maintained and kept in Repair and +proper Order, for the due Accommodation and good Government of the same. + +WE do at the same time direct, and Command, that, in all cases +whatsoever, where any Order or Warrant is to be granted for the Payment +of any Sum or Sums of Money, for the uses of the Royal Military Asylum, +every such Order or Warrant shall be signed by Three or more of the +Commissioners; of whom Our Commander in Chief, Secretary at War, +Paymaster General, Quarter-Master General, Adjutant General, or Governor +of Chelsea Hospital, shall always be One. + +WE are further pleased to declare all the Officers and Persons, borne on +the Establishment of Our Royal Military Asylum, to be subject to the +Authority, Command, and Control, of Our said Commissioners; who are +hereby empowered to make provision for the future disposal of the +Children, when of a proper Age to be removed from the Asylum; according +to their Qualifications, Ability, and Dispositions, and as may be most +likely to be conducive to their ultimate advantage. + +FINALLY, WE are pleased to Approve the Instructions hereunto annexed, +which have been framed by Our said Commissioners for the more particular +guidance of the Officers, Assistants, and Servants, of the Royal Military +Asylum, in the execution of their respective Duties; And, WE do hereby +give to Our said Commissioners full Power and Authority, from time to +time, to amend or annul the same; and to make such further Rules and +Institutions, touching the ordinary Affairs of Our said Asylum, as shall +not, in any case, be repugnant to these our Orders and Regulations. + +Given at Our Court at St. James’s, this 26th Day of April 1805, in the +Forty-fifth Year of Our Reign. + + By His Majesty’s Command, + W. DUNDAS. + + + + +REGULATIONS FOR THE GUIDANCE OF THE OFFICERS, ASSISTANTS, AND SERVANTS, +OF THE ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM, IN THE EXECUTION OF THEIR RESPECTIVE +DUTIES. + + +DUTY OF THE COMMANDANT. + + +The Commandant must be Resident in the House; over the interior Economy +of which, He has a general Superintendence and Control. + +All the Officers, Assistants, and Servants, are subject to his Orders; +and, as he is responsible for their Conduct, He is hereby invested with +Power to suspend (until the next meeting of the Committee) any of the +Officers not holding Commissions, Assistants, or Servants, whose +misconduct may deserve it. It will be his Duty to Report to the +Committee all occurrences that may call for their attention; and He will +constantly exercise his utmost care and vigilance in promoting the +general Welfare of the Institution. + +It is of essential consequence that all Payments should, as far as +practicable, be regularly made every Quarter, under the authority of the +General Board: But, as there will be many casual Disbursements, which +cannot be conveniently postponed to those Periods; the Treasurer will be +authorized by the Commissioners to advance to the Commandant, from time +to time, as they shall see occasion, such moderate Sums as they may deem +necessary for such Disbursements; and the Commandant will direct the +Quarter-Master and Steward to make those payments; to take proper +Receipts in the name of the Treasurer; to keep a regular Account of the +same: which Account (with the Receipts) shall be produced by the +Commandant every Quarter, for examination by the Committee, and for +confirmation by the Board. + + + +DUTY OF THE TREASURER. + + +The Treasurer shall receive all Monies applicable to the purposes of this +Institution; and pay the same agreeably to such orders as the +Commissioners shall from time to time issue, in conformity to the +directions contained in His Majesty’s Warrant of this Date. + +He is to produce Accompts Annually (with Vouchers in the Form approved by +the Commissioners) of all Monies by him received and expended for the +Royal Military Asylum; and, after his Accompts shall have been examined +and approved by the Commissioners, He shall finally pass the same, +according to the Practice observed in regard to the Accompts of other +Public Military Institutions. + +He shall, at all times when required, furnish the Board, or Committee, +with a State of the Balance of Cash in his Hands; and with such other +Information as they may call for, respecting his Accompts as Treasurer of +this Institution. + + + +DUTY OF THE CHAPLAIN AND SUPERINTENDENT OF MORALS AND EDUCATION. + + +The Chaplain is to be Resident in the House. His Duty will be to read +Prayers twice, and Preach once, at least, every Sunday; and likewise on +Christmas Day, Good Friday, and every Public Fast, or Festival, that may +be directed by the Ordinary; and it is the positive order of the +Commissioners, that all the Officers, Assistants, and Servants, of the +Establishment, shall regularly attend Divine Service on Sundays, and on +the Public Fasts and Festivals. + +The Chaplain is to examine the Children in the Church Catechism, and +instruct them in the meaning thereof, according to their capacities, +every Sunday; and to read Prayers to them on every Wednesday, and Friday +Morning.—He is also to be responsible for, and to have a general +Superintendence of, the Education of the Children; to take care that they +duly and reverently attend Public Worship; to reprove them for any +irregularities and vices, which he shall observe, or know them to be +guilty of; and, if they do not amend after admonition, he is to Report +their Behaviour in Writing to the Commandant. It will likewise be his +Duty to have a watchful Eye over the Moral and Religious Conduct of the +Officers, Assistants, and Servants, of the Institution; and likewise to +visit frequently, and at uncertain times, the Schools, Workshops, +Refectories and Dormitories; and particularly to Report to the +Commandant, if He hear any Oaths or indecent Expressions made use of by +the Children, or by the under Officers, or Servants, of the Institution. +In fine, He shall in every respect, to the best of his ability, endeavour +that the Children be carefully instructed in the Principles of Virtue and +Religion; and that a pious, sober, and orderly, conduct be observed by +every Person in the Asylum. + + + +DUTY OF THE ADJUTANT AND SECRETARY. + + +The Adjutant and Secretary is to be Resident in the House; and to +consider himself in all respects amenable to the Commandant. + +It will be his Duty to summon, and attend, all meetings of the Board and +Committee; and in the notices for extraordinary meetings, either of a +General Board or Committee, he shall insert the cause of such Meetings; +He is to take down, and preserve, Minutes of all the Proceedings of the +Commissioners; and to produce them fairly written in a Book, at the next +succeeding Meeting; as also, whenever called for by a Commissioner or by +the Commandant. + +He shall keep an Alphabetical List of all Applications for the Admission +of Children into the Asylum, and likewise a Register of such as are +admitted; with their Names and Ages, Time of Admission, the Regiment to +which the Father of the Child belonged; and his Parochial Settlement, +when the same can be ascertained; also, of the manner in which such Child +is disposed of, on quitting the Asylum. + +He shall likewise keep a Book, wherein shall be constantly recorded the +behaviour of each of the Children. + +He is also to examine, check, and keep, all the Accounts of the +Institution; and to enter the Abstract thereof in a Book, for the +examination of the Commandant, the Committee, and the Board, previously +to, or immediately after, their being ordered for Payment. + +He is to keep, and deliver out, all such School Books, and Stationary, to +the Serjeant Major of Instruction, as may from time to time be wanted; +taking a Receipt for them. + +He is to see that the Serjeants attend strictly to their Duty, and +maintain proper Discipline and Order among the Children; and that both +they, and the Children, do keep themselves clean and neat in their +Persons; for which purpose, it is expected that he shall frequently be in +the Schools and Workshops, and visit the Refectories, and Dormitories, +and report to the Commandant any irregularities he may observe. + +He will attend to the Drill of the Boys; and to such other Military +Duties as are incident to the situation of Adjutant, or as the Commandant +may from time to time require of him. + + + +DUTY OF THE QUARTER MASTER AND STEWARD. + + +The Quarter Master and Steward is to be Resident in the House. It will +be his Duty to examine all the Provisions, Stores, and Clothing, sent in; +to see that they are of the Quality, and charged at the Price, contracted +for, under the orders of the Board; to give Check Receipts to the several +Tradesmen furnishing the same, and to take a Counter Check from them in +like manner. + +He must be provided with Scales, Weights, Measures, &c. to ascertain the +Quantities of every Article brought in, which he shall regularly enter +into a Store Book, under their respective heads; to enable the Secretary +to examine the Tradesmen’s Accounts at the end of each Quarter previously +to their being paid. + +He shall be accountable for all Receipts, Issues, and Remains, and keep a +regular account thereof; and shall not allow any waste to be committed by +the Servants, or suffer any article of Provisions, Clothing, or Stores, +to be carried out of the House; but shall report the same, or any other +irregularity, that may come under his notice, to the Commandant. + +_He_ is to take care that every thing necessary be provided, and in +readiness for the meals of the Children, at the following Hours; viz. +Breakfast at Eight o’clock in Summer, and at Nine o’Clock in Winter; +Dinner at One o’clock the Year round; and Supper, at Seven o’Clock in +Summer, and Six o’clock in Winter. + + + +DUTY OF THE SURGEON. + + +The Surgeon is to be Resident in the House.—It will be his Duty to +examine all the Children brought to the Asylum for Admission, and to +Report on any special cases occurring among them; to take charge of the +Sick; to regulate all matters within the line of his professional Duty, +respecting them and the Wards appropriated for their reception; and from +time to time to suggest to the Committee (through the Commandant) +whatever may in his Judgment appear likely to contribute to the better +health of the Children in general. + + + +DUTY OF THE SERJEANT-MAJOR OF INSTRUCTION. + + +The Serjeant-Major of Instruction shall cause the Boys to rise, by beat +of Drum, at Six in the Morning from the 25th of March to the 29th of +September; and at Seven o’Clock in the Morning from the 29th September, +to the 25th of March. + +He is to allow the Boys one hour to clean their Shoes, wash their Hands +and Faces, and to have their Heads combed; + +He is then to read, or cause one of the Senior Boys to read, such Prayers +as may be directed by the Chaplain; after which he shall cause them to +proceed to the School-business of Reading, Writing, and the four first +Rules in Arithmetic, or to such other employments as may be assigned, to +qualify them either for the Duties of a Soldier, or for other subordinate +situations in Life. + +He is previously to examine each Boy, to see that he be washed clean, and +dressed in a proper manner; and if this should have been neglected to be +done, he is to deliver the Boy, so improperly dressed, to the Serjeant or +Nurse of the Ward to which such Boy belongs, to be put in order; and he +will report any repetition of neglect in the same person to the +Commandant. + +He, and his Assistants, are to attend the Boys at all meals, and to cause +one of them to say Grace, before and after each meal. + +He and his Assistants are also to attend the Boys at their hours of +recreation, to prevent them from behaving improperly in any respect. + +He, and his Assistants, are to see that the Boys are all in Bed at the +hours appointed; and that no Fire, or Candle, is left in their +Dormitories. + +He, and his Assistants, are to see that the Boys are decently and +properly dressed on Sundays, previously to their attending Divine +Service; where they are all required to be present with the Children. + +He will promote, to the utmost of his power, Good-will, Friendship, and +Cordiality, among the Children; endeavouring to impress them with those +sentiments of Virtue and Religion, which may best enable them to regulate +their future conduct. + +He will be especially careful that no profane or indecent expressions be +on any occasion made use of to them, or in their hearing, by his +Assistants, or the Servants; And whenever he may discover any species of +Vice or Immorality, or tendency thereto, in the Boys, or any improper +Conduct towards them on the part of the Assistants or Servants, he is +immediately to Report the same to the Adjutant, or (through him) to the +Commandant; according to the nature and degree of the offence. + +He is to make a Weekly Return of what Stationary may be wanted; in order +that it may be delivered to him by the Secretary, who will take his +Receipts for the same. + +He shall, every Three Months, deliver to the Adjutant, for the purpose of +its being laid by the Commandant before the Board, an exact List of the +Boys, divided into proper Classes of Reading, Writing, and other +Employments; specifying each Boy’s Age, the time he has been in the +Asylum, the Trade to which He is applying, and the progress he has made +since his Admission. + +He is to have especial care that the Assistants do their Duty diligently +in the Instruction of the Boys; and, at convenient times, he is to hear +and examine the respective Classes under their care. + +He is to keep, hung up in some convenient place, the Table of the +Employment of the Boys for the several hours of the Day; and see that the +same be strictly attended to. + + + +DUTY OF THE SERJEANT-ASSISTANTS. + + +The Serjeant-Assistants are to be subordinate to, and follow the +Instructions of, the Serjeant-Major; and to assist him in every +Department of his Office, to the utmost of their abilities. + +They are to watch over the Boys, when at their Recreation; to prevent +them from doing mischief, or acting improperly in any respect. + +They are constantly to attend Divine Service with the Children. + +They are to abstain from the use of Profane or Indecent Language; and in +all respects to behave themselves Religiously and Soberly; so as, by +their example, to excite in the Children an emulation to Virtue. + +They are to be present with the Boys at Meal-times; and to assist the +Serjeant-Major in keeping Silence, and maintaining a decency of +Behaviour, during Meals; and in seeing that the Candles and Fires be +extinguished in proper time in the Boys Dormitories. + + + +DUTY OF THE DRUMMER. + + +The Drummer is to beat the Drum at the hours appointed for the Children’s +Meals; for their rising in the Morning, and going to Bed in the Evening; +and at any other times, or for any other purpose, that may be directed by +the Commandant. + +He is to Teach such Boys to beat the Drum, as may be appointed by the +Commandant. + +He is also to inflict such Corporal Punishment on the Boys, as may be +ordered by the Commandant. + + + +DUTY OF THE MATRON. + + +The Matron shall be Resident in the House. She is to have the direction +of the Female Servants, subject to the Control of the Commandant; and the +entire management of the Girls, with whom she shall be present during +their Meals. + +The Rules which are above detailed for the Boys, in regard to the times +of rising and going to Bed, the hours of Instruction, the Reading of +Prayers in the Morning, and the Saying of Grace before and after each +Meal, are to be equally and uniformly maintained among the Girls, under +the immediate direction of the Matron, who shall be responsible for the +due observance of the same. + +She is to superintend the Education of the Girls in Reading, Writing, +Sewing, Knitting, Marking, Washing, and getting up Linen; in Kitchen and +House-work; and in such other Female Employments as may qualify them for +useful Servants. + +She is to take care, that, during their continuance under the Protection +of this Institution, they be properly employed in the School, and in the +domestic requisites of the Establishment, as far as their Ages and +Abilities will permit. + +She is to take care that one of the Female Teachers, or Attendants, be +always present with the Girls at their Hours of Recreation, to prevent +them from behaving improperly in any respect. + +She is to take under her charge from the Steward (giving him a Receipt +for the same) the House Linen, Children’s Linen, and Bedding. + +She is to see that the Children’s and House Linen be as much as possible +made up and repaired by the Girls; that the Linen of the Children be +properly changed; and that the Beds be likewise furnished with clean +Sheets, at such times as shall be directed. + +She must take care, that the Nurses be constantly attentive to the +keeping of the Children’s Heads clean and well combed, and to the washing +of their Feet thrice a Week, at the least, in Summer, and twice a Week in +Winter. + +She is Personally to inspect the Dormitories of the Girls, both in the +Day-time and after they go to Bed; and she will not fail to apply to the +Commandant, whenever she may consider his interference necessary, to +enforce a due obedience to her Orders. + + + +DUTY OF THE ASSISTANT MATRON. + + +The Assistant Matron shall be immediately subject to, and under the +Direction of the Matron. + +She is to take care, that the Girls go to Bed, and rise in the Morning, +at the Hours appointed; that they come into School, properly washed and +combed; that they be regularly employed while in the School; and that +such as are of an Age for that purpose, be sent in rotation to be +employed in Kitchen and Laundry Work. + +She is to take care, that they be occupied at stated times in making and +repairing their own Apparel, and the Linen and Stockings of the Boys; and +to see that the same be regularly changed at the times directed. + + + +DUTY OF THE READING MISTRESS, AND OF THE KNITTING MISTRESS AND +SEMPSTRESS. + + +Beside the particular Objects for which the Reading Mistress, and the +Knitting Mistress and Sempstress, are respectively engaged, they shall +assist the Matron and Assistant Matron in their several Duties, as may be +required. + + + +DUTY OF THE NURSES. + + +The Nurses are to see, that the Children retire orderly to their Beds at +the Hour appointed; and rise in the Morning in the same manner. + +They are to take care, that the Children be properly washed and combed, +and their Clothes decently put on, before they attend in the School; and +that their Feet be regularly washed at Night, three times a Week in +Summer, and twice a Week in Winter. + +They are likewise to take care, that the Dormitories, and their own +Apartments, be constantly kept clean, and in proper Order; and that the +Bedding, Sheets, Towels, and Children’s Clothing, delivered to their +care, be kept in repair, and regularly returned to the Matron, at the +times appointed. + + + +DUTY OF THE NURSES FOR THE INFIRMARY. + + +It will be the Duty of each Nurse in the Infirmary to take care of all +the Children committed to her Charge; to keep them clean, and to comb +them daily. + +She must never wash the Apartments where the Sick Children are kept, +without permission of the Medical Officers having the charge of them; she +shall be careful, that all Medicines, &c. delivered to her be punctually +administered at the times prescribed by such Officers; and she shall, in +every respect, implicitly obey their Directions, and those of the Matron. + +She is never to be absent from the Infirmary; nor to suffer the Relations +or Friends of the Children to come there, without the Permission of the +Commandant, or Matron; and she shall in all respects conduct herself +soberly and properly, as becomes a Person intrusted with the care of the +Sick. + + + +DUTY OF THE COOK. + + +The Cook is to be under the immediate Control of the Matron; and likewise +of the Steward, from whom she shall daily receive the necessary Quantity +of Provisions for the Institution. + +She is to be punctual in preparing the several Meals at the hours +appointed; She shall likewise instruct such of the Girls in Kitchen-work, +as may be sent to her, in Monthly or Weekly rotation, for that purpose; +She shall keep the Kitchen and Utensils clean, and in order; She shall +not dispose of any Provisions, Kitchen-stuff, or Ashes, on any account +whatever; and she shall in all respects behave herself honestly, soberly, +and quietly in her Station. + + + +DUTY OF THE LAUNDRESS. + + +The Laundress is to receive from the Matron, every Monday Morning, the +Children’s Linen, and such House Linen as is to be washed in the Week; +and to take care that the Washing be done in a proper manner, without +damaging the Linen; and she shall return the several articles back to the +Matron, at the times appointed. + +She shall likewise instruct and employ such Girls in Laundry Work, as +may, from time to time, be sent for that purpose; and she must take care, +that the Laundry, and all the Utensils belonging to her Department, be +kept constantly clean, and in order. + + + +DUTY OF THE SERJEANT PORTER. + + +The Serjeant Porter is constantly to reside at his Lodge; for the +cleanliness and decent Appearance of which, at all times, he shall be +responsible. + +He shall not suffer any Child to go out, without a Ticket, or an Order in +Writing from the Commandant; nor any Servant, without leave from the +proper Officer. + +He shall not allow the Friends or Relations of any of the Children to +pass into the Asylum, without the like permission. + + * * * * * + +The Attention of all, and every of the Officers, Assistants, and +Servants, whose particular Duties have been pointed out in the foregoing +Regulations, is required, and must constantly and invariably be given, to +the following Order, contained in His Majesty’s Warrant of this Date: + + “The Officers, Assistants, and Servants, belonging to our Royal + Military Asylum, shall not, directly or indirectly, demand or receive + any Perquisite; or any Emolument whatever, beyond the Pay and + Allowances annexed to their respective Employments, as specified in + this Our Warrant, or otherwise expressly authorized by Our + Commissioners: and any such Officers, Assistants, or Servants, + offending herein, shall be deemed to have forfeited their + Situations.” + +Given under Our Hands, at the Board Room of the Royal Military Asylum, +this 26th Day of April 1805. + +FREDERICK, C. in C. President. + +EDWARD, General. + +ERNEST, Lieut. General. + +ADOLPHUS FREDERICK, Lieut. General. + +HARRINGTON, General. + +CHATHAM, M. G. O. + +B. LONDON. + +B. WINTON. + +W. WINDHAM. + +W. DUNDAS. + +CHARLES MORGAN, Judge Advocate General. + +D. DUNDAS, Governor of Chelsea Hospital. + +W. DALRYMPLE. + +G. HEWITT, Lieut. General. + +CHARLES HENRY SOMERSET, P.M. General. + +J. WHITELOCKE, Major General. + +ROBERT BROWNRIGG, Major General. + +HARRY CALVERT, Major General. + +BROOK WATSON. + +J. GAMBLE, Chaplain General. + +M. LEWIS. + +F. MOORE. + + + + +DIET TABLE, ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM, FOR ONE CHILD. + +DAYS. BREAKFAST. DINNER. SUPPER. +SUNDAY. Milk Pottage. Beef, roasted, Bread, l-20th + 8 Ounces. of a Quartern + Milk, 1-6th of a Loaf. + Quart. Potatoes, 12 + Ounces. Cheese, 1½ + Oatmeal, 1-20th of Ounce. + a Pound. Bread, 1-40th + of a Quartern Beer, ½ a Pint. + Bread, 1-20th of a Loaf. + Quartern Loaf. + Beer, ½ a Pint. +MONDAY. Ditto. Pudding, Rice, Bread, l-20th + 3 Ounces. of a Quartern + Loaf. + Milk, 1-6th of + a Quart. Milk, ½ a Pint. + + Potatoes, 8 + Ounces. + + Beer, ½ a Pint. +TUESDAY. Ditto. Beef, boiled, 8 Bread, l-20th + Ounces. of a Quartern + Loaf. + 1 Pint of + Broth. Cheese, 1½ + Ounces. + Potatoes, 8 + Ounces. Beer, ½ a Pint. + + Bread, 1-40th + of a Quartern + Loaf. + + Beer, ½ a Pint. +WEDNESDAY. Ditto. Soup, Pease, 1 Bread, l-20th + Gill. of a Quartern + Loaf. + Potatoes, 12 + Ounces. Milk, ½ a Pint. + + Bread, l-40th + of a Quartern + Loaf. + + Beer, ½ a Pint. +THURSDAY. Ditto. Beef, stewed, 8 Bread, l-20th + Ounces. of a Quartern + Loaf. + Potatoes, 12 + Ounces. Cheese, 1½ + Ounce. + Bread, l-40th + of a Quartern Beer, ½ a Pint. + Loaf. + + Beer, ½ a Pint. +FRIDAY. Ditto. Pudding, Suet, Bread, l-20th + 1½ Ounce. of a Quartern + Loaf. + Flour, 6 + Ounces. Milk, ½ a Pint. + + Potatoes, 8 + Ounces. + + Beer, ½ a Pint. +SATURDAY. Ditto. Mutton, boiled, Bread, 1-20th + 8 Ounces. of a Quartern + Loaf. + 1 Pint of + Broth. Cheese, 1½ + Ounce. + Potatoes, 8 + Ounces. Beer, ½ a Pint. + + Bread, l-40th + of a Quartern + Loaf. + + Beer, ½ a Pint. + + N. B. The Meat is estimated as taken from the Butcher, including Bone. + A Proportion of the very small Children on 6 Ounces of Meat. + + + +DIET OF SERJEANTS, NURSES, &c. + +DAYS. DINNER. WEEKLY ALLOWANCE. +SUNDAY. Roast Beef 1 Pound, Potatoes 1 Beer, 3 Pints. + Pound, Bread 1 Pound. +MONDAY. Boiled Beef 1 Pound, Ditto, A SERJEANT, + Ditto. + 1 Pound of Cheese + Weekly. + + ½ a Pound of Butter + Ditto. +TUESDAY. Ditto, Ditto, Ditto. +WEDNESDAY. Pease ½ a Pint, Bacon ½ a A NURSE, + Pound, Potatoes 1 Pound Ditto. + ½ a Pound of Cheese + Weekly. + + 1 Pound of Butter + Ditto. +THURSDAY. Stewed Beef, 1 Pound, Ditto, + Ditto. +FRIDAY. Mutton, baked, 1 Pound, Ditto, + Ditto. +SATURDAY. Mutton, boiled, 1 Pound, + Ditto, Ditto. + + D. ALEXANDER, + _Quarter-Master_ + R. M. A. + + + + +CERTIFICATE AND RECOMMENDATION. + + +» [To be Signed by the Commanding Officer of the Regiment: unless the +Regiment be abroad, and the Child at home; in which Case, it is to be +signed by the Colonel, or (in his absence from GREAT BRITAIN or IRELAND) +by the Senior Officer of the Regiment, who may happen to be at home.] + +I HEREBY certify, That . . . served in His Majesty’s . . . Regiment of +. . . Years, during which Time he conducted himself as a good Soldier; That +he . . . {69} + + * * * * * + +I further certify, according to the best of my Knowledge and Belief, that +the several Circumstances contained in the Petition on the preceding Page +of this Paper are truly stated; and that the Applicant has no Parent +capable of supporting Him; wherefore I recommend Him as an Object worthy +of the benevolent Attention of the COMMISSIONERS of the ROYAL MILITARY +ASYLUM. + +» Signature of the Officer † + + * * * * * + +N.B. The Children to be admitted into this Institution must _be free +from mental and bodily Defect or Infirmity_. They must be the Children +of _Men actually serving in the_ REGULAR ARMY; or have been born, _before +their Fathers ceased to serve therein_; and the Fathers, if living at the +Time of Application, must either be still in the _Regular Service_, _or +Out-Pensioners_. + + The _Age_ of the FEMALES must not exceed TEN Years. + + The _Age_ of the MALES must not exceed TWELVE Years. + +CHILDREN under the _Age_ of FIVE Years will not be admitted, except when +belonging to _Regiments ordered to embark for Foreign Stations_; or in +the Case of ORPHANS, or under other Circumstances of _peculiar Distress_, +which must be _specially stated_. + + A MARRIAGE + + + + +FORMS OF APPLICATION, RECOMMENDATION, AND CERTIFICATES, FOR THE ADMISSION +OF +BOYS +INTO THE ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM. + + +_To His Royal Highness the COMMANDER IN CHIEF_, _and Others His MAJESTY’S +COMMISSIONERS for the Management of the Affairs of the Royal Military +Asylum_. + +THE HUMBLE PETITION of . . . +in Behalf of . . . +the Child of . . . Soldier +in His Majesty’s . . . Regiment of . . . +SHEWETH, that the said . . . is the +lawful Child of . . . as by the +annexed Certificates will appear. +That . . . {70a} + + * * * * * + +Your Petitioner therefore humbly Prays, that the said . . . may be +admitted into the ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM; and if this Prayer be granted, +your Petitioner hereby agrees, that the said BOY shall remain in the +Asylum as long as the Commissioners thereof shall think fit; and that, +when of proper Age, he shall be disposed of at their Discretion, as an +Apprentice, or Servant; or placed, with his own free Consent, as a +Private Soldier, in the Regular Army. + + † {70b} + + CERTIFICATE + + + + +FOOTNOTES. + + +{69} Here state whether the Soldier is still in the Regiment; or dead; +or discharged: if dead, whether he died in the Service; and, if +discharged, the Date of his Discharge, and whether he was recommended to +Chelsea. + +{70a} Here state the Service and present Situation of the Father; the +Situation of the Mother (if living), and Number and Age of their other +Children (if any). + +{70b} To be signed by the Parent, or Person who has Charge of the Child. + + + + +***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK REGULATIONS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT +AND GOVERNMENT OF THE ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM*** + + +******* This file should be named 42717-0.txt or 42717-0.zip ******* + + +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: +http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/4/2/7/1/42717 + + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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