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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + + + + +Title: Regulations for the establishment and government of the Royal Military Asylum + + +Author: Anonymous + + + +Release Date: May 16, 2013 [eBook #42717] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) + + +***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK REGULATIONS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT +AND GOVERNMENT OF THE ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM*** +</pre> +<p>Transcribed from the 1805 T. Egerton edition by David Price, +email ccx074@pglaf.org. Many thanks to the Royal Borough of +Kensington and Chelsea Library for allowing their copy to be used +for this transcription.</p> +<h1>REGULATIONS<br /> +<span class="GutSmall">FOR THE</span><br /> +ESTABLISHMENT<br /> +<span class="GutSmall">AND</span><br /> +GOVERNMENT<br /> +<span class="GutSmall">OF THE</span><br /> +ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM.</h1> + +<div class="gapshortline"> </div> + +<div class="gapspace"> </div> +<p style="text-align: center">London:<br /> +PRINTED FOR T. EGERTON<br /> +<span class="GutSmall">MILITARY LIBRARY,</span><br /> +<span class="GutSmall">WHITEHALL.</span></p> + +<div class="gapshortline"> </div> +<p style="text-align: center">1805.</p> + +<div class="gapspace"> </div> + +<div class="gapmediumline"> </div> +<p style="text-align: center"><a name="page2"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 2</span>C. Mercier and Co. Printers,<br /> +No. 6, Northumberland-court.</p> +<h2><a name="page3"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 3</span>WARRANT, +CONTAINING ORDERS AND REGULATIONS, REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT +AND GOVERNMENT OF THE ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM.</h2> +<p>GEORGE R.</p> +<p>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 24<sup>th</sup> June, 1801, +prepare and present to Us, in their Report, dated the +30<sup>th</sup> day of April, 1803, certain Orders and +Regulations for the good Government of Our said Asylum, and for +the attainment of the humane <a name="page4"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 4</span>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 <a name="page5"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 5</span>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:</p> +<p>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, <a +name="page6"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 6</span>Duke of +Cumberland; Our most dearly beloved Son, Lieutenant General, +Adolphus Frederic, Duke of Cambridge;</p> +<p>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 <a name="page7"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +7</span>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;</p> +<p>Together with,</p> +<p>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, <a +name="page8"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 8</span>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; +<i>All for the Time being</i>; shall be Commissioners for the +Government of our Royal Military Asylum, and for the Direction, +Management, and Control, of all Affairs belonging thereto.</p> +<p>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.</p> +<p><a name="page9"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 9</span>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.</p> +<p><a name="page10"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 10</span>Four +Quarterly, or General, Boards shall be holden in each Year; viz. +on the 1<sup>st</sup> 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.</p> +<p>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 <a name="page11"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +11</span>required in Support of the Institution.</p> +<p>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, <a name="page12"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +12</span>at any intermediate time between the Quarterly +Boards.</p> +<p>In the selection or the Children for admission, preference in +general shall be given,</p> +<p>1<sup>st</sup>. To Orphans.</p> +<p>2<sup>nd</sup>. To those, whose Fathers have been +killed; or have died on Foreign Service.</p> +<p>3<sup>d</sup>. To those who have lost their Mothers, and +whose Fathers are absent on Duty abroad.</p> +<p>4<sup>th</sup>. To those whose Fathers are ordered on +Foreign Service; or, whose Parents have other Children to +maintain.</p> +<p><a name="page13"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 13</span>The +merit of the Father, as to Regimental Character, shall be always +considered as a principal recommendation.</p> +<p>None shall be admitted, except the Children, born in Wedlock, +of Warrant and Non-commissioned Officers and Soldiers of Our +Regular Army.</p> +<p>Every Child, previously to admission, must be ascertained to +be entirely free from mental, and bodily, infirmity.</p> +<p>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 <a +name="page14"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 14</span>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.</p> +<p>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 <a +name="page15"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 15</span>the general +control of the Commissioners thereof.</p> +<p>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.</p> +<h3>A COMMANDANT;</h3> +<p>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 <a name="page16"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 16</span>per Diem, with an Allowance of Coals +and Candles for three Rooms.</p> +<h3>A TREASURER;</h3> +<p>To whom WE are pleased to Grant a Salary of £.300 per +Annum, including all Allowances for Clerks, Stationary, or +otherwise.</p> +<h3>A CHAPLAIN, AND SUPERINTENDANT OF MORALS AND EDUCATION;</h3> +<p>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.</p> +<h3><a name="page17"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 17</span>AN +ADJUTANT AND SECRETARY;</h3> +<p>To whom WE are pleased to Grant the Pay of Ten Shillings per +Diem, with an Allowance of Coals and Candles for two Rooms.</p> +<h3>A QUARTER MASTER AND STEWARD;</h3> +<p>To whom WE are pleased to Grant a Salary of £.180 per +Annum, with an Allowance of Coals and Candles for two Rooms.</p> +<h3>A SURGEON;</h3> +<p>Who, holding the Rank of Surgeon to Our Forces, shall have the +Pay of Fifteen Shillings per <a name="page18"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 18</span>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.</p> +<h3>A SERJEANT-MAJOR OF INSTRUCTION;</h3> +<p>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.</p> +<h3>SERJEANT-ASSISTANTS;</h3> +<p>In the proportion of One to every Fifty Boys; they shall have +the Pay of One Shilling and Sixpence per <a +name="page19"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 19</span>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.</p> +<p>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.</p> +<h3>A DRUMMER;</h3> +<p>To be allowed Drummer’s Pay and Clothing, and to Mess +with the Children.</p> +<h3><a name="page20"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 20</span>A +MATRON;</h3> +<p>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.</p> +<h3>AN ASSISTANT MATRON AND SCHOOLMISTRESS;</h3> +<p>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.</p> +<h3><a name="page21"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 21</span>ONE +READING MISTRESS, AND ONE KNITTING MISTRESS AND SEMPSTRESS;</h3> +<p>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.</p> +<h3>NURSES,</h3> +<p>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.</p> +<h3>NURSES FOR THE INFIRMARY,</h3> +<p>In proportion to the number of the Sick; to be allowed +£.12 per <a name="page22"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +22</span>Annum, each, and their Board; with Clothing, and Coals +and Candles, as the other Nurses.</p> +<h3>A COOK;</h3> +<p>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.</p> +<h3>A LAUNDRESS;</h3> +<p>To be allowed £.20 per Annum, and her Board; with +Clothing, <a name="page23"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +23</span>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.</p> +<h3>A SERJEANT-PORTER;</h3> +<p>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.</p> + +<div class="gapshortline"> </div> +<p>The Officers, Assistants, and Servants, belonging to Our Royal +<a name="page24"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 24</span>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.</p> +<p>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, +<a name="page25"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 25</span>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.</p> +<p>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, <a +name="page26"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 26</span>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.</p> +<p>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 <a name="page27"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 27</span>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.</p> +<p>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, <a name="page28"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 28</span>and as may be most likely to be +conducive to their ultimate advantage.</p> +<p>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 <a +name="page29"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 29</span>to these our +Orders and Regulations.</p> +<p>Given at Our Court at St. James’s, this 26<sup>th</sup> +Day of April 1805, in the Forty-fifth Year of Our Reign.</p> +<p style="text-align: right">By His Majesty’s Command,<br +/> +W. DUNDAS.</p> +<h2><a name="page31"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +31</span>REGULATIONS FOR THE GUIDANCE OF THE OFFICERS, +ASSISTANTS, AND SERVANTS, OF THE ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM, IN THE +EXECUTION OF THEIR RESPECTIVE DUTIES.</h2> +<h3>DUTY OF THE COMMANDANT.</h3> +<p>The Commandant must be Resident in the House; over the +interior Economy of which, He has a general Superintendence and +Control.</p> +<p>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 <a name="page32"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 32</span>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.</p> +<p>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, <a name="page33"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +33</span>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.</p> +<h3>DUTY OF THE TREASURER.</h3> +<p>The Treasurer shall receive all Monies applicable to the +purposes of this Institution; and pay the same agreeably to such +orders as the Commissioners <a name="page34"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 34</span>shall from time to time issue, in +conformity to the directions contained in His Majesty’s +Warrant of this Date.</p> +<p>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.</p> +<p>He shall, at all times when required, furnish the Board, or +Committee, with a State of the Balance of <a +name="page35"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 35</span>Cash in his +Hands; and with such other Information as they may call for, +respecting his Accompts as Treasurer of this Institution.</p> +<h3>DUTY OF THE CHAPLAIN AND SUPERINTENDENT OF MORALS AND +EDUCATION.</h3> +<p>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 <a name="page36"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 36</span>Service on Sundays, and on the Public +Fasts and Festivals.</p> +<p>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 <a name="page37"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 37</span>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.</p> +<h3><a name="page38"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 38</span>DUTY +OF THE ADJUTANT AND SECRETARY.</h3> +<p>The Adjutant and Secretary is to be Resident in the House; and +to consider himself in all respects amenable to the +Commandant.</p> +<p>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.</p> +<p><a name="page39"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 39</span>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.</p> +<p>He shall likewise keep a Book, wherein shall be constantly +recorded the behaviour of each of the Children.</p> +<p>He is also to examine, check, and keep, all the Accounts of +the Institution; and to enter the Abstract <a +name="page40"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 40</span>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.</p> +<p>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.</p> +<p>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 <a +name="page41"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 41</span>the +Refectories, and Dormitories, and report to the Commandant any +irregularities he may observe.</p> +<p>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.</p> +<h3>DUTY OF THE QUARTER MASTER AND STEWARD.</h3> +<p>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 <a name="page42"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +42</span>Board; to give Check Receipts to the several Tradesmen +furnishing the same, and to take a Counter Check from them in +like manner.</p> +<p>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.</p> +<p>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 <a name="page43"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 43</span>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.</p> +<p><i>He</i> 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.</p> +<h3>DUTY OF THE SURGEON.</h3> +<p>The Surgeon is to be Resident in the House.—It will be +his Duty to examine all the Children brought <a +name="page44"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 44</span>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.</p> +<h3>DUTY OF THE SERJEANT-MAJOR OF INSTRUCTION.</h3> +<p>The Serjeant-Major of Instruction shall cause the Boys to +rise, by beat of Drum, at Six in the Morning from the +25<sup>th</sup> of March to the <a name="page45"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 45</span>29<sup>th</sup> of September; and at +Seven o’Clock in the Morning from the 29<sup>th</sup> +September, to the 25<sup>th</sup> of March.</p> +<p>He is to allow the Boys one hour to clean their Shoes, wash +their Hands and Faces, and to have their Heads combed;</p> +<p>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.</p> +<p>He is previously to examine each <a name="page46"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 46</span>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.</p> +<p>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.</p> +<p>He and his Assistants are also to attend the Boys at their +hours of recreation, to prevent them from behaving improperly in +any respect.</p> +<p>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.</p> +<p><a name="page47"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 47</span>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.</p> +<p>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.</p> +<p><a name="page48"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 48</span>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.</p> +<p>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.</p> +<p><a name="page49"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 49</span>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.</p> +<p>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.</p> +<p>He is to keep, hung up in some convenient place, the Table of +the <a name="page50"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +50</span>Employment of the Boys for the several hours of the Day; +and see that the same be strictly attended to.</p> +<h3>DUTY OF THE SERJEANT-ASSISTANTS.</h3> +<p>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.</p> +<p>They are to watch over the Boys, when at their Recreation; to +prevent them from doing mischief, or acting improperly in any +respect.</p> +<p>They are constantly to attend Divine Service with the +Children.</p> +<p><a name="page51"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 51</span>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.</p> +<p>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.</p> +<h3>DUTY OF THE DRUMMER.</h3> +<p>The Drummer is to beat the Drum at the hours appointed for the +<a name="page52"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +52</span>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.</p> +<p>He is to Teach such Boys to beat the Drum, as may be appointed +by the Commandant.</p> +<p>He is also to inflict such Corporal Punishment on the Boys, as +may be ordered by the Commandant.</p> +<h3>DUTY OF THE MATRON.</h3> +<p>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; <a name="page53"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +53</span>and the entire management of the Girls, with whom she +shall be present during their Meals.</p> +<p>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.</p> +<p>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 <a +name="page54"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 54</span>such other +Female Employments as may qualify them for useful Servants.</p> +<p>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.</p> +<p>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.</p> +<p>She is to take under her charge from the Steward (giving him a +Receipt <a name="page55"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +55</span>for the same) the House Linen, Children’s Linen, +and Bedding.</p> +<p>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.</p> +<p>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.</p> +<p>She is Personally to inspect the <a name="page56"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 56</span>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.</p> +<h3>DUTY OF THE ASSISTANT MATRON.</h3> +<p>The Assistant Matron shall be immediately subject to, and +under the Direction of the Matron.</p> +<p>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 <a name="page57"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +57</span>School; and that such as are of an Age for that purpose, +be sent in rotation to be employed in Kitchen and Laundry +Work.</p> +<p>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.</p> +<h3>DUTY OF THE READING MISTRESS, AND OF THE KNITTING MISTRESS +AND SEMPSTRESS.</h3> +<p>Beside the particular Objects for which the Reading Mistress, +and the Knitting Mistress and Sempstress, are respectively +engaged, they shall assist <a name="page58"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 58</span>the Matron and Assistant Matron in +their several Duties, as may be required.</p> +<h3>DUTY OF THE NURSES.</h3> +<p>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.</p> +<p>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.</p> +<p>They are likewise to take care, <a name="page59"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 59</span>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.</p> +<h3>DUTY OF THE NURSES FOR THE INFIRMARY.</h3> +<p>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.</p> +<p>She must never wash the Apartments where the Sick Children are +<a name="page60"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 60</span>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.</p> +<p>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.</p> +<h3><a name="page61"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 61</span>DUTY +OF THE COOK.</h3> +<p>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.</p> +<p>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, <a +name="page62"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 62</span>soberly, and +quietly in her Station.</p> +<h3>DUTY OF THE LAUNDRESS.</h3> +<p>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.</p> +<p>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 <a +name="page63"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 63</span>Utensils +belonging to her Department, be kept constantly clean, and in +order.</p> +<h3>DUTY OF THE SERJEANT PORTER.</h3> +<p>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.</p> +<p>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.</p> +<p>He shall not allow the Friends or Relations of any of the +Children <a name="page64"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +64</span>to pass into the Asylum, without the like +permission.</p> + +<div class="gapshortline"> </div> +<p>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:</p> +<blockquote><p>“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 <a name="page65"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 65</span>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.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>Given under Our Hands, at the Board Room of the Royal Military +Asylum, this 26<sup>th</sup> Day of April 1805.</p> +<p>FREDERICK, C. in C. President.</p> +<p>EDWARD, General.</p> +<p>ERNEST, Lieut. General.</p> +<p>ADOLPHUS FREDERICK, Lieut. General.</p> +<p>HARRINGTON, General.</p> +<p>CHATHAM, M. G. O.</p> +<p>B. LONDON.</p> +<p>B. WINTON.</p> +<p>W. WINDHAM.</p> +<p><a name="page66"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 66</span>W. +DUNDAS.</p> +<p>CHARLES MORGAN, Judge Advocate General.</p> +<p>D. DUNDAS, Governor of Chelsea Hospital.</p> +<p>W. DALRYMPLE.</p> +<p>G. HEWITT, Lieut. General.</p> +<p>CHARLES HENRY SOMERSET, P.M. General.</p> +<p>J. WHITELOCKE, Major General.</p> +<p>ROBERT BROWNRIGG, Major General.</p> +<p>HARRY CALVERT, Major General.</p> +<p>BROOK WATSON.</p> +<p>J. GAMBLE, Chaplain General.</p> +<p>M. LEWIS.</p> +<p>F. MOORE.</p> +<h2><a name="page68"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 68</span>DIET +TABLE, ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM, FOR ONE CHILD.</h2> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>DAYS.</p> +</td> +<td><p>BREAKFAST.</p> +</td> +<td><p>DINNER.</p> +</td> +<td><p>SUPPER.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>SUNDAY.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Milk Pottage.</p> +<p>Milk, 1-6th of a Quart.</p> +<p>Oatmeal, 1-20th of a Pound.</p> +<p>Bread, 1-20th of a Quartern Loaf.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Beef, roasted, 8 Ounces.</p> +<p>Potatoes, 12 Ounces.</p> +<p>Bread, 1-40th of a Quartern Loaf.</p> +<p>Beer, ½ a Pint.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Bread, l-20th of a Quartern Loaf.</p> +<p>Cheese, 1½ Ounce.</p> +<p>Beer, ½ a Pint.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>MONDAY.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Ditto.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Pudding, Rice, 3 Ounces.</p> +<p>Milk, 1-6th of a Quart.</p> +<p>Potatoes, 8 Ounces.</p> +<p>Beer, ½ a Pint.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Bread, l-20th of a Quartern Loaf.</p> +<p>Milk, ½ a Pint.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>TUESDAY.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Ditto.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Beef, boiled, 8 Ounces.</p> +<p>1 Pint of Broth.</p> +<p>Potatoes, 8 Ounces.</p> +<p>Bread, 1-40th of a Quartern Loaf.</p> +<p>Beer, ½ a Pint.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Bread, l-20th of a Quartern Loaf.</p> +<p>Cheese, 1½ Ounces.</p> +<p>Beer, ½ a Pint.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>WEDNESDAY.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Ditto.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Soup, Pease, 1 Gill.</p> +<p>Potatoes, 12 Ounces.</p> +<p>Bread, l-40th of a Quartern Loaf.</p> +<p>Beer, ½ a Pint.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Bread, l-20th of a Quartern Loaf.</p> +<p>Milk, ½ a Pint.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>THURSDAY.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Ditto.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Beef, stewed, 8 Ounces.</p> +<p>Potatoes, 12 Ounces.</p> +<p>Bread, l-40th of a Quartern Loaf.</p> +<p>Beer, ½ a Pint.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Bread, l-20th of a Quartern Loaf.</p> +<p>Cheese, 1½ Ounce.</p> +<p>Beer, ½ a Pint.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>FRIDAY.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Ditto.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Pudding, Suet, 1½ Ounce.</p> +<p>Flour, 6 Ounces.</p> +<p>Potatoes, 8 Ounces.</p> +<p>Beer, ½ a Pint.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Bread, l-20th of a Quartern Loaf.</p> +<p>Milk, ½ a Pint.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>SATURDAY.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Ditto.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Mutton, boiled, 8 Ounces.</p> +<p>1 Pint of Broth.</p> +<p>Potatoes, 8 Ounces.</p> +<p>Bread, l-40th of a Quartern Loaf.</p> +<p>Beer, ½ a Pint.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Bread, 1-20th of a Quartern Loaf.</p> +<p>Cheese, 1½ Ounce.</p> +<p>Beer, ½ a Pint.</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p style="text-align: center">N. B. The Meat is estimated +as taken from the Butcher, including Bone.<br /> +A Proportion of the very small Children on 6 Ounces of Meat.</p> +<h3>DIET OF SERJEANTS, NURSES, &c.</h3> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>DAYS.</p> +</td> +<td><p>DINNER.</p> +</td> +<td><p>WEEKLY ALLOWANCE.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>SUNDAY.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Roast Beef 1 Pound, Potatoes 1 Pound, Bread 1 Pound.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Beer, 3 Pints.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>MONDAY.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Boiled Beef 1 Pound, Ditto, Ditto.</p> +</td> +<td><p>A <span class="smcap">Serjeant</span>,</p> +<p>1 Pound of Cheese Weekly.</p> +<p>½ a Pound of Butter Ditto.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>TUESDAY.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Ditto, Ditto, Ditto.</p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>WEDNESDAY.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Pease ½ a Pint, Bacon ½ a Pound, Potatoes 1 +Pound Ditto.</p> +</td> +<td><p>A <span class="smcap">Nurse</span>,</p> +<p>½ a Pound of Cheese Weekly.</p> +<p>1 Pound of Butter Ditto.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>THURSDAY.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Stewed Beef, 1 Pound, Ditto, Ditto.</p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>FRIDAY.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Mutton, baked, 1 Pound, Ditto, Ditto.</p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>SATURDAY.</p> +</td> +<td><p>Mutton, boiled, 1 Pound, Ditto, Ditto.</p> +</td> +<td><p> </p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p style="text-align: right">D. ALEXANDER,<br /> +<i>Quarter-Master</i><br /> +R. M. A.</p> +<h2><a name="page69"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +69</span>CERTIFICATE AND RECOMMENDATION.</h2> +<p>» [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 <span class="smcap">Great Britain</span> or <span +class="smcap">Ireland</span>) by the Senior Officer of the +Regiment, who may happen to be at home.]</p> +<p>I HEREBY certify, That . . . served in His Majesty’s . . +. Regiment of . . . Years, during which Time he conducted himself +as a good Soldier; That he . . . <a name="citation69"></a><a +href="#footnote69" class="citation">[69]</a></p> + +<div class="gapspace"> </div> +<p>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 <span class="smcap">Commissioners</span> of the <span +class="smcap">Royal Military Asylum</span>.</p> +<p>» Signature of the Officer †</p> + +<div class="gapshortline"> </div> +<p>N.B. The Children to be admitted into this Institution +must <i>be free from mental and bodily Defect or +Infirmity</i>. They must be the Children of <i>Men actually +serving in the</i> REGULAR ARMY; or have been born, <i>before +their Fathers ceased to serve therein</i>; and the Fathers, if +living at the Time of Application, must either be still in the +<i>Regular Service</i>, <i>or Out-Pensioners</i>.</p> +<p style="text-align: center">The <i>Age</i> of the <span +class="smcap">Females</span> must not exceed <span +class="smcap">Ten</span> Years.</p> +<p style="text-align: center">The <i>Age</i> of the <span +class="smcap">Males</span> must not exceed <span +class="smcap">Twelve</span> Years.</p> +<p><span class="smcap">Children</span> under the <i>Age</i> of +<span class="smcap">Five</span> Years will not be admitted, +except when belonging to <i>Regiments ordered to embark for +Foreign Stations</i>; or in the Case of <span +class="smcap">Orphans</span>, or under other Circumstances of +<i>peculiar Distress</i>, which must be <i>specially +stated</i>.</p> +<p style="text-align: right">A MARRIAGE</p> +<h2><a name="page70"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 70</span>FORMS +OF APPLICATION, RECOMMENDATION, AND CERTIFICATES, FOR THE +ADMISSION OF<br /> +BOYS<br /> +INTO THE ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM.</h2> +<p><i>To His Royal Highness the COMMANDER IN CHIEF</i>, <i>and +Others His MAJESTY’S COMMISSIONERS for the Management of +the Affairs of the Royal Military Asylum</i>.</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td><p>THE HUMBLE PETITION of . . .</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>in Behalf of . . .</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>the Child of . . . Soldier</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>in His Majesty’s . . . Regiment of . . .</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>SHEWETH, that the said . . . is the</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>lawful Child of . . . as by the</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>annexed Certificates will appear.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><p>That . . . <a name="citation70a"></a><a +href="#footnote70a" class="citation">[70a]</a></p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<div class="gapspace"> </div> +<p>Your Petitioner therefore humbly Prays, that the said . . . +may be admitted into the <span class="smcap">Royal Military +Asylum</span>; and if this Prayer be granted, your Petitioner +hereby agrees, that the said <span class="smcap">Boy</span> 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.</p> +<p style="text-align: center">† <a +name="citation70b"></a><a href="#footnote70b" +class="citation">[70b]</a></p> +<p style="text-align: right">CERTIFICATE</p> +<h2>FOOTNOTES.</h2> +<p><a name="footnote69"></a><a href="#citation69" +class="footnote">[69]</a> 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.</p> +<p><a name="footnote70a"></a><a href="#citation70a" +class="footnote">[70a]</a> 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).</p> +<p><a name="footnote70b"></a><a href="#citation70b" +class="footnote">[70b]</a> To be signed by the Parent, or +Person who has Charge of the Child.</p> +<p>***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK REGULATIONS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT +AND GOVERNMENT OF THE ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM***</p> +<pre> + + +***** This file should be named 42717-h.htm or 42717-h.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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