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[Orderly Book; Lewis:]
Detatchment Order.
May 26th. 1804.
The Commanding
Officers direct, that the three Squads
under the command of Sergts. Floyd Ordway and Pryor heretofore
forming two messes each, shall untill
further orders constitute
three messes only,
the same being altered and organized
as follows (viz)
Hugh Mc. Neal
Patric Gass
Reubin Fields
John B Thompson
John Newman
Richard Winsor
Francis Rivet & (French)
Joseph Fields
Sergt. Charles Floyd.
Privates
William Bratton
John Colter
Moses B. Reed (Soldier)
Alexander Willard
William Warner
Silas Goodrich
John Potts &
Hugh Hall
Sergt.
John Ordway
Privates
George Gibson
George Shannon
John Shields
John Collins
Joseph Whitehouse
Peter Wiser
Peter Crusat &
Francis Labuche
Sergt. Nathaniel Pryor
Privates
The commanding officers
further direct that the remainder
of the detatchmen[t] shall form two
messes; and that the same
be constituted as follows. (viz)
Etienne Mabbauf
Paul Primaut
Charles Hébert
Baptist La Jeunesse
Peter Pinaut
Peter Roi &
Joseph Collin
Patroon, Baptist
Dechamps
Engages.
Robert Frasier
John Boleye
John Dame
Ebinezer Tuttle &
Isaac White.
Corpl.
Richard Warvington
Privates.
The Commanding officers
further direct that the messes of
Sergts. Floyd,
Ordway and Pryor shall untill further orders form
the crew of the
Batteaux; the Mess of the Patroon LaJeunesse
will form the permanent crew
of the red Perogue; Corpl.
Warvington's mess forming
that of the white perogue.
Whenever by any casualty it becomes necessary
to furnish
additional men to assist in navigating the Perogues, the same
shall be furnished by daily detale from the Privates who form
the
crew of Batteaux, exempting only from such detale, Thomas
P. Howard, and
the men who are assigned to the two bow
and two stern oars. For the
present one man will be furnished
daily to assist the crew of the white
perogue; this man must
be an expert boatman.
The posts and duties
of the Sergts. shall be as follows (viz)—
when
the Batteaux is under way, one Sergt. shall be stationed
at the helm, one in the center on the rear of the starboard
locker,
and one at the bow. The Sergt. at the
helm, shall steer
the boat, and see that the baggage on the
quarterdeck is
properly arranged and stowed away in the most advantageous
manner; to see that no cooking utensels or loos lumber of
any kind
is left on the deck to obstruct the passage between
the burths—he
will also attend to the compas when necessary.
The Sergt. at the center will command the guard, manage the
sails,
see that the men at the oars do their duty; that they
come on board at a
proper season in the morning, and that the
boat gets under way in due
time; he will keep a good lookout
for the mouths of all rivers, creeks,
Islands and other remarkable
places and
shall immediately report the same to the commanding
liquors; he shall regulate the halting of the batteaux through
the day to give the men refreshment, and will also regulate
the time of her departure taking care that not more time than
is necessary shall be expended at each halt—it shall be his
duty also to post a centinel on the bank, near the boat whenever
we come too and halt in the course of the day, at the
same time he will (acompanied by two his guard) reconnoiter
the forrest arround the place of landing to the distance of at
least one hundred paces. When we come too for the purpose
of encamping at night, the Sergt. of the guard shall post two
centinels immediately on our landing; one of whom shal be
posted near the boat, and the other at a convenient distance
in rear of the encampment; at night the Sergt. must be always
present with his guard, and he is positively forbidden to suffer
any man of his guard to absent himself on any pretext whatever;
he will at each relief through the night, accompanyed by
the two men last off their posts, reconnoiter in every direction
around the camp to the distance of at least one hundred and
fifty paces, and also examine the situation of the boats and
perogues, and see that they ly safe and free from the bank.
It
shall be the duty of the sergt. at the
bow, to keep a good
look out for all danger which may approach,
either of the
enimy, or obstructions which may present themselves to the
passage of the boat; of the first he will notify the Sergt. at
the center, who will communicate the information to
the commanding
officers, and of the second
or obstructions to the boat
he will notify the Sergt.
at the helm; he will also report to
the commanding officers through the
Sergt. at the center all
perogues boats canoes or
other craft which he may discover
in the river, and all hunting camps or
parties of Indians in
view of which we may pass. he will at all times be
provided
with a seting pole and assist the bowsman in poling and
managing the bow of the boat. it will be his duty also to
give and
answer all signals, which may hereafter be established
for the government
of the perogues and parties on shore.
The Sergts.
will on each morning before our departure relieve
each other in the
following manner—(viz) The Sergt. at the
guard, and occupy the middle station in the boat; the Sergt. of
the old guard will occupy the station at the bow, and the
Sergt. who had been stationed the preceeding day at the bow
will place himself at the helm.
The sergts. in addition to those duties are
directed each to
keep a seperate journal from day to day of all passing
occurrences,
and such other observations
on the country &c as shall
appear to them worthy of notice.
The
Sergts. are relieved and exempt from all labour of making
fires, pitching tents or cooking, and will
direct and make
the men of their several messes perform an equal
proportion
of those duties.
The guard shall hereafter consist of
one sergeant and six
privates & engages.
Patroon Dechamp, Copl. Warvington, and
George Drewyer, are
exempt from guard duty; the two
former will attend particularly
to their
perogues at all times, and see that their lading
is in good order, and
that the same is kept perfectly free from
rain or other moisture; the
latter will perform certain duties
on shore which will be assigned him
from time to time: all
other soldiers and engaged men of whatever
discription must
perform their regular tour of gua[r]d duty.
All
detales for guard or other duty will be made in the evening
when we encamp, and the duty to be performed
will be
entered on, by the individuals so warned, the next morning.
provision for one day will be issued to the party on each evening
after we have encamped; the same will be
cooked on that
evening by the several messes, and a proportion of it
reserved
for the next day as no cooking will be allowed in the day
while on the ma[r]ch.
Sergt. John Ordway will
continue to issue the provisions and
make the detales for guard or other
duty.
The day after tomorrow lyed corn and grece will be issued
to
the party, the next day Poark and flour, and the day following
indian meal and poark; and in conformity
to that rotiene
provisions will continue to be issued to the party untill
further
orders. should any of the messes prefer indian meal to flour
when we have fresh meat on hand.
Labuche and Crusat will man the larboard bow oar alternately,
and the one not engaged at the oar
will attend as the
Bows-man, and when the attention of both these persons
is
necessary at the bow, their oar is to be maned by any idle
hand
on board.
WM. Clark Cpt
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