Topic: AIF - Lighthorse
Australian Light Horse
Roles within the Regiment
Instruction of Recruits as Sentries
The following entries dealing with the roles and duties within the hierarchy of a light horse regiment are extracted from a very informative handbook called The Bushman’s Military Guide, 1898. While written in 1898, the information contained in the entries held true for the next twenty years with only minor modifications with the principles remaining as current then as now.
Instruction of Recruits as Sentries
Recruits are to be instructed in their duties as sentries. The instructor will post them in different parts of the barrack yard, giving each of them some particular orders to attend to, and will teach them what is laid down on the subject of Guards, etc.
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Citation: Australian Light Horse, Roles within the Regiment, Instruction of Recruits as Sentries
