under
him do their Duty, and maintain the same Regularity and Discipline
among the Men belonging to their respective Corps, as if they were
with their Regiments; and that the Men attend the Parade and
Roll-calling; and that they always appear neat and clean.

He ought, from Time to Time, to visit the Hospitals; to see if they
are kept clean; to enquire if the Men behave well, if the Diet is
good, and the Officers, Nurses, and Servants, do their Duty; and if he
finds any Thing amiss, to report the same to the Physicians and
Surgeons of the Hospital, or to the Purveyor or Commissary, or others,
under whose Department it may be, that the same may be immediately
rectified; and if he finds that the superior Officers of the Hospital
overlook such Abuses, notwithstanding his Representations, to report
the same immediately to the Head Quarters.

He ought to order one of the Officers on convalescent Duty to visit
the Hospitals daily, to make the Enquiries above-mentioned, and to
give him a Report of the same in Writing.

The Purveyor or Commissary ought to make a Return to him twice or
thrice a Week of every Man admitted into, or discharged from, the
Hospitals, or who dies in them; marking in the Return the Name of
every Man, and the Company and Regiment he belongs to; that he may
report the same to the Officers of the different Brigades or
Regiments.

The Military Inspector ought to have the Power of providing Billets
for all Officers and Soldiers about Hospitals; and the Names of all
Men to be discharged from Hospitals should be sent to him the Day
before they are discharged, that he may provide Billets for them; and
next Day the Men ought to march from the Hospitals to the Parade, to
receive their Billets, and the Orders of the Military Inspector, and
of the Officers of the Corps they belong to.

The Military Inspector ought to see that the Arms of the sick Men, and
the Arms and Cloaths of those who die and are lodged in the Magazines,
be properly taken Care of; and that the Stores of the different
Regiments be properly looked after.

As the Service often makes it necessary at Military Hospitals, where
the Number of Sick is great, to employ the convalescent Soldiers[163]
as orderly Men and Servants about Hospitals, all Men thus employed
ought to have a special Leave from the Military Inspector for so
doing; and no Man should be employed in any Capacity as a Servant
about an Hospital, who at that Time is on the Books