1. To take charge of this post and all
government property in view.
2. To walk my post in a military manner,
keeping always on the alert and observing everything that takes place within sight or hearing.
3. To report all violations of orders
I am instructed to enforce.
4. To repeat all calls from posts more
distant from the guardhouse than my own.
5. To quit my post only when properly
relieved.
6. To receive, obey, and pass on to
the sentry who relieves me all orders from the commanding officer, command duty officer, officer of the deck, and officers
and petty officers of the watch.
7. To talk to no one except in the line
of duty.
8. To give the alarm in case of fire
or disorder.
9. To call the officer of the deck
in any case not covered by instruction.
10. To salute all officers, and all colors
and standards not cased.
11. To be especially watchful at night, and during
the time for challenging, to challenge all persons on or near my post, and to allow no one to pass without proper authority.
Bluejackets' Manual Twenty-First Edition, ©
1990
