68.  Whenever a prisoner is sent to the guardhouse or guard tent for confinement, he will cause him to be searched, and will without unnecessary delay, report the case to the officer of the day.

69.  Under war conditions, if anyone is to be passed out of camp at night, he will be sent to the commander of the guard who will have him passed beyond the sentinels.

70.  The commander of the guard will detain at the guardhouse all suspicious characters, or parties attempting to pass a sentinel’s post without authority, reporting his action to the officer of the day, to whom persons so arrested will be sent, if necessary.

71.  He will inspect the guardrooms and cells, and the irons of such prisoners as may be ironed, at least once during his tour, and at such other times as he may deem necessary.

72.  He will cause the corporals of the old and new reliefs to verify together, immediately before each relief goes on post, the number of prisoners who should then properly be at the guardhouse.

73.  He will see that the sentences of prisoners under his charge are executed strictly in accordance with the action of the reviewing authority.

74.  When no special prisoner guard has been detailed (par. 300), he will, as far as practicable, assign as guards over working parties of prisoners sentinels from posts guarded at night only.

75.  The commander of the guard will inspect all meals sent to the guardhouse and see that the quantity and quality of food are in accordance with regulations.

76.  At guard mounting he will report to the old officer of the day all cases of prisoners whose terms of sentence expire on that day, and also all cases of prisoners concerning whom no statement of charges has been received. (See par. 241.)

77.  The commander of the guard is responsible for the security of the prisoners under the charge of his guard; he becomes responsible for them after their number has been verified and they have been turned over to the custody of his guard by the old guard or by the prisoner guard or overseers.

78.  The prisoners will be verified and turned over to the new guard without parading them, unless the commanding officer or the officer of the day shall direct otherwise.

79.  To receive the prisoners at the guardhouse when they have been paraded and after they have been verified by the officers of the day, the commander of the new guard directs his sergeant to form his guard with an interval, and commands:  1.  Prisoners, 2. Right, 3.  FACE, 4. Forward, 5.  MARCH.  The prisoner’s having arrived opposite the interval in the new guard, he commands:  1.  Prisoners, 2.  HALT, 3. Left, 4.  FACE, 5. Right(or_left)_, 6.  DRESS. 7.  FRONT.

The prisoners dress on the line of the new guard.

SECTION 5.  SERGEANT OF THE GUARD.