80.  The senior noncommissioned officer of the guard always acts as sergeant of the guard, and if there be no officer of the guard, will perform the duties prescribed for the commander of the guard.

81.  The sergeant of the guard has general supervision over the other noncommissioned officers and the musicians and privates of the guard, and must be thoroughly familiar with all of their orders and duties.

82.  He is directly responsible for the property under charge of the guard, and will see that it is properly cared for.  He will make lists of articles taken out by working parties and see that all such articles are duly returned.  If they are not, he will immediately report the fact to the commander of the guard.

83.  Immediately after guard mounting he will prepare duplicate lists of the names of all noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates of the guard, showing the relief and post or duties of each.  One list will be handed as soon as possible to the commander of the guard; the other will be retained by the sergeant.

84.  He will see that all reliefs are turned out at the proper time, and that the corporals thoroughly understand, and are prompt and efficient in, the discharge of their duties.

85.  During the temporary absence from the guardhouse of the sergeant of the guard, the next in rank of the noncommissioned officers will perform his duties.

86.  Should the corporal whose relief is on post be called away from the guardhouse, the sergeant of the guard will designate a noncommissioned officer to take the corporal’s place until his return.

87.  The sergeant of the guard is responsible at all times for the proper police of the guardhouse or guard tent, including the ground about them and the prison cells.

88.  At first sergeant’s call he will proceed to the adjutant’s office and obtain the guard report book.

89.  When the national or regimental colors are taken from the stacks of the color line, the color bearer and guard, or the sergeant of the guard, unarmed, and two armed privates as a guard, will escort the colors to the colonel’s quarters, as prescribed for the color guard in the drill regulations of the arm of the service to which the guard belongs.

90.  He will report to the commander of the guard any suspicious or unusual occurrence that comes under his notice, will warn him of the approach of any armed body, and will send to him all persons arrested by the guard.

91.  When the guard is turned out its formation will be as follows:  The senior noncommissioned officer, if commander of the guard, is on the right of the right guide; if not commander of the guard, he is in the line of file closers, in rear of the right four of the guard; the next in rank is right guide; the next left guide:  the others in the line of file closers, usually each in rear of his relief; the field music, with its left three paces to the right of the right guide.  The reliefs form in the same order as when the guard was first divided, except that if the guard consists of dismounted cavalry and infantry, the cavalry forms on the left.