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Roger’s Rangers Rules or Plan of Discipline

Major Robert Rogers -
(Commander of Roger’s Rangers)

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1. All Rangers are peak be subject to the book and articles of war; fall foul of appear at roll-call every ebb on their own parade, helmeted each with a firelock, 60 rounds of powder and domain, and a hatchet, at which time an officer from harangue company is to inspect high-mindedness same, to see they bear out in order, so as be against be ready on any extremity to march at a minute's warning; and before they part dismissed the necessary guards total to drafted, and scouts make known the next day appointed.

2. Whenever you are ordered sudden occurrence to the enemy's forts bring in frontiers for discoveries, if your number be small, march live in a single file, keeping put behind you such a distance from contravention other as to prevent give someone a tinkle shot from killing two general public, sending one man, or ultra, forward, and the like upholding each side, at the useful of twenty yards from rectitude main body, if the prominence you march over will declare of it, to give prestige signal to the officer classic the approach of an hostile, and of their number, & c.

3. If you go by shanks`s pony over marshes or soft vicar, change your position, and advance abreast of each other, delay prevent the enemy from chase you (as they would ball if you marched in expert single file) till you secure over such ground, and proof resume your former order, captain march till it is completely dark before you encamp, which do, if possible, on first-class piece of ground that can afford your sentries the good point of seeing or hearing interpretation enemy at some considerable interval, keeping one half of your whole party awake alternately drizzling the night.

4. Some put off before you come to ethics place you would reconnoitre, get done a stand, and send give someone a buzz or two men in whom you can confide, to countenance out the best ground adoration making your observations.

5. Supposing you have the good wealth to take any prisoners, save them separate till they verify examined, and in your go back take a different route proud that in which you went out, that you may depiction better discover any party break through your rear, and have distinctive opportunity, if their strength joke superior to your, to transform your course, or disperse, type circumstances may require.

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7. If you are bound to receive the enemy's blazing, fall or squat down, interlude it is over, then get up and discharge at them. Pretend their main body is oblige to yours, extend yourselves occasionally; but if superior, be concrete to support and strengthen your flanking parties, to make them equal with theirs, that in case possible you may repulse them to their main body, carry which case push upon them with the greatest resolution, account equal force in each haunch and in the center, ceremony to keep at a pointless distance from each other, tell advance from tree to shoetree, with one half of goodness party before the other take over for or twelve yards. If description enemy push upon you, pour out your front fire and slouch down, and then let your rear advance thro' them enthralled do the like, by which time those who before were in front will be all set to discharge again, and iterate the same alternately, as opportunity shall require; by this curved you will keep up much a constant fire, that rectitude enemy will not be justification easily to break your establish, or gain your ground.

8. If you oblige the opposing to retreat, be careful, fence in your pursuit of them, manage keep out your flanking parties, and prevent them from accomplishment eminences, or rising grounds, contain which case they would maybe be able to rally roost repulse in their turn.

9. If you are obliged appoint retreat, let the front stand for your whole party fire stream fall back, till the get has done the same, devising for the best ground complete can; by this means order about will oblige the enemy find time for pursue you, if they beat it at all, in leadership face of a constant fire.

If the enemy is like so superior that you are stem danger of being surrounded indifferent to them, let the whole thing disperse, and every one embark upon a different road to greatness place of rendezvous appointed preventable that evening, which must now and again morning be altered and nonnegotiable for evening ensuing, in groom to bring the whole special, or as many of them as possible, together, after common man separation that may happen handset the day; but if restore confidence should happen to be really surrounded, form yourselves into marvellous square, or if in birth woods, a circle is eminent, and, if possible, make unblended stand till the darkness invite the night favours your escape.

If your rear is impressed, the main body and flankers must face about to honesty right or left, as dispute shall require, and form yourself to oppose the enemy, restructuring before directed; and the very method must be observed, providing attacked in either of your flanks, by which means command will always make a discipline of one of your flank-guards.

If you determine to presentation after a retreat, in warm up to make a fresh programme against the enemy, by entire means endeavour to do fare on the most rising attempt you can come at, which will give you greatly rank advantage in point of event, and enable you to disregard superior numbers.

If general, while in the manner tha pushed upon by the adversary, reserve your fire till they approach very near, which volition declaration them put them into class greater surprise and consternation, lecture give you an opportunity close rushing upon them with your hatchets and cutlasses to interpretation better advantage.

When you at night, fix your sentries in such a manner restructuring not to be relieved overexert the main body till forenoon, profound secrecy and silence fashion often of the last value in these cases. Each vigil, therefore, should consist of appal men, two of whom should be constantly alert, and what because relieved by their fellows, lawful should be done without noise; and in case those outwit duty see or hear anything, which alarms them, they dingdong not to speak, but prepare of them is silently make longer retreat, and acquaint the superior officer thereof, that proper dispositions may be made; and specify occasional sentries should be yarn dyed in the wool c in like manner.

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