ENCAMPMENT, the pitching of a camp. See [Camp].
In the regulations published by authority, are particularly enjoined the following:
Attentions relative to Encampments. On the arrival of a brigade, or a battalion, on the ground destined for its camp, the quarter and rear guards of the respective regiments will immediately mount; and when circumstances require them, the advanced picquets will be posted. The grand guards of cavalry will be formed, and the horses picqueted. The mens’ tents will then be pitched, and till this duty is completed, the officers are on no account to quit their troops or companies, or to employ any soldier for their own accommodation.
Necessaries are to be made in the most convenient situations, and the utmost attention is required in this, and every other particular, to the cleanliness of the camp.
If circumstances will allow the ground on which a regiment is to encamp to be previously ascertained, the pioneers should make these, and other essential conveniences, before the corps arrives at its encampment.
Whenever a regiment remains more than one night in a camp, regular kitchens are to be constructed.
No tents, or huts, are to be allowed in front of, or between the intervals of the battalions. A spot or ground for this purpose should be marked by the quarter-master, with the approbation of the commanding officer.
On arriving in a camp which is intersected by hedges, ditches, unequal or boggy ground, regiments will immediately make openings of communication, of 60 feet in width.
The ground in front of the encampment is to be cleared, and every obstacle to the movement of the artillery and troops is to be removed.
Commanding officers of regiments must take care that their communication with the nearest grand route is open, and free from any impediments.