All orders relating to the men are to be read to them by an officer per company, at the next parade after such orders are given out.
When there is a field officer of the day, it is his duty to visit all guards frequently during the day and night; in the morning, on the dismounting of the guards, he will collect the reports, and carry them to the governor or commandant, together with any observations he may himself have made, in the course of his duty in the preceding day. When there is no field officer of the day, the reports will be collected, and delivered to the governor, by the captain of the main guard. Each regiment must have an alarm post assigned to it, to which it will repair in case of fire, or any other extraordinary alarm either by day or by night.
Marine Officers, all those who command in that body of troops employed in the sea service, under the direction of the lords of the admiralty.
OFFICIAL, all orders, reports, applications, memorials, &c. which pass through the regular channels of communication, are called official.
Officier, Fr. See [Officer].
Officier sur terre, Fr. a land officer, or any commissioned person in the land service.
Officier du genie, Fr. an engineer.
Officier sur mer, Fr. a sea officer, or any commissioned person in the sea service. The term, however, is not confined to this class only, it likewise signifies the master, pilot, boatswain, &c. of a ship, in which case the latter are called officiers mariniers, in contradistinction to the former, who are stiled officiers de la marine, or persons who have naval rank, and whose immediate business is to fight their ships. These consisted, in the old French service, of admirals, vice-admirals, lieutenant generals, commodores, captains of ships, or post-captains, majors, captains of light frigates, captains of fireships, captains of stores or ordnance vessels, port-captains, to which may be added, capitaines en second, together with the lieutenants and ensigns de vaisseau, whether actually employed, and bearing rank, or being only en second. There were besides various employments and situations under the old French government, which entitled individuals to the appellation of officier. Those of a military or naval nature were generally and specifically as follow:—
Officier de guerre, Fr. a military man or officer.
Officier dans les troupes, Fr. any person holding a military situation in the army.