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A COOK;

To be allowed ?.20 per Annum, and her Board; with Clothing, and an Allowance of Coals and Candles, the same as the Nurses. She shall be allowed two Assistants; each having ?.10 per Annum; with Board, Clothing, and Coals and Candles, the same as the Cook.

A LAUNDRESS;

To be allowed ?.20 per Annum, and her Board; with Clothing, and an Allowance of Coals and Candles, the same as the Cooks; and to have such Aid from the Female Children, and such hired Assistance, as circumstances may from time to time require.

A SERJEANT-PORTER;

Who shall have the Pay of One Shilling and Sixpence per Day; with Clothing, and One Shilling per Diem in lieu of Board: together with an Allowance of Coals and Candles, in a proportion to be fixed by Our Commissioners.

The Officers, Assistants, and Servants, belonging to Our Royal Military Asylum, shall not, directly or indirectly, demand or receive any Perquisite; or any Emolument whatever, beyond the Pay and Allowances annexed to their respective Employments, as specified in this Our Warrant, or otherwise expressly authorized by Our Commissioners: and any such Officers, Assistants, or Servants, offending herein, shall be deemed to have forfeited their Situations.

WE do hereby Grant unto the Commissioners of Our Royal Military Asylum, or any Five or more of them, assembled at a General Board as aforesaid, full Power and Authority to Nominate, Constitute, and Appoint, from time to time, the said Officers, Assistants, and Servants, and to displace them, or any of them, as to Our said Commissioners shall seem meet: The Commandant, Chaplain, Adjutant and Secretary, Quarter-Master and Steward, and Surgeon, excepted; who, receiving Commissions from Ourselves, shall not be removable, unless by Our especial Command.

WE do further Grant hereby to Our said Commissioners, or any Five or more of them, assembled as aforesaid, full Power and Authority to ascertain and settle, what proportions and kinds of Victuals they shall judge most expedient for the Diet of the Children, and of such other Persons as are, in compliance with the above Regulations, to be entertained and fed in Our Royal Military Asylum; and to make, or direct to be made, Contracts and Agreements for the furnishing of the same, at such rates, and for such periods, as to Our Commissioners shall appear best; as also, for Clothing the said Children and Persons; and likewise, to cause the Buildings, Furniture, Grounds, Roads, Walks, and Lights, belonging to Our said Royal Military Asylum, to be maintained and kept in Repair and proper Order, for the due Accommodation and good Government of the same.

WE do at the same time direct, and Command, that, in all cases whatsoever, where any Order or Warrant is to be granted for the Payment of any Sum or Sums of Money, for the uses of the Royal Military Asylum, every such Order or Warrant shall be signed by Three or more of the Commissioners; of whom Our Commander in Chief, Secretary at War, Paymaster General, Quarter-Master General, Adjutant General, or Governor of Chelsea Hospital, shall always be One.

WE are further pleased to declare all the Officers and Persons, borne on the Establishment of Our Royal Military Asylum, to be subject to the Authority, Command, and Control, of Our said Commissioners; who are hereby empowered to make provision for the future disposal of the Children, when of a proper Age to be removed from the Asylum; according to their Qualifications, Ability, and Dispositions, and as may be most likely to be conducive to their ultimate advantage.

FINALLY, WE are pleased to Approve the Instructions hereunto annexed, which have been framed by Our said Commissioners for the more particular guidance of the Officers, Assistants, and Servants, of the Royal Military Asylum, in the execution of their respective Duties; And, WE do hereby give to Our said Commissioners full Power and Authority, from time to time, to amend or annul the same; and to make such further Rules and Institutions, touching the ordinary Affairs of Our said Asylum, as shall not, in any case, be repugnant to these our Orders and Regulations.

Given at Our Court at St. James's, this 26th Day of April 1805, in the Forty-fifth Year of Our Reign.

REGULATIONS FOR THE GUIDANCE OF THE OFFICERS, ASSISTANTS, AND SERVANTS, OF THE ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM, IN THE EXECUTION OF THEIR RESPECTIVE DUTIES.

DUTY OF THE COMMANDANT.

The Commandant must be Resident in the House; over the interior Economy of which, He has a general Superintendence and Control.

All the Officers, Assistants, and Servants, are subject to his Orders; and, as he is responsible for their Conduct, He is hereby invested with Power to suspend any of the Officers not holding Commissions, Assistants, or Servants, whose misconduct may deserve it. It will be his Duty to Report to the Committee all occurrences that may call for their attention; and He will constantly exercise his utmost care and vigilance in promoting the general Welfare of the Institution.

It is of essential consequence that all Payments should, as far as practicable, be regularly made every Quarter, under the authority of the General Board: But, as there will be many casual Disbursements, which cannot be conveniently postponed to those Periods; the Treasurer will be authorized by the Commissioners to advance to the Commandant, from time to time, as they shall see occasion, such moderate Sums as they may deem necessary for such Disbursements; and the Commandant will direct the Quarter-Master and Steward to make those payments; to take proper Receipts in the name of the Treasurer; to keep a regular Account of the same: which Account shall be produced by the Commandant every Quarter, for examination by the Committee, and for confirmation by the Board.

DUTY OF THE TREASURER.

The Treasurer shall receive all Monies applicable to the purposes of this Institution; and pay the same agreeably to such orders as the Commissioners shall from time to time issue, in conformity to the directions contained in His Majesty's Warrant of this Date.

He is to produce Accompts Annually of all Monies by him received and expended for the Royal Military Asylum; and, after his Accompts shall have been examined and approved by the Commissioners, He shall finally pass the same, according to the Practice observed in regard to the Accompts of other Public Military Institutions.

He shall, at all times when required, furnish the Board, or Committee, with a State of the Balance of Cash in his Hands; and with such other Information as they may call for, respecting his Accompts as Treasurer of this Institution.

DUTY OF THE CHAPLAIN AND SUPERINTENDENT OF MORALS AND EDUCATION.

The Chaplain is to be Resident in the House. His Duty will be to read Prayers twice, and Preach once, at least, every Sunday; and likewise on Christmas Day, Good Friday, and every Public Fast, or Festival, that may be directed by the Ordinary; and it is the positive order of the Commissioners, that all the Officers, Assistants, and Servants, of the Establishment, shall regularly attend Divine Service on Sundays, and on the Public Fasts and Festivals.

The Chaplain is to examine the Children in the Church Catechism, and instruct them in the meaning thereof, according to their capacities, every Sunday; and to read Prayers to them on every Wednesday, and Friday Morning.--He is also to be responsible for, and to have a general Superintendence of, the Education of the Children; to take care that they duly and reverently attend Public Worship; to reprove them for any irregularities and vices, which he shall observe, or know them to be guilty of; and, if they do not amend after admonition, he is to Report their Behaviour in Writing to the Commandant. It will likewise be his Duty to have a watchful Eye over the Moral and Religious Conduct of the Officers, Assistants, and Servants, of the Institution; and likewise to visit frequently, and at uncertain times, the Schools, Workshops, Refectories and Dormitories; and particularly to Report to the Commandant, if He hear any Oaths or indecent Expressions made use of by the Children, or by the under Officers, or Servants, of the Institution. In fine, He shall in every respect, to the best of his ability, endeavour that the Children be carefully instructed in the Principles of Virtue and Religion; and that a pious, sober, and orderly, conduct be observed by every Person in the Asylum.

DUTY OF THE ADJUTANT AND SECRETARY.

The Adjutant and Secretary is to be Resident in the House; and to consider himself in all respects amenable to the Commandant.

It will be his Duty to summon, and attend, all meetings of the Board and Committee; and in the notices for extraordinary meetings, either of a General Board or Committee, he shall insert the cause of such Meetings; He is to take down, and preserve, Minutes of all the Proceedings of the Commissioners; and to produce them fairly written in a Book, at the next succeeding Meeting; as also, whenever called for by a Commissioner or by the Commandant.

He shall keep an Alphabetical List of all Applications for the Admission of Children into the Asylum, and likewise a Register of such as are admitted; with their Names and Ages, Time of Admission, the Regiment to which the Father of the Child belonged; and his Parochial Settlement, when the same can be ascertained; also, of the manner in which such Child is disposed of, on quitting the Asylum.

He shall likewise keep a Book, wherein shall be constantly recorded the behaviour of each of the Children.

He is also to examine, check, and keep, all the Accounts of the Institution; and to enter the Abstract thereof in a Book, for the examination of the Commandant, the Committee, and the Board, previously to, or immediately after, their being ordered for Payment.

He is to keep, and deliver out, all such School Books, and Stationary, to the Serjeant Major of Instruction, as may from time to time be wanted; taking a Receipt for them.

He is to see that the Serjeants attend strictly to their Duty, and maintain proper Discipline and Order among the Children; and that both they, and the Children, do keep themselves clean and neat in their Persons; for which purpose, it is expected that he shall frequently be in the Schools and Workshops, and visit the Refectories, and Dormitories, and report to the Commandant any irregularities he may observe.

He will attend to the Drill of the Boys; and to such other Military Duties as are incident to the situation of Adjutant, or as the Commandant may from time to time require of him.

DUTY OF THE QUARTER MASTER AND STEWARD.

The Quarter Master and Steward is to be Resident in the House. It will be his Duty to examine all the Provisions, Stores, and Clothing, sent in; to see that they are of the Quality, and charged at the Price, contracted for, under the orders of the Board; to give Check Receipts to the several Tradesmen furnishing the same, and to take a Counter Check from them in like manner.

He must be provided with Scales, Weights, Measures, &c. to ascertain the Quantities of every Article brought in, which he shall regularly enter into a Store Book, under their respective heads; to enable the Secretary to examine the Tradesmen's Accounts at the end of each Quarter previously to their being paid.

He shall be accountable for all Receipts, Issues, and Remains, and keep a regular account thereof; and shall not allow any waste to be committed by the Servants, or suffer any article of Provisions, Clothing, or Stores, to be carried out of the House; but shall report the same, or any other irregularity, that may come under his notice, to the Commandant.

DUTY OF THE SURGEON.

The Surgeon is to be Resident in the House.--It will be his Duty to examine all the Children brought to the Asylum for Admission, and to Report on any special cases occurring among them; to take charge of the Sick; to regulate all matters within the line of his professional Duty, respecting them and the Wards appropriated for their reception; and from time to time to suggest to the Committee whatever may in his Judgment appear likely to contribute to the better health of the Children in general.

DUTY OF THE SERJEANT-MAJOR OF INSTRUCTION.

The Serjeant-Major of Instruction shall cause the Boys to rise, by beat of Drum, at Six in the Morning from the 25th of March to the 29th of September; and at Seven o'Clock in the Morning from the 29th September, to the 25th of March.

He is to allow the Boys one hour to clean their Shoes, wash their Hands and Faces, and to have their Heads combed;

He is then to read, or cause one of the Senior Boys to read, such Prayers as may be directed by the Chaplain; after which he shall cause them to proceed to the School-business of Reading, Writing, and the four first Rules in Arithmetic, or to such other employments as may be assigned, to qualify them either for the Duties of a Soldier, or for other subordinate situations in Life.

He is previously to examine each Boy, to see that he be washed clean, and dressed in a proper manner; and if this should have been neglected to be done, he is to deliver the Boy, so improperly dressed, to the Serjeant or Nurse of the Ward to which such Boy belongs, to be put in order; and he will report any repetition of neglect in the same person to the Commandant.

He, and his Assistants, are to attend the Boys at all meals, and to cause one of them to say Grace, before and after each meal.

He and his Assistants are also to attend the Boys at their hours of recreation, to prevent them from behaving improperly in any respect.

He, and his Assistants, are to see that the Boys are all in Bed at the hours appointed; and that no Fire, or Candle, is left in their Dormitories.

He, and his Assistants, are to see that the Boys are decently and properly dressed on Sundays, previously to their attending Divine Service; where they are all required to be present with the Children.

He will promote, to the utmost of his power, Good-will, Friendship, and Cordiality, among the Children; endeavouring to impress them with those sentiments of Virtue and Religion, which may best enable them to regulate their future conduct.

He will be especially careful that no profane or indecent expressions be on any occasion made use of to them, or in their hearing, by his Assistants, or the Servants; And whenever he may discover any species of Vice or Immorality, or tendency thereto, in the Boys, or any improper Conduct towards them on the part of the Assistants or Servants, he is immediately to Report the same to the Adjutant, or to the Commandant; according to the nature and degree of the offence.

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