South African Infantry.

SHIPS ORDERS BY LIEUT-COL. F.S. DAWSON.

                        Officer Commanding Troops.

S.S. DURHAM CASTLE,

At Sea,

6.10.1915

PART 3, No 16.

No. 71.  DUTIES FOR TOMORROW, the 7th OCTOBER 1915.

            Captain of the Day:              Capt. P.J. Jowett.

Next for Duty:                                   Lieut. J.T. Bain.

Subaltern of the Day:          Lieut. C.F. Nicholson.

Next for Duty:                                   2nd Lieut. L. I. Isaacs.

Officer of the Guard:            2nd Lieut. A.H. Brown.

Next for Duty:                                   Lieut. Pirrie.

Officer in charge of Prisoner of War: Lieut. R.R. Sharp.

Next for Duty:                                   Lieut. Pirrie.

Officer in charge of Piquet on Fo’castle Head:   Lieut. Bliss

Next for Duty:                                               Lieut. C.B. Parsons.

Officer in charge of Piquet on Monkey Island:    Lieut. T.C. Priday

Next for Duty:                                               Lieut. E.A. Davies.

COMPANY FOR DUTY                  “A” COMPANY

No. 72.  OFFICERS’ LECTURE.

            There will be a lecture to Officers by Capt. E. Burgess at 12 noon tomorrow.

This will be held on the Navigating Deck.

All Officers to attend.

No. 73. PICQUETS:

Two Picquets of 1 Officer, 3 N.C.O.’s and 25 men will be mounted at 5.30 a.m. every morning and dismounted at 7 p.m. every evening.

One Piquet will be mounted on the Fo’castle Head, and the other on Monkey Island.  The men will be armed and double sentries will be posted.  Printed instructions to sentries will be handed to the Officer in charge of the Guard.

The Machine Gun section will supply a Machine Gun and men at both places, and they will mount and dismount Guard at the same time.

J.G.W. Evans

CAPTAIN.

SHIPS ADJUTANT.

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