Rogers Rangers Standing Orders (1759) 1. Dont forget nothing. 2. Have your musket clean as a whistle, hatchet scoured, sixty rounds powder and ball, and be ready to march at a minutes warning. 3. When youre on the march, act the way you would if you was sneaking up on a deer. See the enemy first. 4. Tell the truth about what you see and what you do. There is an army depending on us for correct information. You can lie all you please when you tell other folks about the Rangers, but dont never lie to a Ranger or officer. 5. Dont never take a chance you dont have to. 6. When were on the march we march single file, far enough apart so one shot cant go through two men. 7. If we strike swamps, or soft ground, we spread out abreast, so its hard to track us. 8. When we march, we keep moving till dark, so as to give the enemy the least possible chance at us. 9. When we camp, half the party stays awake while the other half sleeps. 10. If we take prisoners, we keep em separate till we have had time to examine them, so they cant cook up a story between em. 11. Dont ever march home the same way. Take a different route so you wont be ambushed. 12. No matter whether we travel in big parties or little ones, each party has to keep a scout 20 yards ahead, 20 yards on each flank, and 20 yards in the rear so the main body cant be surprised and wiped out. 13. Every night youll be told where to meet if surrounded by a superior force. 14. Dont sit down to eat without posting sentries. 15. Dont sleep beyond dawn. Dawns when the French and Indians attack. 16. Dont cross a river by a regular ford. 17. If somebodys trailing you, make a circle, come back onto your own tracks, and ambush the folks that aim to ambush you. 18. Dont stand up when the enemys coming against you. Kneel down, lie down, hide behind a tree. 19. Let the enemy come till hes almost close enough to touch, then let him have it and jump out and finish him up with your hatchet.
Posted on: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 11:06:22 +0000
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