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A45383	The old English officer, being a necessary looking-glass for a Christian army, or, A fit companion for young souldiers wherein you may behold a perfect, easy, and speedy path to obtain the exercise and discipline of foot, and make soldiers fit for present service ... : with plain directions and good instructions out of sacred and moral histories of worthy commanders, how they should behave themselves in time of peace and war ... / written by Charles Hammond ...	Hammond, Charles, 17th cent.	1679 (1679)	Wing H497; ESTC R10512	25,488	62

disorder only of three or four soldiers which rob'd the Merchants and Victualle●s which came and went from the Camp but those were hang'd and then plenty was brought in the punishing of this sin in Tamberlains Camp made his mighty Army of many hundred thousands for to be plentifully served These are those sinful evils which principally in an Army are to be suppressed and punished for by suppressing disorders God is honoured the Army strengthned the Enemy dishartned neighbours and friends secure and incouraged to abide constant but where sin doth reign and disorders suffered there all things fall out clean contrary misery and want will follow to their ruine and overthrow God will be against them and friends will abandon them as unworthy of aid CHAP. VI. Directions and Instructions for the Discipline of Foot Soldiers Six chief things a Soldier ought to be instructed in when he first enters himself to be under Command FIrst to make choice of a civil comrade and an able Soldier if he can that he may instruct him to handle his Arms. 2. to keep his Arms clean and fixt 3. To keep his Arms by him in a reddiness if sudden occasion should happen to be called to them 4. To behave himself civilly in his Quarters and to be in them in due time and not to be out after the Taptow is beat 5. To keep himself clean in his linnen and clothes 6. And Lastly to give respect to his superiour and inferiour Officers and not to dispute their commands and to be civil to the Corporal of your Squadron that he may teach you at leisure times to handle your Arms compleatly Now there is six necessary motions and postures belongs to the Exercise of a foot Company 1. Orders 2. Faceings 3. Doublings 4. Countermarchings 5. Wheelings 6. Firings There is six Orders 1. The Closest Order which is not a Foot between Files it is only necessary for a Stand of Pikes to keep off the Horse from entring a Port or Auenew Piles at this closest and the Ranks at Order or closest Order which is 3 Foot or a Foot and half in this posture they may keep off a party of Horse 2. Is Close Order which is a foot and half this is necessary when Pikes and shot are interlin'd to charge horse when they have fired to fall off to the Right and Left from their Center the Pikes Ported while they fall off a close Order is fit for Firings and Wheelings 3. Is Order that is three foot which is a fit distance between File and File either Marching or in the Field 4. Open Order which is six foot that is commonly between Rank and Rank either marching or in the Field but in a March between Open Order and Distance which may be about nine foot is very convenient for Pikes when they march in a Body by themselves if the Officer thinks fit 5. Is Distance which is twelve Foot which is a very fit space in time of Service to run up Field pieces opening from the center to the Right and Left either in the Flanks of Musqueteers or in the Body of Pikes and when they have fired to run them back in the Reer and the Files to close again as they were 6. Is Double Distance which is twenty four foot this may be used when any great person is coming to view the Company to make a guard for Ranks to open backwards to double Distance or what distance the Officer sees fit according to the fulness of his Company then for half Ranks double your Right and Left hand Files from your center every man upon the Right from the center fall behind his right hand man and so doubles the Right I and File so every man upon the Left from the center doth the like so you make but two files but when you make your guard you face to the Right and Left inwards and make two Ranks no other word for Reducing but Files Rank off as you were Now take notice these Orders or Distances are to be observed as your Officers gives the Word of Command either for Ranks or Files for Ranks o open backwards or advance forward or Files to open from the Right or from the Left or from the Right and Left as your Officer pleases to Exercise only observe your word of Command when your Officer gives it and not mistake Ranks for Files Now your File-leaders your Bringers up and your Right and Left hand Files must be sure to know their Distances for the File-leaders and the Right hand File guides the whole body so doth the Bringers up and Left-hand File when they face about the Rear is made the Front for a Souldier hath but two men to observe in Marching Opening Closing and Countermarching that is his Right hand man and his File-leader File-leaders are to take their distance from the Right hand man or from the Left if Commanded now to keep an even Rank let every man be sure to keep his right hee ll even with his Right-hand mans left hee ll and Files every man to keep right behind his Leader upon Service he will find it a good security one man standing amiss spoyls either Rank or File which is the credit of a Company either Marching or in the Field so much for the first fow Orders 2. Now your second is Facings which I have brought into six which are necessary and serviceable 1. FAcing either Right or Left as occasion serves 2. Facing to the Reer 3. Facing to Front and Reer 4. Facing to the Right and Left from your center 5. Facing to the Right and Left inward to your center 6. Facing to either Angles or to all your Angles Now let Soldiers observe in all their Facings to turn upon the right hee ll and then they shall keep their Ranks and Files even Five of these Facings are necessary for f●●ings but facing to the right and left inward to your center The word of Command is March and intercharge ground then your Body of Pikes are Hanks and your Musqueteers are in the body which may charge the Horse if the Horse should Flank them and if you have a good stand of Pikes you may interline Musqueteers and Pikes The word of Command is Pikes face to your Right and Left inwards Musqueteers face to your Right and Left outwards from your center then March when your Pikes and Musqueteers are joyn'd face to your Leader then you you have a Rank of Musqueteers and a Rank of Pikes then Ranks to the Right or left hand double take notice this must be it your stand of Pikes be equal with your Musqueteers if not let the odd Files of Musqueteers that are over above be in the Flanks 3. Is Doublings 1. DOubling Ranks either to the Right or Left 2. Doubling Files either Right or Left 3. Half Files double your Front 4. Bringers up double your Front 5. Half Ranks of the Left face to the Right March and double your right half Ranks face

well weighed 5. By the profession of Arms many have attained from a mean condition to great honur David from a shepherd to be a King of Israel Jepttha of base birth yet by valour became a Judge in Israel Isicrates the Athenian who was Lieutenant to Artaxerxes was he not a Coblers son Eumenes one of Alexanders Captains was a Carters son Servius Tullius who triumphed 3 times was the son of a poor servant Dioclesian though a bloody persecutor of the Christians yet a valiant man obtained the Empire by his Prowess valour and yet but a Scriveners son Nicholas Pichinnino the great Captain and Commander of the Armies of the Potentates in Italy was but a Butchers son The famousest Nations of the World the Romans who subdued Kingdoms never held any profession worthy so great honour nor ever rewarded any so much as they did Valiant men generous spirits adventuring their lives and obtaining thereby praises to themselves and glory to their Nation as their Histories do shew 6. That Calling must needs be honourable which requireth so many honourable parts and praise-worthy Endowments requisite to make a man deserving to be admitted into Military profession As to be a man of understanding of a stout and undaunted courage not fooll-hardy but prudent and patient of an able body yet no Lubber or Luskish and sluggish disposition but nimble and lively to execute designments and crowning all this with true Religion and zeal towards God with a Loyal and faithful heart to his King and Countrey For the honour of this profession how great Volumns are written of men of War their valiant deeds and Memorable acts have caused them to be Registred to all Posterity by the Pen of the Learned which cannot be read but with great delight and great profit even to make valiant and couragious spirits emulous of their Fame and Glory what profession procured more honour to People a Nation then men of War hath done Greece for her Achilles and others what prayses everlasting did Epirus that little countrey obtain by her Peerless Pirrhus and that terrour to the Turk Scanderberg Macedonia by her great Alexander Troy by her valiant Hector Rome by Caesar Pompey Scipio and the rest Lacedeman by Simon and Leonidas Carthage by her Hannibal and so other places by their valiant Worthies in a word who is more worthy honour in the hearts of all vertuous men than a man of Courage so he be well qualified that by some base condition he wrong not himself which true generosity of spirit will utterly disdain to do CHAP. II. Of Prest Men and Voluntiers OF such as go to war there are two sorts such as be commanded and such as offer themselves the former we call Pressed who without inforcement would not go Moses was as King in Israel and he waited not for Voluntiers but commanded to chuse out of every Tribe 1000 to make an Host of twelve thousand to go against Midian so did Saul and David 1 Sam. 21. 2 Sam. 20. without which Command Princes could not have waged Battels as they then did The other sort are termed Voluntiers which are Natives or Forreigners these men may offer themselves to the wars and enter into the Profession of a Soldier it s not to be doubted Ehuds Soldiers were all Voluntiers at the found of a Trumpet Judg. 3.27 So were the three sons of Jesse and such were David's worthies 1 Sam. 17. Again Deborah the Prophetess praiseth the Voluntiers which came to help Barak besides she complaineth of such as following their own private business neglected the wars and withal cursed Meroz for not coming to help the Lord Judg. 5.12.15.23 Moreover that which may be lawful by Pressing and compulsion may as well be lawful for Voluntiers if there be not very just cause or impediment to hinder this A lawful calling may be as well undergone freely as by compulsion else how should Princes and States do that have not power to Press if Voluntiers might not in good conscience offer themselves but here Voluntiers must know and be resolved of some things 1. Of the Calling of a Soldier where it is lawful and that a man may therein live and as well receive wages as men do for discharge of other duties in any other lawful vocation be content saith John Baptist with your wages speaking to Soldiers therefore they may serve for wages 2. Of the justice and lawfulness of the war into which he thrusts himself seeing he goeth not by Command of supream Authority if the war be just a man may serve with a good conscience of his own accord but if it be apparently unjust let men beware that they imbrew not their hands in blood going Volantiers if Princes command that case is altered for private persons may not sit and judge of Princes actions I have Read that St. Austine saith That a good man may serve under a sacrelegious Prince for the unjust Command shall bind the Prince when the duty of Obedience shall make the Soldier free 3. They must have the leave of such as have Soveraign Authority over them for a Subject to one cannot dispose of his own person to the service of another Prince without leave but he may put himself voluntarily into the Service of his own Soveraign whose Subject he is 4. Voluntiers are to weigh with themselves what special impediments they have to with-hold from going in respect of some perticular calling requiring their own person for discharge of the duties thereof or some charge of a Family Wife and Children depending upon their personal being necessarily amongst them or whether their being at home may do more good to the Countrey then the service in War 5. Ther end must be good for defence of Religion their King and Countrey for Relieving the unjustly Oppressed for maintenance of Right and such like and withal to learn Experience for the good of their Countrey but not to run in unadvisedly as some do out of a Malecontentedness nor of an idle humor nor of a foolish vain glory or a bloody dsposition of a base mind for Prey and Plundering but as a man of valour for more praise worthy and better ends 6. Lastly that Voluntiers put themselves under the Command of Authority to do Service and to be subject to Rule and Discipline observing Order keeping their places where they are commanded from which they may not depart without leave of such Commanders as they have committed themselves unto for though they enter voluntarily yet being under Authority they may not think themselves then free at all times to part at their pleasure for if they should upon necessary service such wandring Stars and such straglers would utterly fail the Expectation of their Commanders Thus with these considerations men may be Voluntiers and put themselves into Military Service and Authority may admit of them as both the Scriptures and Histories shew but yet the General and others with him must be cautious what Voluntiers they entertain