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Troop Orders

1 The Men of the Native Police are forbidden to
appear in the streets unless dressed strictly according
to order - and at all times the Commandant expects
them to be smart and clean.

2 Non Commissioned Officers and Troopers from the
Out Stations coming to Melbourne are always to appear
dressed according to order, and any one observed walking
about in a slovenly and unsoldierlike manner will
be punished.

3 The former manner of saluting on horseback by
bringing the right hand across the body is to be
discontinued.

4 When men Mounted have occasion to pay a
compliment, they are to do so by sitting at attention
and looking at the person to be saluted in a steady
and respectful manner.

5 On foot the men salute by bringing up the hand
to the forehead in the usual manner.

6 [Crossed out: The men of the Native Police are not to be employed
as grooms or servants.]

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7 The Officers Commanding Divisions will
periodically relieve the men of the stations attached
to the Commissioners of Crown Lands, by one or two at a
time every nine or ten months - but taking care that
not more than half the detachment is changed every
year.