General Order #1 requires you to take charge of this post and all government property in view.

General Order #1 requires you to take charge of this post and all government property in view.

• A. To walk my post in a military manner, keeping always on the alert, observing everything that takes place within sight or hearing.
• B. To take charge of this post and all government property in view.
• C. To report all violations of orders I am instructed to enforce.
• D. To repeat all calls from posts more distant from the guardhouse than my own.

Answer: (B)

General Orders establish a sentry’s duties, and the first order sets the baseline for responsibility. The statement that you take charge of this post and all government property in view is exactly what you’re required to do at the start of your duty. It designates you as the person in charge of the post and of any government property you can see, which is the foundation for all subsequent actions you take while on post. The other options describe different duties—moving and staying alert, reporting violations, and repeating distant calls—but they are separate responsibilities, not the action defined by the first order.

General Orders establish a sentry’s duties, and the first order sets the baseline for responsibility. The statement that you take charge of this post and all government property in view is exactly what you’re required to do at the start of your duty. It designates you as the person in charge of the post and of any government property you can see, which is the foundation for all subsequent actions you take while on post. The other options describe different duties—moving and staying alert, reporting violations, and repeating distant calls—but they are separate responsibilities, not the action defined by the first order.