The greatest practicable order and neatness is to be maintained in the Capitol Grounds & their turf, plants & other fittings and decorations are to be preservd from all unnecessary wear & ill usage.

To this end it is chiefly required that practices which if generally indulged in would be inconvenient, disorderly and inconsistent with the beauty and fitness of the grounds should be prevented and that no one should at any time do what all cannot do at any time without obvious misuse and damage of the premises.

Watchmen are employed to guard against such practices and are expected to do so chiefly by the influence they may exert in preventing all persons wherever they may be upon the grounds from being careless or indifferent [370] to the requiremnts which common sense upon due reflection would enforce.

It is of much less importance for this purpose that actual warnings or remonstrances should be addressed to visitors than that they should be made to feel that all misuse of the grounds is watchfully guarded against and that they are liable at any moment to be observed and interrupted in any improper conduct.

The ground is so large relatively to the number of watchmen that the duty thus required of them can only be performed by rapid and frequent movements of each man between the different parts of his beat and by his preserving such an attitude and manner as will show that he is really on the watch and not himself careless & indifferent to the object.

For these reasons watchmen are forbidden when on duty to sit, lounge, stand idly, to smoke, read newspapers or engage in conversation not necessary to their duty.

Men who find themselves unable to maintain activity of movement and a vigilant wide awake attitude and to attend exclusively to the business for which they are employed for the required periods of duty must be considered physically disqualified for the position of watchmen.

Watchmen are required to maintain good temper, to avoid threatening language & all unnecessary irritation of words or manner and to do their duty with the least possible disturbance and with as much civility, quietness and good nature as practicable but in the case of aggravated offences or determined and persistent perversity to arrest the offenders promptly & firmly, using any force necessary for the purpose. When necessary they will call to their assistance other watchmen or any men in the government service on the grounds.