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Earnestly Exhort[?] the Officers of old R[?] But more particularly the Commandg officer of Regiments, to take all possible Care to prevent it, and for this purpose the Camp and Quarter Guards are to Confine Every [?] Detected[?] either Removing or[?] Burning Fencing Stuff, and as it frequently Happens that their are Numbers of Soldiers Standing round a Line made of Fencing though none will acknowledge or Inform who made it, Such therefore as are Handing shall be Considered as the Authors[?], unless they paint out the [?] and shall be confined and punished accordingly as it is much[?] better to prevent Crimes than punish them