ARTICLE 101.--The military force, with the exception of the
hired natives, is summoned for the maintenance of order, for commando
duty on the occasion of home rebellion, and without any exception for
the protection of the country, and to fight with foreign enemies.

ARTICLE 102.--The Assistant Field-Cornets and Field-Cornets are
charged with the maintenance of order; the Commandants are charged with
the commandos on occasion of rebellion at home; the Commandant-General
with commandos for the purpose of quelling disturbance among the white
population, the protection of the country, and fighting with foreign
enemies, in which case the Commandant-General shall have supreme command
over the whole army.

ARTICLE 103.--We must understand by

(_a_) Maintenance of order: the execution of the laws, the carrying out
of sentences after receiving orders, and the consideration of measures
of general and local interest; also the supervision over the natives,
and the repression of vagrancy and vagabondage in the field-cornetcies.

(_b_) Commandos on occasion of rebellion among the natives: bringing
Kaffir chiefs to their duty.

(_c_) Commandos for the suppression of disorders among the white
population: dispatching sufficient force to the district where disorder
has broken out; and by

(_d_) Defence of the country and carrying on war: carrying out martial
law and taking the field at the head of the army.