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(ö) On a date as close to that of departure as feasible, all clothing
and property to be carried with the troops and followers, of a susceptible
nature, shall be disinfected in the presence of the medical officer in
medical charge of the troops. A certificate signed by him to this effect
shall be forwarded to the plague local authority at the place of final
arrival.
(c) The requirements of paragraph (6) having been satisfied, the
troops may proceed to their intended destination, subject to the follow-
in» precautions being observed subsequent to their departure :—
(i) At the first passport-issuing station in the Madras Presidency
passed through, the officer in command shall give a complete list of all
troops and of all persons accompanying them and shall bind himself to
exercise his full authority to cause their health state to be daily ascer-
tained and to report promptly to the nearest plague local authority the
occurrence of plague or of any symptoms suspicious of plague. To
meet this requirement, the officer shall sign in triplicate certificates in
the form attached (A) ; to the triplicate should be attached, signed by
him, the nominal roll of the troops under his command and of all
persons accompanying them. This shall be forwarded by the passport-
issuing officer to the declared place of final destination.
(ii) The medical officer in medical charge of the troops or, if no
medical officer be with the troops, the senior officer in charge, shall
each day, during ten days, arrange to inspect the troops under his
orders and all persons accompanying them without exception and shall
certify as to their state of health by using the list form B. When the
passport-examining officer of the locality halted at is not a medical
officer, the medical officer in charge of the troops or, if there be not one,
the senior officer in command of the troops shall hand the list duly
signed by him to the passport examining officer for countersignature
in confirmation of the fact that it had been on the day of halt signed
by him.
(iii) When halting at a village or town where the passport
examining officer is a medical officer, the medical officer of the troops
shall arrange to conduct an inspection as to the state of health of the
troops and those accompanying them in the presence of the passport-
examining officer ; but, if no medical officer be in charge of the troops,
the senior officer in command shall arrange in consultation with the
passport-examining officer for the conduct by that officer, in his
presence at a reasonable time of day, of such inspection of the troops
and of those accompanying them.
//.— Troops below fifty in number unaccompanied by their wit es and
families or those of follower*.
(a) After conforming with Hule I (a} and (6), the troops and all
accompanying them shall individually be subject to K ule 2 of the
Madras Plague Regulations in force outside the Presidency Town, and
the officer in command, in consultation with the medical officer if there
be one, shall afford all necessary facilities for their observance.
///.— Troops accompanied by their families', followers and
their families.
(a) If, within the period of twelve months, the troops or the
followers or their families have not suffered from indigenous plague :