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Double post used to be a two-man sentinel , which was set up to secure a field guard or in honor of a princely person or a higher officer ( honorary post ).

The double post , like the simple post, was usually replaced after two hours and then had four hours of rest. Each double post thus consisted of three replacements (numbers) or six men. The distance of the double guards from the field watch should not usually be more than 400 m. The two dormant relievers were mostly on the premises of the field guard itself, and the post was then an ordinary double post. If this was at a particularly endangered or important point, the two dormant posts remained with the post during the rest, which was then given a non-commissioned officer as a special commander and was called a non-commissioned officer .

A non-commissioned officer with a special purpose is the passage post . Non-commissioned officers 'posts were also set up without being subordinated to a field guard (independent non-commissioned officers' posts), when officers were of particular importance and called officer posts. Finally, some teams for patrol service were added, so that an independent NCO position consisted of a NCO and ten or twelve men.

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