=27. EMPTY CARTRIDGE CASES AND RUBBISH.=--At intervals throughout the trenches sandbags will be hung up as receptacles for empty cartridge cases and chargers. Others will be hung up for the collection of rubbish. Sandbags to be labeled accordingly. All empty cases and chargers thus collected will be sent each evening to battalion H. Q. for transmission to the base. =28. DRESS, ETC.=--Men must be properly dressed at all times and as smart and clean as circumstances will allow. All men must shave daily. Discipline as regards saluting, standing to attention, etc., will receive as much attention in the trenches as in billets. =29. PRISONERS.=--Should any prisoners be captured they will be immediately searched, and all documents found on them will be forwarded to brigade H. Q. without delay. Germans usually carry all documents in the skirt pockets of their tunics. A telephone message will be dispatched to brigade H. Q. stating to what regiment the prisoners belong. All ranks will be warned that should they find themselves in the hands of the enemy it is only necessary for them to give their number, name, and regiment. No other information whatever will be given. =30. RETURNS.=--The following returns are due at brigade H. Q. daily when in the trenches:-- At 5.15 a. m.--Situation and wind By telephone. At 11.00 a. m.--Strength and casualty return " Daily report on typed form By orderly. Artillery intelligence report " At 4.00 p. m.--Situation and wind By telephone. At 5.30 p. m.--Intelligence report By orderly or telephone. At 9.00 p. m.--Return of material required for trench construction to be sent up the following evening By telephone. Activity by the enemy's aeroplanes will always be reported. _______, _Brigade Major, ______ Brigade_. 55TH (WEST LANCASHIRE) DIVISION TRENCH ORDERS. THIS BOOK IS NOT TO BE TAKEN BEYOND THE FRONT TRENCHES. Every officer, and every noncommissioned officer in command of any body of troops, is to be in possession of this book and to be thoroughly conversant with its contents. J. K. COCHRANE, _Lieut. Colonel, General Staff_, _55th (West Lancashire) Division_. JANUARY, 1917. CONTENTS. Section. Duties 1 Sentries 2 Patrols 3 Alertness 4 Stand to 5 Arrangements in case of attack 6 Machine guns 7