General Order #4 requires you to do which of the following?

• A. To walk my post in a military manner, keeping always on the alert.
• B. To repeat all calls from posts more distant from the guardhouse than my own.
• C. To quit my post only when properly relieved.
• D. To call the officer of the deck in any case not covered by instructions.

Answer: (B)

When a sentry job tests you on the general orders, the point here is how information is relayed between posts. General Order Four requires you to repeat all calls from posts that are farther from the guardhouse than your own post. This rule creates a reliable chain of communication: any report or alarm from a distant post gets echoed to the guardhouse through you, so nothing gets lost due to distance or mishearing. It keeps the command at the guardhouse informed about what’s happening across all posts and helps coordinate a timely response.

Think of it as maintaining a continuous, accurate voice across the guard system. The other statements reference different general orders—about how you march at your post, when you may leave your post, or when to contact the officer of the deck for issues outside standard instructions—so they’re not what General Order Four dictates.