Quarter guard

[1] It is technically[clarification needed] a minuscule guard of honour.

In addition to this, the quarter guard also has a lock-up often in the guardhouse to hold soldiers charged with minor crimes (absent without leave, drunkenness being among the usual crimes).

A Quarter Guard is expected to reflect the high standards of the unit.

May be a quarter of governor general guard in British Empire.

In Indian Border Security Force battalions, like the Indian Army, the quarter is a special place where along with armory and treasury there subsist a guardhouse lockup where defaulting border troopers, accused of petty indiscipline cases like intoxication, AWOL, are kept under force custody.