The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-08 00:00:00

REAU.RBGARDS ADVIC.
TO HIS SOLDIERS.

General Beauregard has issued the following in-
structions to his soldiers :—" Head-quarters, Army I
of the Mississippi, Jackson, Tennessee, March 14,
1862.-1. Field and company officers are specially
enjoined to instruct their men, under all circum-
stances, to fire with deliberation at the feet of the
enemy. They will thus avoid over shooting', and,
besides, wounded men give more trouble to our
adversary than dead, as they have to be taken from
the field. 2. Officers in command must be cool
and collected ; hold their men in hand in action,
and caution them against useless, aimless firing.
The men must be instructed and required each
one to single out his mark. It was the deliberate
sharpshooting of our forefathers in the revolution
of 1776, and New Orleans, in 1815, which made
them so formidable against the odds with which
they were engaged. 3. In the beginning of a
battle, except by troops deployed as skirmishers,
the fire by file will be avoided. It excites the
men, and renders their sabsequent control difficult.
Fire by wing or company should be resorted to in-
stead. During the battle the officers and non-com-
missioned officers must keep their men in the ranks,
enforce obedience,and encourage and stimulate them
if necessary. 4. Soldiers must not be permitted to
leave the ranks, even to assist in removing our own
dead, unless by special permission, which shall only
be given when the action has been decided. The
surest way to protect the wounded is to drive the
enemy from the field. The most pressing, highest
duty, is to win the victory. 5. Before the battle,
the quartermaster of the division will make all ne-
cessary arrangements for the immediate transporta-
tion of the wounded from the field. After consul-
tation with the medical officers, he will establish the
ambulance depot in the rear, arid give his assistants
the necessary instructions for efficient service of the
wag gons and other means of transportation. 6. The
ambulance depot to which the wounded are to be
carried direct for immediate treatment should be es-
tablished at the most convenient building nearest
the field of battle. A red flag marks the place and
way to it. 7. The active ambulances follow the
troops to succour the wounded and remove them to
the depot. Before the engagement about five men,
the least effective under arms to the company, will
be detailed to assist the ambulance conductors in
removing wounded, providing water, and otherwise
assisting the wounded. These men will not loiter
about the depots, but must always return to the
field of battle as soon as practicable. 8. Before and
immediately after the battle the roll of each com-
pany will be called, and absentees must be strictly
accounted for. To quit their standard on the bat-
tle-field under fire, under pretence of removing or
aiding the wounded, will not be permitted. Any
one persisting in it will be shot on the spot, and
whosoever shall be found to have quitted the field,
his regiment, or his company without authority
will be regarded and proclaimed as a coward, and
dealt with accordingly.—By command of General
BEAUREGARD, T. JORDAN, Acting Adjutant-Gene-
ral."

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—May 8.