Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-05-01
copy of Bcaurcgard's General
order, found on The Battle
Field, April =, 1859.
GENERAL ORDER, NO. /.
HEAD QEs ARMY or MISSISSIPPI, !
JACKSON, Tom, March II, 1862. {

GENERAL ORDER, NO. |.
HEAD QBs. ARMY or MISSISSIPPI,
JACKSON, Tom, March II, 1862.
|. Field and company officers are os.
pecially enioincd to instruct their men,
under all circumstances, to fire with de-
Liberation ot tie feet Of tie caemy; they
will thus avoid over shooting ; and be-
sides, wounded men give more trouble
to our adversary than dead, as they have
to be taken from the field.
II. Officers in command must be cool
and collected, hold their men in hand in
action, and caution them against useless
and amless firing. The men must be
instructed and required each one to sin
gle out his man. 1t was the deliberate
sharp-shooting of our fathers in the Rev
olution of l776, AMI New Orleans in 1915
which made them so formidable against
the odds with which they were engaged.
III. In the beginning Of battle, ex-
cept by troops employed as skirmishers,
the fire by file will be avoided. 1t ex-
cites the men, and renders their subse-
qucnt control difficult; fire by wing or
company should be resorted to instead.
During the battle the officers and non
commissioned officers must keep their
men in the ranks, enforce obedience, and
encourage and stimulate them if ncces-
sary.
~. Soldiers must not be permitted to
leave the ranks, even 10 assist In remoyiRg
orr ora deod-to strip, or rob, the dead
OF the enemy, unless by special permits
sion, which shall only be given when the
action has been decided. The bravcst
way to p otect the wounded is to drive
the enemy from the fcld--thc most pres
sing, highest duty, to win the victory.
V. Before the battle, the Quartermas
ter Of the Division will make all neces-
sary arrangements for the immediate
transportation of the wounded from the
field; after consultation with the medical
officers, he will establish an ambulance
depot in the rear and give his assistants
the necessary instructions forthe efficient
service Of the wagons and other means OF
transportation.
VI. The ambulance depot to which the
| wounded are to he carried or directed fol
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cd at the most convenient building near
est the field of battle, and a red flag marks
| the place aud way to it.
VII. The active ambulance will fol.
low the troops to succor the wounded,
and to remove them to the depots. Be
fore the engagement, about five men, the
least effective men under arms to the
company, will be detailed to assist the
ambulance conductors in removing the
wounded, providing water, and otherwise
assisting the wounded. These men will
not loitcr about the depot, but must al.
ways return to the field of battle as soon
as practicable.
VIII. Before, and Immediately after
the battle, the roll of each company will
be called, and absentccs strictly accounteC
for their absence from the ranks. Il,
quit the standard on the battle field, un
der fire, under the prctence of removing
or aiding the wounded, VIII not be per
mittcd any one persisting in it will b,
shot on the spot; and whoever shall bC
found to have quit the field or his reg
ment, or his company without authority
will be regarded and proclaimed a cowarC
and dealt with accordingly.
BY command of Gen. Bcaurcgard.
Signed TllOS. JORDAN.
A. A. General.