Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-04-30
CORY or BEAuR BOARDS GIN ERAL
ORDEa, F0END 0s TRE BATHS
FIELD, APRIL y, kSa3s
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seaefal Order No. I.
HEADQUARTERS AKaT AIsslss PpE,
JACKSON, Tenn. March Ii, 90.

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JACKSON, Tenn, March Ii, 80.
/. Field and company officers are ss-
pecially enjoined to instruct their men,
under all circumstances, 70 fire With de-
liberation at the feet Of the enemv they
viii thus avoid Overlooking; and besides
wounded men give more trouble to our
adversary than dead, a. they have to be
taken from the field.
Ii. Offoers in command must be cool
and collected, hold their men ia hand In
action, and caution them against useless
and aimless firing. The men must be in-
ssrucsed and required each one to single
oat bis man. Ii Was he deliberate sharp
shooting o. our fathers In the Revolution
of 1916, and New Orleans in 1915, watch
made them so formidable against the odds
with which they were engaged.
ILL. In the beginning OF the battle, ex-
eept By troops employed as skirmishegs,
the Are by fle viii be avoided. IL exeitss
the men and renders their subsequent
control difseuls; FIRE by wing or company
should be resorted TO instead. During
the battle the officers and non-eommission-
cd officers must keep their men in the
RANKS. enforce obedience and encourage
and stimulate them If necessary,
w. Soldiers must not be permitted TO
leave the ranks, even to assist in remoY-
ing our own dead, 10 strip, or rob- the
dead of the enemy, unless by special pei
mission, which shall only be given when
the action has been decided. The bray
est way to protect the wounded is to drive
the enemy from the field the most nrsss-
ing, highest duty, to win the victory.
V. Before the battle the Quartermaster
Of the Division will make all necessary
arrangements for the immediate transpor-
tation of the wounded from the field; af-
ter consultation With the medical officers,
he will establish al ambulance depot in
the rear, and give bis assistants the nee
esstry instructions for the efficient service
of the wagons and other means Of trans
portatiou.
vi. The ambulance depot, to which tbs
wounded are TO be carried or directed foi
| immediate treatment, should be establish
/ ed at the most convenient building near.
est the field Of battle and a red Gag uaarh
tha place and way to ii.
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the troops TO sueeor the wounded, and "a
remove them 10 the depots. Befors tbs
engagement, about five men { the least ef.
fecgive men under arms) TO the company
will be detailed to assist the ambulance
conductors in removing the wounded, pro
viding water, and otherwise assisting tbs
wounded. These men will loiter abou
the depot, but must always return 60 TIA
Acid OF battle as soon as practicable.
VIII. Before, and Immediately after
the battle, the roll Of each company vii
be called, and absentees strictly account
! cd FOR their at,suurv frszs sha saaks. TX
quit their standard on the battle field, IN
der Ore, under the pretense OF removing
or aiding the wounded, will not be per
mitted; any one persisting in it viii b
shet on the spot; and whoever shsll b
foand to have quit the Geld. OF bis regi
nant, or his company without authority
will be regarded and proclaimed a cowart
and dealt with accordingly.
BIZ command Of Gen. Beauregard.
! lSigned) THOMAS JoRDAS,
| 4. 4. Gea.