Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-03-18

tAf" orualh and thS waEDrS Close mp. I.'l;l
hal.a sro msdc bul seldom, and oiiiY in p!acy'
that have been Tecpnnoitred and found iascr
able for defense. Atnight the park is arrunsei
lhr detense and In preference st distacc!
from inhsLi,ra places, If IN en- euemy':i cc2n,
try,
Tbs va sono are usually pa,kea il raukc
HSls against axle, The pGics III the sane iircc
ilon, ani with sufficient space httwsan IL,
Fhnks for the horses. ii AT at!nck IL isare5
they IRA parked Iii fquMe, sEe iiai-"hoet'
outside, and he horses inste
Ga tho appearance oi Tho eneny duriGg 1;l'
march, the cnnnander closes up tine Wagon:
aud coGtinuca his march in order; lie hsoi:':
lighting; but ii llc enemy scizes positcr
thst commGnla bis r0sl. he attacks Vigorously
with the mass Of ais iorce, bu. is Hot to COZ
tinuc the. pursuit far from tho convoy. TIE
cohTny haltu, and resumes the tiafch whe:
trie poSition 10 carried.
When lle enemy IL loo alr,i5 To bJ ..l-
tackled, tho cuaYoy is parked III sqnaIe, il
thcro is room; if not, closed Up in douGIi
hle; at the front and rstF the road is blocked
up hy wagons across it. TIE drivers are dis
mounted st the heada of the li5ssla. They aTe
not permitted to make their eScaps. II;
light troops keep the tGemy 81 distance as
10: az p:.ssiblo, and ale supFaried, wnan ne
ccs 2-y, but rrudently, rs ,bs lcG12s c.. et
kept 10 hand 10 resist tie main attack.
LA wagon ,skes fire III the pGFk, romoTr
it, if possible; if not, remove nrst the atGn'u
milton Wagons, thon lioss 10 ican.id Of III
fire.
When whole cunvng Gann1L bo aarl', The
most valuable part ury aometimca he W
abandoning the rest If sl Efforts iai!, and
there is 70 hope CT succui, the convoy must
be set on fire and the horses killed thai cali.
not bu saved tho escort may ihsn cut lis way
through,
II he convoy il Of pfisonsis of War, every
efGit shpnli be made 10 reach 4 village CT
stroug building, Hhtle they lney 9e ;l1nGned ;
If farcud to tight i'll ,hu field. the prisoners
must ho secured and made 10 lie down until
.ha action Is oyer.
RaG0AGE TkAi3s'
The baggage train Of general hesl-quaTtela
shd tho usns Of tho eeverai divisions ale each
under the charge OF af officer Of iht Quarter
master's Department These officers ccm
mard and conduct the trsins under the 6! :rs
they receive from their respective hsad-quar-
teis T1hcn the iraine Of Gi!!trcnt divisions
lnalcb together, or the train OF division
marches with The train Of general heed quar-.
ters, lhe senior Q3artermasler directs The
whole
Tie Regitnentsi ll@srttrhas:er laa charge
Of The wagons, horses, equipments, End al!
means 0i transport employed in the sclrIcs Of
the Regiment Under the orders Of thc
Colonel, lie assemblies them for the march,
and lnaintains the old;r ard police Of the tfsin
in park and on tho march. Ga marchea, the
Regimanta trains arc uuder The cldeis Of lho
@ Qllrtermaster Of tho division. When tho
nu,rch IS by brigade, the senior Regi-
mental Quartermaster in tho brigade,
or tho . lartermastar Of the brigade, mas
the direction OF the whole. The necessary
wagon G. l4ateTs, CT non commissioned ciBa aers 10
aci as such, are employed with the several
trains.
None ri. the authorised wagons sro allowed
10 mfrch with tie train. Tho wagons Of the
several headquarters, the Rsgmental "agoha,
aud tic wag5ns CT ihe 1utlers authorized By
o1ders fto.n headquarters to march with the
train, aIe Gil to bo coHspicuoIsly marked.
Than ihe train CT headquarters ID to have s
guard, the e,rcngth of tho guard is regulated
nv the General Generals Of Brigade guard
thci. trains by the men attached TO the train
o! lie hrs! Regiment OF their Brissdes The
R,ginehtsl trains arc loaded, unloadcd, ann
guarded, az far as pracible, 10y ccnval"sconts
aud Iusn not efFs:tlre III the ranks; 10 the
cavalry, by dismouDtsG lien. Whcn tbs
guard ii train is the escort Fur its defeEsr.
the regulations il ressra to Conveys Gid ss'
o9Tts tako effca!.
HsbitualiY each division is followed By is
train, tia Regimen;sl trains uaiting at the
brigade rendezvous. When otherwise, !hu
ort,es for ths Inoyemaut of tho dlSis!Qna, bTi-
ssd-s and regiments cnhtaiila ,l,o neeEseary J
directions in regard To the assembling alni
taaIch Of tho respective ttaiGJ. The seTelai
trains InarcL III an order analogous 10 the .aak
OF Tho generals, aud tho Order OF battle ci Inc
troops to which they belong. Trains ale nct
allowed IN aET CASE to be !E tbs fGidst d The
troops, OF to impede the Iaafeh Of ihe trdipa.
The wagan.nnstals, under the orders OF the
officers OF the QGsr.srmaster's Department.
exercises tl!s necessary restraints oesf the
iealus:sis ANA servants Who leave thsi1
;cana. 81 III no! properly eonduc! thsHi; OF
whp illrTeat their horses, 1r Hho attempt 10
pillae1, ar run away E Case of attacs,
The General caunsnding the aTTy and tia
Generals OF D.viaion will loi ps!ait aTy gene
raj Of Htsf officer, or regiment! und=r tDeir
ocd5rs, OF any pers6n whatsoever, attached to
thair command, to have more thar the eGtho-
rzed amount OF means of transportation. F6I
tlis purpose thsy will themselves make, and
Gauss to be made, frequ5nt re7iews eno in
gptcliuns ii the trails. they will s5e that 10
.rocpsr il employed 10 lesi private horse, no
soldier to drive yii1a!e vehicle, aud tia. nj
trooper is put on fuut 70 iontt lis Horse tu an
officer They will not permit thu wsgons ui
the artillery Ur Of tl;e train 70 hei6a:ili "ith
s1y .h:ns forsign to their proper service, nof
am public horae, !pf any occGs:oii. to be lar
n1ssgj 10 { private carriage.
The ofiieis of tue Qlarlc1mVteT'a Depart
n1ant, The wagon masters, add all conductors
of trains, are charged with watching that the
regulations respecting transportation allow
snces ate strictly observed.
GENERAL roiIrE
Whsn necessary, the GsneTal.in chief oi
General of Di7ision mag appoint provost
marshal 10 take charge q! pIisoulrs, with G
suitaEle guard, nr other police fofca.
Private servants, nct soldicrs, will not hi
allowed 10 wear Vie Uniform oi ahy corps q
the army, bI.I each will he required TO carry
with certificate iroui the officer who employs
him, verified, for regimontal officers, hy tht
sigukture ii ths Colonel for other officers
unders under tho rank Of Oulonal. 6y the chie
Of their corps Or department
L,undre;ses permitted to follow the army
nlI b. f..rr.isL@a s-ih Certificates ii ,nrd as I
the preceding paragraph, sud no woman o
bad character will by allowed to iulloT tit
army. Other persons with the army, not OH
GERS or soldicrS, such as guides Of the country
interpreters, &c, will carry about them
similar certificates from the head quarters ths
employs them.
Desurters from the eueny, sIter being ex'
amined, will be secured Tor some days, as they
may te spies in disguise; as opportunities ctier
they will p sent to the rear; after which, !,
they are found lurking sbnut the army, or at
tempting to return to the enemy, they sill bs
treated with ssvtrity.
The aTIns sud ACCOMPLISHMENTS of deSerser:
will bv turnzd vyeT to tho Ordnance Dspsrt
msnt, and their hoIsss 10 tho corps in want o
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