Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-04-03

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Just where we are located. I was up
:hcrc myself the other day with rec
onnoitering party and came upon one Of
his scouts, looking at US very much as
one would survey barnyard Of fat
turkeys before Christmas.
He paused and seemed lost in some
attendant problem. Presently he added
absently:
"All I'd be afraid Of would be de-
lay"
"What d'y' mean by theft" asked Ja-
key.
Maynard started. II was thinking
that was on the other side" he said.
"You see, Jakey, in military point of
view the beauty of the situation is all
with the Confederates.
How"
"They can cut rs up III detail"
"Wha'd y do eff y wor him uns?"
II? I'd drive wedge right in hero
between Thomas and Crittenden's
corps. I'd destroy first one and then
tho other. After that I'd eat my rations
and have plenty of time to take care OF
McCook's, which is too far away even
to hear the guns"
"Thet'ud be hnnky," said Jakey,
pretending to catch his friends enthu.
siasm. "Pity 'twasn't t'other way II
We had 'cm as they got we uns. Mebbe
eff you uns wor in command or our ar
my y mought do somep'n fo' ter change
. tn siteration.
"I?'
"Yes, what'd y do?'
"That's a poser, Jakey."
Maynard studied his improvised map
for awhile without speaking, as if it
were chessboard. At last he said:
General Rosecrans, I learn, has or
dered his scattered columns concentrat-
ed at Crawfsh Springs, the center of
his line. Perhaps this is as good a plan
as any, at least if Bragg gives him time
enough to close up. To me two plans
seem to be open. One is to demonstrate
along tho Chickamauga, principally
with cavalry, while''-
whats demonstrated" interrupted
the listener.
"Mako feint, fuss; pretend to have
q big force and only have little ono.
would leave the campires burning at
night, to make them think I was still
there, and draw my army away to Mis-
Sion ridge. Moving backward on coll
verging lines
"What's them?"
"Lines coming to focus
"What's focus?"
"Confound it, Jakey. We'll be attack.
ed and whipped before I can make you
understand These roads you see come
together at Chattanooga. From Chatta-
nooga, if necessary, the army could be
crossed'-
Il thought we uns was a-follerin
them uns!" observed Jakey, surprised
at the turn the campaign had taken.
"Jakey, did you ever hear of the man
who held his adversary down by placing
his nose between that adversary's 8
teeth?''
mo"
"Well, that's tho way we're holding
our enemy, but your remark leads to
tho other side of the problem. Desper-
ate diseases require desperate remedies.
If I were general, I'd never be on the
defensive if 1 could help it, cost what
it might 1t sets man to wondering
what his enemy is going to do, instead
of doing something himself. Now, our
southernmost column might DO pushed
out here"-putting his finger on the
line denoting the Georgia Central rail-
road-"to cut the Confederates' avenue
for supplies. Bragg might turn ard
crush it, but he can do that now. Tie
trouble is, Jakey, we need troops for
quick marches; flying columns to move
without camp equipage. Such column
down there could strike, retreat, strike
at another point, and SO confuse an enc.
my that he wouldn't know what was to
happen next. u"
Jakcy was too young to understand
tho phases of the war problem in which
Maynard's mind had become engrossed
to the obliteration of his trial, disgrace,
wife, child, friends, comrades, every
thing but tho game that charmed him.
But Jakey's mind was as much on his
friend as his friends was Oh tho prob