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war, there was an immediate improve
ment from the terrible depression upon
him. He asked the question for the
purpose Of keeping Maynard's attention
fixed for time on war rather than for
information.
"Whip 'em? Why, Jakey, we're scat
tered all over creation He dipped his
finger in a tin cup full Of water and be-
gan to draw rude map on the top Of
an extemporized table, consisting of a
square board nailed on a stake driven
in the ground.
Here's the Chickamauga flowing
between these two ridges, Missionary
and the Pigeon mountains, from south
to north into the Tennessee. Critten-
den S corps is here at Lee and Gordon S
mill. Thomas corps has just passed
through Stevens gap down here, ten or
q dozen miles from Crittenden, while
McCool1 is ct Alpine, 20 miles away
from Thomas. We are off here near
Reeds bridge, the tip of the left wing,
40 miles from McCook, the tip Of tho
right wing.
DI1eSoSS ID llClC ttU LGllttS WV, oli tIlC'
east side Of the Pigeon mountains, and
opposite our center at CraWfish Springs,
where he can strike any one Of our corps
separately. He can ride up on to the
Pigeon mountains, and, looking down
Oh tho valley of the Chickamauga, seq
Just where We are located. / was w
there myself the other day with rec
onnoitcring party and came upon one OF
his scouts, looking at Us very much as
one woultl survey q barnyard Of fat
turkeys before Christmas
He paused and seemed lost in some
attendant problem. Presently he added
absently:
"All I'd De afraid Of would he de-
lay"
"What a'y' mean by thet?' asked ia
key.
Maynard started. Il was thinking
that I Was Oh the other side," he said
"You see, Jakoy, il a military point Of
view the beauty q tho situation is all
with tho Confe;i> >tus. -
"How?'
"They can cut us up in detail ~
"Wha'd y do Of y WOE him uus'''
II? I'd drive. wedge right in here
between Thomas and Crittenden's
corps. I'd destroy first one and then
the other. After that / Il eat my ratiol:s
and have plenty Of time to take care Of
McCooIl's, which is too far away even
SO hear the guns
"Thct'ud be hunlly,' said Jakey,
to catch his friends enthu-
siasn. PITY 'tvasn't t'other way n
we had 'em as they got we uns. Mebbe
eff you uns wor i'll command of our al
my y mought do somep'n TO- tor change
tn sjteratiOn. -
"I?"
eyes, what'd y do?''
'"That's q poser, Jakey."
Maynard studied his improvised map
for awhile without speaking, as if it
were a chessboard. At last he said:
General Rosecrans, learn, has Or
dered his scattered columns concentrate
ed at Crawtish Springs the center Of
his line. Perhaps this is as good 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 the Chickamauga, principally
with cavalry, while'-
whats demonstrators interrupted
the listener
''Make a feint, a fuss; pretend to have
a big force and only have a little one.
I would leave the campfres burning at
night to make them think was still
there, and draw my army away to Mis-
sion ridge. Moving backward Oh con-
verging lines''-
"What's them?''
'Lines coming to a focus'--
"What's a focus?"
"Confound it, Jakey, We'll be attack
co and whipped before can make you
These roads you see come
together at Chattanooga. From Chatta-
nooga, if necessary, the army could be
II 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
w Ac LULU La, .tNClSliy tlO"u ny Placing
his nose between that adversary's
teeth?''
"No."
"Well, that's the way we're holding
our enemy, but your remark leads to
the other side of the problem. Desper-
ate diseases require desperate remedies.
IF I We're a general, I'd never be on the
defensive if I could help it, cost What
it might. It sets a man to wondering
what his enemy is going to do, instead
Of doing something himself. Now, our
southernmost column might be 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 and
crush it, but he can do that now. The
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