The National tribune., 1897-02-04
SHERMAN's MEMOIRS.
PREPARING FOR THE CAMPAIGN.
Each division and brigade was

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limited in their loads to carry food,
ammunition, and clothing. Tents were
forbidden to all save the sick and
wounded, and one tent only was allowed
to each Headquarters for use as an
Office. These orders were not abso-
lutely enforced, Though in person | set
the example, and did not have a tent,
nor did any officer about me have one !;
but we had wall tent-fies, without poles,
and no tent furniture of any kind. We
usually spread our flies over saplings,
or on fence-rails or posts improvised on
the spot. Most of the general officers,
except Thomas, followed my example
strictly; but he had a regular head
quarters-camp. I frequently called his
attention to the orders on this subject,
rather jestingly than seriously. He
would break out against his officers for
having such luxuries, but, needing a
tent himself, and being good-natured
and slow to act, he never enforced my
orders perfectly. In addition to his
regular wagon-train, he had a big
wagon which could be converted into
an Office, and this we used to call
"Thomas's circus" Several times dur
ing the campaign | found Quarter
masters hid away in some comfortable
nook to the rear, with tents and mess
fixtures which were the envy of the pass
ing soldiers; and / frequently broke
them up, and distributed the tents to
the Surgeons of brigades. Yet my
orders actually reduced the transporta-
ton, so that l doubt if any army ever
went forth to battle with fewer impedi-
menta, and where the regular and neces-
sary supplies of food, ammunition, and
clothing were issued, as called for, so
regularly and so we'll.
My personal staff was then composed
Of Capt. j. c. Mccoy, Aid-de-Camp
Capt. L. M. Dayton, Abide Camp
Capt. j. G. Audenried, Aid-de-Camp
Brig. Gen. j. d. Webster, Chief of Staff;
Maj. r. M. Sawyer, Assistant Adjutant-
General; Capt Montgomery Rochester,
Assistant Adjutant-Ge These last
three were left at Nashville in charge of
the Office, and were empowered to give
orders in my name, communication
being generally kept up by telegraph.
Subsequently we're added to my staff,
and accompanied me in the field, Brig
Gen. w. F. Barry, Chief of Artillery;
Col. O. M. Poe, Chief of Engineers; Col.
L. C. Easton, Chief Quartermaster Col.
Amos Beckwith, Chief Commissary; Capt.
Thos. G. Baylor, Chief of Ordnance;
Surg. +. d. Kittoe, Medical Director;
Brig. Gen. J. M. Corse, Inspector-Gen-
eral; Lieut.-Col. c. Ewing, Inspector
General, and Lieut.-Col. Willard War
ner, Inspector General.
These officers constituted my staff
proper at the beginning of the campaign,
which remained substantially the same
till the close of the war, with very few
exceptions, wig SurgsnJohn, Moore,
United, States Army, relieved Surg.
Kittoe, of the volunteers (about Atlanta),
as Medical Director; Maj. Henry Hitch
cock Joined as Judge-Advocate, and
Capt. G. Ward Nichols reported as all
extra Aid-de-C Camp CATER the fall of
Atlanta) at Gaylesville, just before we
started for Savannah.
During the whole month of April the
preparations for active war were going
on with extreme vigor and my letter
book shows an active correspondence
with Gems. Grant, Halleck, Thomas,
Mcpherson, and Schofeld on thousands
of matters of detail and arrangement,
most of which are embraced in my testi-
mony before the Committee on the Con-
duct of the War, Vol. !, Appendix.
When the time for action approached,
viz, May 1, 1864, the actual armies pre-
pared to move into Georgia resulted as
follows, present for battle:
STRENGTH OF THE ARMIES.
Army of the Cumberland, Maj.-Gen.
Thomas:
Men.
iniantry o4,ooo
Artillery 2,o0
Cavalry =. 1928
Aggregate 6O,773
Number of field guns -. -. $50
Army of the Tennessee, Maj.-Gen.
Mcpherson:
Men.
Infantry 22,4o7
Artillery 1,4O4
Cavalry =. b24
Aggregate 24,465
Guns So
Army of the Ohio, Maj.-Gen. scho-
field:
Men.
infantry H,do5
SArtillery o|o
cavalry 1857
Aggregate $50. 1859
Guns. %
Grand aggregate, 9s, 1877 men and 254 guns
THE HoRsEMEN.
These figures do not embrace the Cav
airy Divisions which were still incom-
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