Hints to Company Officers on Their Military DutiesD. Van Nostrand, 1863 - 59 pages |
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3d Minn 41 Article Adjutant Andrews Army Regulations Art of War authority battalion battle Biographical blanket Brazil camp CAPACITY AND RESPONSIBILITY Capt captain cause cavalry Christopher cisive clothing issued Colonel Columbus company and regiment COMPANY OFFICERS conduct confidence corps danger devolve discipline District drill efficiency endeavor enemy Epaminondas eral example exercise force forestry FOREWORD TO REPRINT fortitude gained heroism honor infantry instruct killed knowledge labor Leavenworth Lieutenants Lucullus manoeuvres Marlborough maxims military MORALE OF TROOPS Napoleon says negligence ness NOSTRAND offence pany Pelopidas Picket and Guard posi pride prisoner private soldier profession Prompt obedience published punctuality punish remark respect rules says Jomini sharpshooters Sir Ralph Abercrombie SKILL OVER NUMBERS Spartans spirit standard success superior in numbers Sweden tardiness things Third Minnesota Regiment thor tion U. S. Vols undergo necessary valiant VALOR AND SKILL vanquished victory virtue volunteer warriors Wellington Wrote zeal
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Page 47 - From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows : On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe : From shingles...
Page 47 - The rushes and the willow-wand Are bristling into axe and brand, And every tuft of broom gives life To plaided warrior armed for strife! That whistle garrisoned the glen At once with full five hundred men, As if the yawning hill to heaven A subterranean host had given.
Page 46 - Have then thy wish!' — He whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows : On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe...
Page 1 - We few, we happy few, we band of brothers ; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother ; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition...
Page 23 - Add a step to it," is applicable to everything in life. Napier took the right method of inspiring his men with his own heroic spirit. He worked as hard as any private in the ranks. " The great art of commanding," he said, " is to take a fair share of the work. The man •who leads an army cannot succeed unless his whole mind is thrown into his work. The more trouble, the more labor must be given ; the more danger, the more pluck must be shown, till all is overpowered.
Page 26 - ... was formed, applied itself with energy and exemplary assiduity to the duties of that station. " In the school of regimental duty, he obtained that correct knowledge of his profession so essential to the proper direction of the gallant spirit of the soldier ; and he was enabled to establish a characteristic order and regularity of conduct, because the troops found in their leader a striking example of the discipline which he enforced on others.
Page 28 - I saw him late in the evening of that great day, when the advancing flashes of cannon and musketry, stretching as far as the eye could command, showed in the darkness how well the field was won: he was alone; the flush of victory was on his brow, and his eyes were eager and watchful, but his voice was calm and even gentle.
Page 49 - ... soldier's blanket, Sir Ralph." " Only a soldier's blanket, Sir ! " said the old man, fixing his eye severely on him. '-'-Whose blanket is it?"
Page 33 - AN army should be ready every day, every night, and at all times of the day and night, to oppose all the resistance of which it is capable.
Page 28 - ... in the darkness how well the field was won ; he was alone, the flush of victory was on his brow, and his eyes were eager and watchful, but his voice was calm, and even gentle. More than the rival of Marlborough, since he had defeated greater warriors than Marlborough ever encountered, with a prescient pride he seemed only to accept this glory, as an earnest of greater things.