The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 47, In Three Parts. Part 3, Correspondence, etc. Page: 45
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Can. LIX.]
CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-UNION.
45
This will stop all the avenues by which the rebel cavalry could strike
our railroad. I will send a staff officer who has examined the ground
to guide your division commander. Any time to-morrow morning will
be soon enough.
Very respectfully,
J. M. SCHOFIELD,
Major- General.
SPECIAL ) HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT AND
FIELD ORDERS, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE,
No. 74. Goldsborough, N. C., March 28, 1865.
I. Company D, One hundred and twenty-seventh Regiment Illinois
Infantry Volunteers, Capt. Charles M. Libby commanding, is hereby
detached from the regiment and detailed for special service as guard
in quartermaster's and commissary of subsistence departments at these
headquarters, in charge of Lieut. John A. Mills, acting assistant quarter-
master and acting commissary of subsistence.
By order of Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard:
A. M. VAN DYKE,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS,
No. 12. Goldsborough, N. C., March 28, 1865.
During this period of rest care should be taken to increase the com-
fort of the men and improve their drill and discipline.
I. Their camps should be arranged with as much conformity to the
requirements of the regulations as possible and as the nature of the
ground will admit. A proper system of policing camps and quarters
should be established and frequent inspections made to ascertain their
sanitary condition. Offal should be promptly buried; sinks dug at
convenient places and covered with brush; company streets and
parades, tents or quarters, regularly swept, cleaned, and ditched.
Where bunks are built they should be swept out, and all blankets
aired, neatly rolled, and placed at the head of the bunk; knapsacks
packed, and arms and accouterments sheltered from the weather.
II. There will be three roll-calls-at reveille, retreat, and tattoo. A
company officer will be present at each roll-call of his company, and all
absentees will be properly accounted for to the commanding officer of
the regiment. Immediately after reveille camps and quarters will be
put in order and the guard house or tent swept by the prisoners.
III. Company commanders will be held responsible for the cleanli-
ness and soldierly bearing of their men, and should consider them-
selves always on duty to this end. Non-commissioned officers in charge
of squads will see that the men wash their hands and faces daily; that
they comb and brush their heads; that their hair is kept short; that
those on duty are properly dressed, and that those absent from camp
on passes are clean and present a soldierly appearance. They will
report to their company officers for punishment such men as are slovenly
in their habits and careless with their arms and accouterments.
IV. Frequent inspections should be made by commanding officers,
and defects in drill, discipline, and care of camps and of arms and
accouterments should be pointed out and corrected. The regular
Sunday-morning inspection will be held. All details for guards or
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 47, In Three Parts. Part 3, Correspondence, etc., book, 1895; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154639/m1/45/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.