Revised regulations for the Army of the United States, 1861 : with a full index / by authority of the War Department.

  • United States Department of War
Date:
1862
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Credit: Revised regulations for the Army of the United States, 1861 : with a full index / by authority of the War Department. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    Camp of Cavalry. camp U to have the same front as the troops in order of battle. But the front may be reduced \o 190 paces by narrowing the company streets to 5 paces; and if it be desirable to reduce the front still more, the tents of companies maybe pitched in single file—those of a division facing on the same street. CAMP OF CAVALRY. 524. In the cavalry, each company has one file of tents—the tents opening on the street facing the left of the camp. 525. The horses of each company are placed in a single file, facing the opening of the tents, and are fastened to pickets planted firmly in the ground, from 3 to 6 paces from the tents of the troops. 526. The interval between the file of tents should be such that, the regiment being broken into column of companies [as indicated in plate], each company should be on the extension of the line on which the horses are to be picketed. 527. The streets separating the squadrons are wider than those between the companies by the interval separating squadrons in line; these intervals are kept free from any obstruction throughout the camp. 628. The horses of the rear rank are placed on the left of those of their file-leaders. 529. The horses of the Lieutenants are placed on the right of their platoons; those of the Captains on the right of the company. 530. Each horse occupies a space of about 2 paces. The number of norses'in the company fixes the depth of the camp, and the distance between the files of tents; the forage is placed between the tents. 531. The kitchens are 20 paces in front of each file of tents. 532. The non-commissioned officers are in the tents of the front rank. Camp-followers, teamsters, &c., are in the rear rank. The police guard in the rear rank, near the ecntre of the regiment. 533. The tents of the Lieutenants are 30 paces in rear of the file of their company; the tents of the Captains 30 paces in rear of the Lieu- tenants. 534. The Colonel's tent 30 paces in rear of the Captains', near the centre of the regiment; the Lieutenant-Colonel on his right; the Adju- tant on his left; the Majors on the same line, opposite the 2d company on the right and left; the Surgeon on the left of the Adjutant. 535. The field and stafi have their horses on the left of their tents, on the same line with the company horses; sick horses are placed in one line on the right or left of the camp. The men who attend them have a separate file of tents; the forges and wagons in rear of this file. The horses of the train and of camp-follow 3rs are in one or more files extending