If you"-- But we had heard enough.

The Sergeant of our division--a man with a stentorian voice sprang out and shouted: "Attention, first Division!" We Sergeants of hundreds repeated the command down the line.

Shouted he: "First Division, about--" Said we: "First Hundred, about--" "Second Hundred, about--" "Third Hundred, about--" "Fourth Hundred, about--" etc., etc.
Said he:-- "FACE!!" Ten Sergeants repeated "Face!" one after the other, and each man in the hundreds turned on his heel.

Then our leader commanded-- "First Division, forward! MARCH!" and we strode back into the Stockade, followed immediately by all the other divisions, leaving the orator still standing on the stump.
The Rebels were furious at this curt way of replying.

We had scarcely reached our quarters when they came in with several companies, with loaded guns and fixed bayonets.