Accurate accounts should be kept of the kinds and quantities of all produce and other property taken, so that it may be regularly distributed and accounted for.

Under no circumstances should individuals be permitted to appropriate to themselves more than their _pro rata_ allowance.

Foraging parties may sometimes attain their object in a peaceful manner, by representing to the inhabitants the nature of their instructions and the necessity of obtaining immediate supplies.

Even where no recompense is proposed, it may be well to offer certificates to the effect that such articles have been taken for the use of the army.

These certificates, even when of no value in themselves, frequently tend to appease excited passions and allay insurrections.