All the chances of war have been considered and provided for, as far as human sagacity can.

All he asks of you is to maintain that discipline, patience, and courage, which have characterized you in the past; and he hopes, through you, to strike a blow at our enemy that will have a material effect in producing what we all so much desire, his complete overthrow.

Of all things, the most important is, that the men, during marches and in camp, keep their places and do not scatter about as stragglers or foragers, to be picked up by a hostile people in detail.

It is also of the utmost importance that our wagons should not be loaded with any thing but provisions and ammunition.

All surplus servants, noncombatants, and refugees, should now go to the rear, and none should be encouraged to encumber us on the march.