All orders, whether for a retreat, an attack, a defense, the
establishment of an outpost and so on, should take this general form.
A MODEL ORDER FOR AN ADVANCE
Field Orders "Hq. 1st Brigade, 1st Division,
No. 6 Fort Leavenworth, Kansas,
Three inch Leavenworth 20 Aug. '08, 8 P. M.
Map (1) Two regiments of hostile infantry
Troops are reported to have occupied Valley
(a) Advance Guard: Falls late this afternoon, en route for
Major A. Easton. Small hostile cavalry patrols
1st Bn & 8 mtd. orderlies, were seen two miles east of Valley
1st Inf. Falls at 6 P. M. to-day.
1st. Plat. Tr. A. The remainder of our division is expected
7th Cavalry to reach Fort Leavenworth
(b) Main Body----in order to-morrow.
of March: (2) This brigade (less the 3d Inf.
Colonel B. which has been directed to hold the
1st.
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