General Orders, No. 9. By Command Of Brevet Major General Augur.

BREVET MAJOR GENERAL AUGUR

Publication: Headquarters Department Of The Platte, 1867, Omaha

First Edition. Printed Broadside. 5"x8". 2pp. General Orders, No. 9. Headquarters Department Of The Platte, Omaha, Nebraska, February 12th, 1867. The post-Civil War army had many challenges in preparing itself for the warfare that they were likely to encounter in combatting hostile Indians on the western plains. This broadside specifically and clearly addresses those concerns. It stresses the need for frequent drills and practice to familiarize the troops with their equipment. "Commanding Officers are to bear in mind that the larger number, both of their officers and men, are unacquainted with service in the Indian country, and they should seize every opportunity to instruct them in its requirements, and in the peculiarities of savage warfare,---the stratagems and wiles of the Indians, and how to meet or avoid them:---how to guard a train, enroute or in park,---the picketing and guarding of animals, and as far as possible to make them familiar with the country, and the nature of the duties they will most likely be called upon to perform." Issued By Command of Brevet Major General Augur, and H. G. Litchfield, Brevet Major, Act'g Asst. Adj't Genl. It is signed, however illegible to us, a Brevet Capt. A. D. C. and A. A. A. G. (?). Some very light tanning around the edges, else fine. An important General Order; accurate and timely!

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