Given an understanding that an officer is more about the leader than the material, I am wanting an answer to a fundimental question.
The Revised Regulations for the Army, 1861, page 514, section 44, states that " officer's baggage will be limited to blankets, one small valise or carpet bag, and a moderate mess kit...".
EOG page 225 shows a mess kit attributed to LT. William Camac Philidelphia City Cavalry held in the Atlanta museum.
Is this a moderate mess kit?
I have researched R.E. Lee's mess kit which is much more moderate than the EOG example.
On the march plate, cup and boiler are sufficient, accompanmied by my British messtin.
I use a Bartholomae mess set for cutlery. As a Company commander I should provide for my officers.
I possess a jappaned tin trunk equivalent to the EOG sample.
Should I stock this to feed three to four officers and hope for its arrival with the baggage?
I know that this is among the understudied factors but, is nonetheless a reality of the period.
Erik Simundson
The Revised Regulations for the Army, 1861, page 514, section 44, states that " officer's baggage will be limited to blankets, one small valise or carpet bag, and a moderate mess kit...".
EOG page 225 shows a mess kit attributed to LT. William Camac Philidelphia City Cavalry held in the Atlanta museum.
Is this a moderate mess kit?
I have researched R.E. Lee's mess kit which is much more moderate than the EOG example.
On the march plate, cup and boiler are sufficient, accompanmied by my British messtin.
I use a Bartholomae mess set for cutlery. As a Company commander I should provide for my officers.
I possess a jappaned tin trunk equivalent to the EOG sample.
Should I stock this to feed three to four officers and hope for its arrival with the baggage?
I know that this is among the understudied factors but, is nonetheless a reality of the period.
Erik Simundson
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