For the Confederates

[Old Reb]

Re: For the Confederates

Jay,
It is a name we honor you with. We only give names to our friends. Well, names that can be repeated.

[Cornmush]

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Sorry for shouting Patrick. I'm afraid that its a national failing!

Richard Hale
Lazy Jacks Mess

[Dan Hadley]

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Terry,

I was the feller that made up the tees for BGR. Jay was invaluable in helping me out, however.

Plans are in the works to offer a limited edition tee for ITPW, available only to registered participants, as before. I'm currently working on a suitably grand graphic for this event. Will follow up w/ pertinent info very soon.

One thing different- no advance sales this time- all tees will be sold first come, first serve, after the event.

[Campjacksonboy]

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If any of you have a manual on Picket duties make sure you review the manual. Same goes for drill manuels.
Frank Aufmuth

[Andrew Kasmar]

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Hi,

If any of you have a manual on Picket duties make sure you review the manual. Same goes for drill manuels.
Frank Aufmuth

Which manual will we be using? Thanks

Andrew

[MO-Pard]

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Hardee's and Mahan's Outpost.

Andrew, Contact me offline and I can point you/hook you up.

Best Regards

[Campjacksonboy]

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Jay has the top two manuals right but those are the ones your CO's should be reviewing.
For you I suggest reviewing pickett duty. Kautz and Butterfield come to mind.
Frank Aufmuth

[Campjacksonboy]

Rounds

I am telling my company officers to tell their men to bring 150 per man. Am I going to inspect everyone and make sure they have 150 rounds? NO but If you bring less and run out don't blame me. If you don't use them all there's always another event.
At MR one man said he only fired 3 times but then he left before the final push was supposed to happen. Our artillery fired nearly 200 rounds and they pulled that gun in 2 miles by hand.
People often look to me for these answers but before an event such as this no one really knows what's going to happen. Sorry I have the inability to predict.

That being said we have a wagon and we will use it. I have been in close contact with our wagoner and we will have a quartermaster to divy things out. So we've got the logistics covered on that score.
That being said if you are afraid of not seeing your rounds at the end of the event, Just make sure you pick them up at the end.

If you haven't done so already start going through your kits. Make sure everything that needs repairs get them before the event.
Look under your cones make sure the carbon is gone (especially if you are carrying an enfield)
Frank Aufmuth

[PogueMahone]

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"When you hear my whistle, Hell will be upon you."

This makes me giggle. I can't possibly take it as a serious threat. When I tried to think of a better quote to replace it, all I could think of was:

When you hear my whistle, my faeries will be upon you.

And so now I have that mental image that I cannot shake.

Hey, if you get one of those silent dog whistles, we won't be able to hear you, but your guys will still respond, right?

(Where is that smiley face emoticon when I need it?)

[Silas]

For everybody

If any of you have a manual on Picket duties make sure you review the manual. Same goes for drill manuels.
Frank Aufmuth

Here's a suggestion : http://www.zipcon.net/~silas/Drill/guidespickets.htm Free, period info which is ready to print. Cannot go wrong by stuffing one of these in your pocket. My only request is that when the preservation hat gets passed around at the event, you put in a buck. Only your conscience will know if you don't.

A really good - and free - manual of battalion drill is available on my links page. Here's the quick link to the subsection : http://www.zipcon.net/~silas/links.htm#N_5_I ) But, the deal's the same as above. Print one and put a buck into the preservation hat.

Tweat! Tweat!

[Campjacksonboy]

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Thanks Silas.

Joe you all up in my icecream and you don't even know what flavor it is.
You'll be thinking about ferries and silent dogs when you realize we are much younger, faster, and more maneuverable than you. So what size do you want your wings?
Its not too late to switch sides you'd make a good cook for my staff.
Frank

[madasabagofcats]

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Herewith the Brit recount.

English 6
Scots 1
Welsh 1
ULSTERMEN 1
Scousers 1

Just correcting the breakdown there Pat!
:wink_smil

Nobby

[Auld Pelty]

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Hammered by Scousers
Posted on December 29th, 2008 at 3:20 pm

No refereeing complaints on this one. Mark Halsey had a good game and kept the match flowing as well as he could. It’s just that we were crap and Liverpool were on fire.

[Coatsy]

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Even though I am with Generalissimo Mustache and the Blue Krew for the week, I wouldn't knock Field Marshal Frank's whistle o' death too much.

I know he needs it since the evil hills of Marmaduke's Raid ate his bugle's mouth piece last September

[JustRob]

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Would it be too much to ask you Johnnies to learn a few songs for IPW? I got tired singing all the Federal songs I knew during the march back, with little Cornfed participation.

Maybe you only sing when you're winning?

We can't hear you,
We can't hear you,
We can't hear you when you sing!

We can't hear you when you sing,
We can't hear a bloody thing,
We can't hear you when you sing!

As for me, I'm the guy with the flag.