Divisonal Drill by the Bugle

[RJSamp]

8 August 1861 Lafayette, Indiana "Daily Journal":

***
NEW ARMY REGULATIONS -- The correspondent of the Philadelphia Press,
writing from Washington, has the following interesting items:

Gen. McClellan, after consultation, has ordered brigadier generals
to have Division drills by trumpet, weekly. The necessity of this
was severely felt on the battle-field [of Bull Run] July 21st
[1861], and the object now is to be prepared to meet the emergency
in the future. Now, the men do not know a single command by trumpet.

How's your unit doing?

RJ Samp

[John of the Skulkers Mess]

hurts to pee

"How's your unit doing?"


Now that's getting personal!


Just a-swinging,
John Pillers


P.S.
Nice account. Sarver? Betts? Jaeger?

[RJSamp]

yea yea

sorry about the innuendo....


Nice account. Sarver? Betts? Jaeger?

Found it in the OR's back in 1997 when I became involved in ACW reenacting....part of a series of saved bugle articles.....

ftp://ftp.rjsamp.com/ACW_Bugler/

Steve Zimmerman, he of the esteemed firm Zimmerman & Murphy, also has found a number of these OR cites......

there's a classic one where two columns are supposed to meet on the open prairie in Missouri or Kansas in two weeks time. One outfit will sound School Call and the other will reply with the Disperse as a sign/countersign kind of system at 800+ yards set off distance.....

improvisational use of the bugle and definitely NOT in any period manual.

RJ Samp