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The Daily Dispatch: September 27, 1864., [Electronic resource], Seventy dollars reward. (search)
Our men want nothing more than to be taught the use of the sabre, and the practice of charging with that weapon. Among the mounted men let there be a portion, at least, of these; and they the best riders, on the best horses. Do not make mounted infantry of all the cavalry force. Let every squadron have a certain number of mounted infantry, say forty, as Marmont advises in his book, which Colonel Schaller has translated expressly for the use of our army, and which has the seal of President Davis's approbation, and, we understand, of most other military men. Let the cavalry be made cavalry sure enough. We have very good officers; such as Hampton, Forrest, Fitz, Lee, Wickham, &c. Let them be instructed to teach their men the use of the sabre, or to have it taught, and the evolutions necessary for cavalry. Then, when we inflict another defeat on the enemy, there may be some hope of throwing a body of cavalry upon his disordered forces and gaining a decisive victory. Then we sha