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Upon the completion of the work assigned you, you will rejoin this army. "The chief quartermaster was directed yesterday to supply you with the implements and material for the destruction of railroads obtained for General Sheridan. "HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY FORCES, Mount Sinai Church, June 21, 1864 6 P.M. "MAJOR-GENERAL HUMPHREYS," "Chief-of-Staff.
I would have obeyed; but my father had written in the same strain to General Suchet, the chief-of-staff, and this latter had replied that the commander-in-chief would be very put out to find that one of his divisional generals had taken it upon himself to disapprove of a promotion which he had made. My father then authorised me to accept, and I was gazetted sous-Lieutenant in December 1799.
On the way I again met Rawlins, who, when I told him that General Grant had intimated his intention to modify the written plan of operations so far as regarded the cavalry, manifested the greatest satisfaction, and I judged from this that the new view of the matter had not previously been communicated to the chief-of-staff, though he must have been acquainted of course with the programme made out on the 24th of March.
In reply to this note, General Humphreys, chief-of-staff, informed me it was intended the Army of the Potomac should cover the Weldon road the next day, the Southside road the day after, and that Hampton having followed Sheridan toward Gordonsville, I need not fear any trouble from him."
Ménard, his friend, would also give up the idea of going to the Rhine; but this was not to be. Ménard stuck to the order he had been given, although he was assured that it would be cancelled if he wished. My father felt very badly about this desertion. Ménard hurried off to Paris, where he took the job of chief-of-staff to general Lefebvre.
You will, therefore, perhaps accept my sword instead of his." General French touched the hilt with his hand, and said: "Keep it. General Devignes, and I hope your officers will do the same. I will accept your parole for all of them. You are the Field-Marshal's Chief-of-Staff, I believe, and therefore, of course, your word is his. I am very sorry to hear of his illness."
Not one man in a hundred, says Appleton, I not one man in a hundred, reaches his chief-of-staff. Next morning," the General continued in a staccato which was often his habit, "had breakfast before daybreak and went 'round there. Place just swarming with Californians army contracts." Went back to hotel. More Californians, and by gad old Baron Steinberger with his nose hanging over the register."
Then, when such unexploded shells as were lying around loose had been cautiously carried away, the King, his brother, Prince Frederick Charles Alexander, the chief-of-staff, General von Moltke, the Minister of War, General von Roon, and Count von Bismarck assembled on the highest point, and I being asked to join the group, was there presented to General von Moltke.
Upon the completion of the work assigned you, you will rejoin this army. "The chief quartermaster was directed yesterday to supply you with the implements and material for the destruction of railroads obtained for General Sheridan. "HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY FORCES, Mount Sinai Church, June 21, 1864 6 P.M. "MAJOR-GENERAL HUMPHREYS," "Chief-of-Staff.
Meanwhile, there was much anxiety on the fleet as to their fate, but this was relieved by the generous conduct of the Spanish admiral, who sent his chief-of-staff out the next morning under a flag of truce to report their safety and to make an offer for their exchange. Cervera’s message was highly complimentary.
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