I1E4D aUAHiER^
AttMY Ol'1 THE MISSISSIPPI;
Goh'tyfl?, 10, 1862-
The following communication, from the Commander of the Forces,-
is published for the information and guidance of this Arniy. Let it
respond to this emphatic command of "Porward," and the Northern
h'oafde, now approaching us, will fly as " chaff before the wind :"
"Head Quarter's, Western Department,''
" General : Corinth, Miss1., May 10,1862'.
" Immediately after any engagement with the enemy, you will re¬
quire each regimental commander to forward to these Head Quarters,-
for publication in orders, the names of those officers and privates of
his regiment who shall have most distinguished themselves, as well
as of those who shall have misbehaved or abandoned their dolors otr the'
field of btttle. Regiments, whose gallantry and bravery shall have
been most conspicuous, will be allowed to inscribe on their banu'erS
the name of the battle field on' which they were engaged; but regiv
ments misbehaving in action, will be deprived of their colors until they
may have shown themselves worthy of defending them.
" From the difficulty of communicating orders in the country in
which we are operating, it is necessary that each Division, Brigade and
Regimental commander should clearly understand that, when without
Orders or at a loss to know what to' do in action, they must rapidly ad¬
vance in the diiection of the heaviest firing—for the art of war consists
in the concentration of masses against fractions of masses; moreover,-
Out nfotto should be "Forward, and always forwarduntil victory may
perch decisively upon oUr banners. The more rapid the attack, the"
Weaker, habitually, the fesis'tauc'c."
Respectfully, General,
Your ob't serv't
To (Signed,) G. T. BEAUREGARD,
Gen'l Braxton Bragg, General Commanding.-
Com'dg. Army of the Miss.
By command of General Bragg,
(Signed,) GEO. G. GARNER,
—OFFICIAL.— Ass't Adj't General.
Ass't Adj't General,-