The Terry Column of 1876
This is the makeup of the Terry Column on May 18, 1876:
The fighting element
7th Cavalry: 28 officers, 747 enlisted
2 companies, 17th Infantry & 1 company, 6th Infantry:
8 officers, 135 enlisted
1 section of Gatling Guns (drawn from 20th Infantry):
2 officers, 32 enlisted, 3 .50-caliber Gatlings
45 Indian Scouts
The supply train
114 six-mule teams, 37 two-horse teams, 70 other wagons and 85 pack mules with 179 civilian packers.
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The reason that the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices chaos on a daily basis.
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