Headquarters of the Army,
Washington, July 17, 1878

GENERAL ORDER, No. 6,

The following order, received from the War Department, is published for the information and guidance of the Army:

War Department,
Washington City, July 17,1878

The revision of UPTON'S INFANTRY TACTICS by the author, and the Tactics of Artillery and Cavalry (including the proceedings of the Board - Major General Schofield, President - instituted by General Orders No. 60, Headquarters of the Army (Adjutant General's Office, series of 1869), assimilated to the Tactics of Infantry, pursuant to instructions from the General of the Army, by:

Lieutenant-Colonel Emory Upton, 1st Artillery, Instructor of Tactics, United States Military Academy:

Captain Henry A. DuPont, 5th Artillery, commanding Battery F, 5th Artillery:

Captain John E. Tourtellotte, 7th Cavalry, Colonel and Aide-de-Camp to the General.

Captain A. E. Bates, 2nd Cavalry, Assistant Instructor of Cavalry Tactics, United States Military Academy:

having been approved by the President, are adopted for the instruction of Army and Military of the Uhited States.

To ensure uniformity, all exercises, evolutions, and ceremonies not embraced in these Tactics are prohibited, and those therein prescribed will be strictly observed.

Wm. W. Belknap, Secretary of War.

By Command of General Sherman.

William D. Whipple,
Assistant Adjutant-General

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