Excerpt from The Military Surgeon, 1922, Vol. 51: Journal of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United StatesIt should also be borne in mind that head winds, snow or rain, bad or slippery roads, constant halts from obstructions, heat, want of food, thirst, etc., all delay marches. For instance, very strong head winds will cause a difference of from 20 to 25 per cent and snow or rain from 10 to 15 per cent.Therefore, in view of the foregoing, the marches to be now brie¿y described or narrated fully justified historians and other writers in characterizing them as celebrated.General Sherman made about 14 miles a day in his celebrated march across the Southern States. Referring to this march in his official report, he says: The men had marched for long periods, without regular rations or supplies of any kind, through mud and over rocks.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.