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Brigade Orders, second Brigade, 8. Division, Augusta, Sept. 25. 1798.

The Brigadier-General is gratified with the martial appearance which was generally displayed by the troops of the second Brigade at the late regimental reviews. And while he wishes not to withhold that tribute of applause which is justly due, on the occasion, to many of the officers and men, he regrets that he has not been able to find that information[?] & improvement in the science of tactics, among too great a proportion of the officers, and particularly in the 1. & 2. regiments, which their commissions enjoin, and which their reputation as officers, ought to have secured. He strictly enjoins on every officer, not only to furnish himself with the late Steuben's book of regulations, conformable to the requisitions of our militia law, but an attentive & studious perusal of his duty as