We must outnumber the Johnny Rebs at least two to one.
I'm not a general, though any one can see that I ought to be, and if we were to follow Johnston's army and crush it the war would soon be ended in the west." "You've got a mighty big 'if'," said Dick.

"If we march into Mississippi we get pretty far from our base.

We'll have to send a long distance through hostile country for fresh supplies and fresh troops, while the Southerners will be nearer to their own.

Besides, it's not so certain that we can destroy Johnston when we find him." "Your talk sounds logical, and that being the case, I'll leave our future movements to General Grant.

Anyway, it's a good thing not to have so much responsibility on your shoulders." They came in a few days to the great camp on the Tennessee.