I was particularly interested in observing Rosecrans's methods with the men.

His standard of soldierly excellence was high, and he was earnest in insisting that his brigadiers and his staff officers should co-operate vigorously in trying to attain it.

His impulsiveness, however, led him sometimes into personal efforts at discipline where the results were at least doubtful.

He would sometimes go out through the camps in the evening, and if he saw a tent lighted after "taps," or heard men singing or talking, he would strike loudly on the canvas with the flat of his sword and command silence or the extinguishment of the light.

The men, in good-humored mischief, would try different ways of "getting even" with him.