Returns and Recruitment

There were significant losses on both sides at Tulip Creek on May 10^th.  On May 15^th, both armies will receive bi-monthly returns, which give the present, absent and aggregate total number of men per regiment. These figures are adjusted each time a unit suffers casualties. Killed and Missing are removed from the aggregate total. Wounded men are moved from present to absent. Before the May 15^th returns are completed, further adjustments will be made:

1.       Sick: A percentage of men present will be added to those sick in hospital and removed from those present for duty. (Randomized model)

2.       Died in Hospital or Discharged: A percentage of the men sick and wounded in the hospital will die or be discharged and removed from those absent the aggregate total. (Randomized model)

3.       Returned Convalescents: Some men in the hospital will be returned to their regiments, decreasing those absent, increasing those present, but not affecting the aggregate total. (Randomized model)

Recruitment: Commanders are reminded of the rules regarding recruitment. By occupying a major town for an uninterrupted period of two weeks, a regiment of 800 men can be raised. A few new regiments would go a long way to replacing combat losses. Recruitment activities and the disruption of enemy recruitment activities may form a component of a long term campaign strategy. (It is unlikely to be all over in one or two major engagements.)