Dear staff, Officers and members of the Independent Guard Battalion,
Greetings! I will be so glad to have our battalion back in action. I am so tired of being with other re-enacting groups that seem to have forgotten the basic battalion formations at the 150th events. We will brush up on the fundamentals of battalion parade, left dress and who and where the sgts go during the basic moves of the battalion. I have seen all sorts of maneuvers by other battalions and scratch my head wondering what manual from which they got their interpretation. We will be doing 3 battles at H.C.,two on Sat for the 1st & 2nd days of G-burg and one on Sun. for the 3rd day of Gettysburg. Bring plenty of ammo. We will be doing some type of tactical Sunday morning, but earlier than usual as the yanks have invited us to participate in a memorial service for one of their members who recently passed away. This will be at 9 am on Sunday. We will be busy at Hartford City. Also, a reminder that if you are planning on attending Ft. Allen at Ft. Wayne, on the last weekend of this month, please register soon so they can get a head count for the free dinner for us on Sat. evening. Go to their web site (http://www.oldfortwayne.org/) to sign up. I will see you soon and I remain
your obedient servant,
Dave Julian, Colonel, I.G.B.