3. (a) The independent cavalry will start at 5-30 a. m., covering the movement.
(b) The advance guard will clear the northern exit of LEAVENWORTH at 6 a. m., marching by the ATCHISON CROSS-FRENCHMAN road.
(c) The main body will follow the advance guard at 1,200 yards.
(d) The signal troops will establish a line of information along the line of march between the independent cavalry and LEAVENWORTH, one of the stations being at FRENCHMAN.
4. The field train, escorted by one company 4th Inf., will follow the main body as far as FRENCHMAN.
5. The detachment commander will be with the main body until 7 a. m., and thereafter with the advance guard.
The Ending.—“The ending contains the authentication of the order and a statement of how it is communicated to the command. This statement is an important feature of a field order and is made by the officer signing the order, he being responsible that it is properly distributed.”[12]
The ending then would appear thus:
By order of Brig.-Gen. Forse: