"Six Days in October" -- Organizational Post

[Cyrano]

I don't know that they knew the length of the trains, but they certainly experienced the pain when the back end of the division in front of them got stuck hard like happened to Jose I.

The length is known insofar as it's built into the calculation for the length of divisions on the march.  Infantry stretch 500m/SP and cavalry 2 km/SP, so 10 SP infantry divisions with no attached cavalary run to 5 km + the appropriate national modifier.

[James Sterrett]

OK, so the charts earlier are generally accurate, but we should know they will tend to be a bit wrong in practice.  :)  (And probably never *shorter*.  :)  )

[Cyrano]

Well, as I'll be arbitrating them on a map with a ruler that won't bend, there's always a wee bit of estimation...

[James Sterrett]

And a dash of "what the hell, close enough", plus some occasional "screw it I can't remember what I was measuring anyway, where's the whiskey?"  ;)

[Duke of Earl]

I'll bet Berthier knew the lengths of the wagon trains! He probably had a estimation formula similar to the one outlined earlier regarding the length of the stretched out column. Berthier was one sharp cookie.

[Cyrano]

Stuck at work at the moment, but I will be pulling Elting down from the shelf this evening to see if anything supports Duke's assertion.  As his miniature is near me always, I'd like to think the Prince of Neuchatel would, indeed, have known.

As to business --

Organizational e-mails are OUT and the clock for first orders is running.

If either B_C or Tobias Archer are listening, I'd love to hear from you (or, for that matter, for any of the reserve members who never responded to the call for e-mails).  A spot or two stands to be open otherwise.

S!

Jim

[JasonPratt]

Won't be able to look them over until this afternoon or tonight; but have been fulminating for several days already, so --

....


...PLANNING! I mean planning.  >:D

[BanzaiCat]

Sorry, Cyrano. I only just today read through everything as best I could. :)

I sent you an email from my work email address; it will be a lot easier for me to notice emails on that account than on my normal email, as I've been having issues with my personal email account for a while now.

[Cyrano]

As John McClane said from the Nakatomi:

Welcome to the party, pal!

[JasonPratt]

[BanzaiCat]

Welp, is there any chance someone else can take on the role I volunteered (stupidly) for?

After getting 30+ emails today and having zero time to look at any of them, I'm having major doubts I will be able to play this, much less do it justice or understand any of the concepts.

Sorry to do this to you guys. If you don't have anyone else I'll do my best so you're not left hanging, but if you have someone to take over that would be great.

[Double Deuce]

Messenger traffic on the Prussian side has been relatively light so I went ahead and sent my recommended deployments for Prince Hohenlohe's forces to the "Duke of Brunswick pending his approval. Hopefully I have his email correct.   ???

[Barthheart]

Err... yeah.. our commander is suspiciously silent.... ???

[Double Deuce]

Err... yeah.. our commander is suspiciously silent.... ???

Hmmm, no activity since the 28th. Wonder if he knows he was elevated from the reserves to the Big Chief?

[Cyrano]

Hohenlohe's deployments received!

Ping sent for Hatricus.

I know that Jason said he might have one or two candidates for the reserves, so we may be able to relieve you there B_C.  I will say that the flow of paperwork drops precipitously once you actually start marching as it's communication down "slots" and I don't have to share everything with everyone.

See what we get...

Jim