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Fourth Cavalry III
In conclusion, at the request of the adjutant general that I should state in my report to whom, in my judgment, the reward offered by the government ought to be given, I would say that in view of all the facts I am convinced that to no one individual does it justly belong, for whilst one man might have been fortunate enough to have said ' halt' to Davis first, it was while he was yet within the regular line of sentries thrown around the camp, and while some man was doing this (of which there are several claimants), others were performing equally important duties in guarding, fighting, etc., and I feel that in no case should the reward be granted to a less number than the 128 men and 8 officers who were actually present at the time of Davis's capture,
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