pounder and
howitzer, will land with the advanced light corps; the rest of
the artillery will be held in reserve, and landed at such point
as Major Wood may direct.

The point of landing for the reserve, under Brigadier-General
M'Arthur, cannot now be designated; it will be made to support
any point of the line which may require aid, or be formed on the
flanks, as circumstances may render necessary. The arrangement
for landing the troops will be made entirely under the direction
of an officer of the navy, whom Commodore Perry has been so
obliging as to offer for that purpose. The debarkation of the
troops will be covered by the cannon of the vessels. The troops
being landed, and the enemy driven off, or not opposing the
landing, the army will change its front to the left, and form in
order of battle in the following manner: The two brigades of
regular troops, and two of the volunteers, to be formed in two
lines at right angles to the shore of the lake. General
M'Arthur's brigade and Calmes' to form the front line, and Cass's
and Childs's the second line; the regular troops still on the
left; that flank of both lines, resting on the shore; the
distance between the two lines will be 300 yards. The remaining
three brigades of volunteers will be drawn up in a single line of
two ranks, at right angles to the line of march, its head upon
the right of the front line, forming a crotchet (_en potence_)
with that line, and extending beyond the second line. The corps
of Lieutenant-Colonel Ball will form the advance of the left
wing, at the distance of 300 yards, the regiment of rifle
volunteers the advance of the right wing, at the same distance.

Some light pieces of artillery will be placed in the road leading
up the lake, and at such other points as Major Wood may direct.
When the order is given for marching, the first and second lines
will advance by files from the heads of companies; in other
words, these two lines will form two columns, marching by their
flanks by companies at entire distances. The three brigades on
the right flank will be faced to the left and marched forward;
the head of this column still forming en potence with the front
line. It is probable that the two brigades of the front line
will extend from the lake some distance i