Alexander : a history of the origin and growth of the art of war from ...

270 THE ARMY DIVIDES.It was approacliing winter.A considerable number of themen in the Macedonian army had been newly married beforestarting from home. The king furloughed these men andsent them back to their homes to stay with their wives tillspring, under charge of Ptolemy, son of Seleucus, Coenus,Parmenio's son-in-law, and Meleager, who were alsomarriedmen. This act added greatly to the good-will of his soldiers,and on their return the furloughed men brought with themmany comrades. He likewise detailed Cleander to the Peloponnesusto recruit.Alexander then divided his effectives into two columns.Parmenio with part oftheMacedonian and allthe Thessalian heavyhorse, theGreek auxiliaries,the siege materialand the wagon train, washeaded for Sardis, whichwas to be an intermediarybase as it were, enroute to Phrygia. Hewas to winter here, and,as spring opened, marchtoGordium, which wasto be therendezvous ofall the forces. Alexanderhad cut out for himself a winter campaign. He neverintrusted the dangerous or important work to the hands ofothers.Halicamassus to Gordium.ftS-^^-With the second column, consisting of the rest of thetroops, — some Companions, the hypaspists, phalanx, Agrianians,archers and Thracian prodromoi (dragoons) — in lightmarching order, he proposed, despite the inclement seasonand rugged country, to move by way of Lycia and Pamphylia,