The Military Unpreparedness of the United States: A History of American Land Forces from Colonial Times Until June 1, 1915Macmillan, 1915 - Počet stran: 735 |
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Strana vii
... received from all over the United States during the month of December , 1914 , as to the condition of our land forces and what ought to be done to strengthen them , that he resolved , during January , 1915 , to set forth the facts ...
... received from all over the United States during the month of December , 1914 , as to the condition of our land forces and what ought to be done to strengthen them , that he resolved , during January , 1915 , to set forth the facts ...
Strana 3
... received a thorough schooling in the French and Indian wars . Many of these had partici- pated in such important Colonial operations as the siege of Louisbourg in 1745 , the struggle between the French and English for the valley of the ...
... received a thorough schooling in the French and Indian wars . Many of these had partici- pated in such important Colonial operations as the siege of Louisbourg in 1745 , the struggle between the French and English for the valley of the ...
Strana 18
... receive battle.58 The army was in a sorry plight and payments were made in paper money , which rapidly depreciated . Again Congress resorted to raw levies , 59 found itself greatly embarrassed by the bounty system which it had ...
... receive battle.58 The army was in a sorry plight and payments were made in paper money , which rapidly depreciated . Again Congress resorted to raw levies , 59 found itself greatly embarrassed by the bounty system which it had ...
Strana 22
... received before leav- ing France , d'Estaing sailed away to Boston on the 22nd to refit , his departure greatly discouraging Sullivan's troops and causing the militia to desert in large numbers . 94 The capture of Quaker and Turkey ...
... received before leav- ing France , d'Estaing sailed away to Boston on the 22nd to refit , his departure greatly discouraging Sullivan's troops and causing the militia to desert in large numbers . 94 The capture of Quaker and Turkey ...
Strana 29
... received a hundred and fifty dollars in specie for five months ' service , while our officers are reduced to the dis- agreeable necessity of performing the duties of drill sergeants to them , with this mortifying reflection annexed to ...
... received a hundred and fifty dollars in specie for five months ' service , while our officers are reduced to the dis- agreeable necessity of performing the duties of drill sergeants to them , with this mortifying reflection annexed to ...
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Strana 106 - State which may take and claim the benefit of this act to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts...
Strana 555 - When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace ; but when a stronger than he shall come upon him and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
Strana 96 - I deem it proper to say that the first service assigned to the forces hereby called forth will probably be to repossess the forts, places, and property which have been seized from the Union...
Strana 17 - Besides, the sudden change in their manner of living, (particularly in their lodging) brings on sickness in many; impatience in all, and such an unconquerable desire of returning to their respective homes that it not only produces shameful, and scandalous Desertions among themselves, but infuses the like spirit in others. Again, Men accustomed to unbounded freedom, and no control, cannot brook the Restraint which is indispensably necessary to the good order and Government of an Army; without which,...
Strana 303 - ... service, may, in the discretion of the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, be placed on the retired list of the Navy with the rank and retired pay of one grade above that actually held by him at the time of retirement...
Strana 602 - I give it as my fixed opinion that, but for our graduated cadets, the war between the United States and Mexico might, and probably would, have lasted some four or five years, with, in its first half, more defeats than victories falling to our share ; whereas, in less than two campaigns, we conquered a great country and a peace, without the loss of a single battle or skirmish.
Strana 308 - Corps shall be to prepare plans for the national defense and for the mobilization of the military forces in time of war; to investigate and report upon all questions affecting the efficiency of the Army and its state...
Strana 555 - Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman...
Strana 578 - That each and every free able-bodied white male citizen of the respective states, resident therein, who is or shall be of the age of eighteen years, and under the age of forty-five years (except as is herein after excepted ) shall severally and respectively be enrolled in the militia...
Strana 713 - Special courts-martial shall have power to try any person subject to military law...