The Military Unpreparedness of the United States: A History of American Land Forces from Colonial Times Until June 1, 1915Macmillan, 1915 - 735 halaman |
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... Congress , proposed the year before by Benjamin Franklin , convened at Philadelphia on September 5th , drew up " The Declaration of Rights , " concluded " The Association , " an agreement to refrain from all trade with England until the ...
... Congress , proposed the year before by Benjamin Franklin , convened at Philadelphia on September 5th , drew up " The Declaration of Rights , " concluded " The Association , " an agreement to refrain from all trade with England until the ...
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... Congress was finally reduced to the helplessness of an advisory body , bereft of power to call out or support a single soldier save with the assistance and concurrence of the colonies all of which could have been prevented had Congress ...
... Congress was finally reduced to the helplessness of an advisory body , bereft of power to call out or support a single soldier save with the assistance and concurrence of the colonies all of which could have been prevented had Congress ...
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... Congress recommended " to the inhabitants of the United English Colonies that all ablebodied , effective men , between 16 and 50 years of age , be formed into companies of militia . . . That the officers of each company be chosen by the ...
... Congress recommended " to the inhabitants of the United English Colonies that all ablebodied , effective men , between 16 and 50 years of age , be formed into companies of militia . . . That the officers of each company be chosen by the ...
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... Congress found itself compelled to provide new troops to replace those whose terms would expire before the year was out , 19 as well as to recommend to the various colonial legislatures that punish- ment be inflicted upon persons ...
... Congress found itself compelled to provide new troops to replace those whose terms would expire before the year was out , 19 as well as to recommend to the various colonial legislatures that punish- ment be inflicted upon persons ...
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... Congress three months before , only 10,500 had been enlisted and many of these had not joined.28 Washington , despairing of raising the army by voluntary enlistments , wrote to the General Court of Massachusetts on January 16th sug ...
... Congress three months before , only 10,500 had been enlisted and many of these had not joined.28 Washington , despairing of raising the army by voluntary enlistments , wrote to the General Court of Massachusetts on January 16th sug ...
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Halaman 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...
Halaman 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.
Halaman 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...
Halaman 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,...
Halaman 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...
Halaman 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.
Halaman 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...
Halaman 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...
Halaman 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...
Halaman 713 - Special courts-martial shall have power to try any person subject to military law...