Military Policy of the United States, by Emory Upton: 4th Impression1917 - 495 pages |
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... fields , have been hurled against veteran troops , they should not hold me responsible for the facts of history ... field thus far unoccupied , and which I do not pretend to exhaust , be instrumental in aiding our future states- men ...
... fields , have been hurled against veteran troops , they should not hold me responsible for the facts of history ... field thus far unoccupied , and which I do not pretend to exhaust , be instrumental in aiding our future states- men ...
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... field of battle no evi- dence of love for one's country ? Have the officers of our Army to - day no sense of duty ? In time of universal peace are those who continu- ally expose their lives in Indian wars to open up to civilization the ...
... field of battle no evi- dence of love for one's country ? Have the officers of our Army to - day no sense of duty ? In time of universal peace are those who continu- ally expose their lives in Indian wars to open up to civilization the ...
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... field and think for them- selves . Upon considering the fatal consequences which might flow from a want of subordination and discipline should this ill humor continue , my unstable authority over troops of different colonies , the ...
... field and think for them- selves . Upon considering the fatal consequences which might flow from a want of subordination and discipline should this ill humor continue , my unstable authority over troops of different colonies , the ...
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... field officers ' commissions . To give them all brevets , by which they have rank and draw pay without doing any service , is saddling the continent with a vast expense , and to form them into corps would be only establishing corps of ...
... field officers ' commissions . To give them all brevets , by which they have rank and draw pay without doing any service , is saddling the continent with a vast expense , and to form them into corps would be only establishing corps of ...
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... field officers , and the companies so unprovided that they are obliged to be intrusted to the care of sergeants and corporals , which soon ruins them . To obviate this , I ask three field officers to a regiment besides a cap- tain and ...
... field officers , and the companies so unprovided that they are obliged to be intrusted to the care of sergeants and corporals , which soon ruins them . To obviate this , I ask three field officers to a regiment besides a cap- tain and ...
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adjutant Adjutant-General American State Papers appointed April Aquia Creek arms Army of Virginia artillery attack August authorized battalions battle bounty brigade British called campaign captain Carolina cavalry Centreville Chief Colonel commissaries companies Conduct Confederate President Congress Constitution Continental Continental Army corps defense Department despatch detachment directed discharged discipline division dragoons duty enemy enemy's enlisted establishment execution field Florida follows force Fort Monroe frontier furnished Government governors Halleck increase Indians infantry Joint Committee July killed and wounded lieutenant-colonel lieutenants major major-general Manassas March McClellan ment miles militia months movement noncommissioned officers number of troops ordnance organization Potomac prescribed quartermasters raised rank raw troops Rebellion received recruits reenforcements regiments regiments of infantry Regular Army regular troops Revolution Richmond river Secretary Secretary of War soldiers South Carolina Sparks's Writings staff surgeons telegraphed tion United volunteers War Department