The North American Review, Volume 225University of Northern Iowa, 1928 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... organization capable of expansion in emergency ; for- getting or ignoring the lessons of each war ; inadequate training— in short all our principal shortcomings in National Defense as revealed by each of our wars . The recent history of ...
... organization capable of expansion in emergency ; for- getting or ignoring the lessons of each war ; inadequate training— in short all our principal shortcomings in National Defense as revealed by each of our wars . The recent history of ...
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... organized the armies which we put into the World War , but much of the act remains in force today . It is therefore desirable to recall the strengths provided under it . That law provided for a Regular Army of 12,031 officers and ...
... organized the armies which we put into the World War , but much of the act remains in force today . It is therefore desirable to recall the strengths provided under it . That law provided for a Regular Army of 12,031 officers and ...
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... organized peace establishment , including the Regular Army , the National Guard , and the Organized Reserves , shall include all of those divi- sions and other military organizations necessary to form the basis for a com- plete and ...
... organized peace establishment , including the Regular Army , the National Guard , and the Organized Reserves , shall include all of those divi- sions and other military organizations necessary to form the basis for a com- plete and ...
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... Organized Reserves were to furnish the officer and enlisted keymen necessary to begin the organization and training of twenty - seven divisions . Each of the three compo- nents was to furnish the auxiliaries which in modern war are more ...
... Organized Reserves were to furnish the officer and enlisted keymen necessary to begin the organization and training of twenty - seven divisions . Each of the three compo- nents was to furnish the auxiliaries which in modern war are more ...
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... Organized Reserves , of the Army of the United States , the Regular Army is in the most unsatisfactory condition ... organizations are 10 THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW.
... Organized Reserves , of the Army of the United States , the Regular Army is in the most unsatisfactory condition ... organizations are 10 THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW.
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