The Making of America, Volume 9Robert Marion La Follette, William Matthews Hardy, Charles Higgins Making of America Company, 1906 - Inventors |
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... five commanded an army corps ; at the close of the civil war he entered the regular army , where he rose to be major general , succeeding to command of the United States army October 5 , 1895 ; con- ducted several campaigns against ...
... five commanded an army corps ; at the close of the civil war he entered the regular army , where he rose to be major general , succeeding to command of the United States army October 5 , 1895 ; con- ducted several campaigns against ...
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... five thousand would cover the number of respectable tories who took arms . Only the old , the timid and the time- serving rich remained out of the struggle . From the day the veterans of England were repulsed at Bunker Hill farseeing ...
... five thousand would cover the number of respectable tories who took arms . Only the old , the timid and the time- serving rich remained out of the struggle . From the day the veterans of England were repulsed at Bunker Hill farseeing ...
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... five thousand men landed on the shores of Chesapeake bay and started for Washington . There was tremendous confusion , mismanagement , stupidity , coward- ice , and general incapacity . Six thousand men were gathered to meet and resist ...
... five thousand men landed on the shores of Chesapeake bay and started for Washington . There was tremendous confusion , mismanagement , stupidity , coward- ice , and general incapacity . Six thousand men were gathered to meet and resist ...
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... five months and ending a year of triumph on the ocean . For the flag of England had never been taken in humiliation from a British frigate since the days of John Paul Jones . Now the idea that England was invincible upon the ocean was ...
... five months and ending a year of triumph on the ocean . For the flag of England had never been taken in humiliation from a British frigate since the days of John Paul Jones . Now the idea that England was invincible upon the ocean was ...
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... five minutes to put the enemy to rout in this main engagement , so terrible was the fire from behind the barricade where the tactics so successful at Bunker Hill were repeated by Jackson's men . It was not a great battle as the world ...
... five minutes to put the enemy to rout in this main engagement , so terrible was the fire from behind the barricade where the tactics so successful at Bunker Hill were repeated by Jackson's men . It was not a great battle as the world ...
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Page 97 - ... to Investigate and report upon all questions affecting the efficiency of the Army and Its state of preparation for military operations ; to render professional aid and assistance to the Secretary of War and to general officers and other superior commanders, and...
Page 117 - ... helpless, of the age requiring nurture, and of the sex entitled to protection from the free agency of the parent and the husband. The organization of the militia is yet more indispensable to the liberties of the country. It is only by an effective militia that we can at once enjoy the repose of peace and bid defiance to foreign aggression...
Page 318 - None other than a gentleman, as well as a seaman both in theory and practice, is qualified to support the character of a commission officer in the navy; nor is any man fit to command a ship of war who is not also capable of communicating his ideas on paper, in language that becomes his rank.
Page 50 - He was a foe without hate ; a friend without treachery; a soldier without cruelty ; a victor without oppression, and a victim without murmuring. He was a public officer without vices; a private citizen without wrong; a neighbor without reproach; a Christian without hypocrisy; a man without guile.
Page 159 - Whatever argument may be drawn from particular examples, superficially viewed, a thorough examination of the subject will evince that the art of war is at once comprehensive and complicated ; that it demands much previous study ; and that the possession of it, in its most improved and perfect state, is always of great moment to the security of a nation.
Page 243 - American to those who wrought such signal triumph for our country. It was forethought and preparation which secured us the overwhelming triumph of 1898. If we fail to show forethought and preparation now, there may come a time when disaster will befall us instead of triumph; and should this time come, the fault will rest primarily, not upon those whom the accident of events puts in supreme command at the moment, but upon those who have failed to prepare in advance. There should be no cessation in...
Page 97 - ... to the supervision of the Chief of Staff; and to perform such other military duties not otherwise assigned by law as may be from time to time prescribed by the President.
Page 389 - ... and sweet domestic thoughts flash out one by one across the blackening salt-meadow between. How much has not kerosene added to the cheerfulness of our evening landscape ! A pair of night-herons flapped heavily over me toward the hidden river.
Page 120 - ... provide himself with a good musket iğio or firelock, a sufficient bayonet and belt, two spare flints? and a knapsack, a pouch with a box therein, to contain not less than twenty-four cartridges, suited to the bore of his musket or firelock, each cartridge to contain a proper quantity of powder and ball ; or with a good rifle, knapsack, shot pouch and powder horn, twenty balls, suited to the bore of his rifle, and a quarter of a pound of powder...