The Making of America, Volume 9Robert Marion La Follette, William Matthews Hardy, Charles Higgins Making of America Company, 1906 - Inventors |
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... fleet for the control of Lake Erie . He captured a British brig , bought such American boats as he could , and then built five more vessels out of green timber cut from the shores of the lake . On September 10 he attacked the British ...
... fleet for the control of Lake Erie . He captured a British brig , bought such American boats as he could , and then built five more vessels out of green timber cut from the shores of the lake . On September 10 he attacked the British ...
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... fleet was at this time in the gulf of Mex- ico . Polk had sent John Slidell , who figured in the Trent affair with Mason in 1861 , to Mexico to negotiate , it is suppos- ed , for the purchase of California , which Polk , it is believed ...
... fleet was at this time in the gulf of Mex- ico . Polk had sent John Slidell , who figured in the Trent affair with Mason in 1861 , to Mexico to negotiate , it is suppos- ed , for the purchase of California , which Polk , it is believed ...
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... fleet as regards maneuver , and this large number of transports straggled across from Florida open to attack and destruction by any small war vessels that might be able to slip out of Ha- vana harbor and elude the American warships that ...
... fleet as regards maneuver , and this large number of transports straggled across from Florida open to attack and destruction by any small war vessels that might be able to slip out of Ha- vana harbor and elude the American warships that ...
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... fleet now known to be there . Immediately upon effecting the landing , which met with small opposition on the part of the enemy , a base was es- tablished at Siboney , a small village on the coast , and steps were taken to surround the ...
... fleet now known to be there . Immediately upon effecting the landing , which met with small opposition on the part of the enemy , a base was es- tablished at Siboney , a small village on the coast , and steps were taken to surround the ...
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... fleet and the arrival of General Miles put a new aspect on affairs and the campaign of Santiago was over . The Americans then turned their attention to Porto Rico . This rich island , while never so oppressed as Cuba , was also a victim ...
... fleet and the arrival of General Miles put a new aspect on affairs and the campaign of Santiago was over . The Americans then turned their attention to Porto Rico . This rich island , while never so oppressed as Cuba , was also a victim ...
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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 i»io 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...