 — one, two, three, etc. He did not know but they were all wrong, and did know that some of them were. All he wanted, or had ever wanted, was some one who would take the responsibility and act, and call on him for all the assistance needed, pledging...  The National Defense, Hearings ..., Mar 3, 1927 - Page 38by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs - 1927 - 659 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - American literature - 1886 - 988 pages
...into issuing his series of " Military Orders " — one, two, three, etc. He did not know but they were all wrong, and did know that some of them were. All he wanted, or had ever wanted, was some one who would take the responsibility and act, and call on him for all the assistance needed,... | |
 | Ulysses Simpson Grant - Mexican War, 1846-1848 - 1885 - 686 pages
...into issuing his series of "Military Orders" — one, two, three, etc. He did not know but they were all wrong, and did know that some of them were. All he wanted or had ever wanted was some one who would take the responsibility and act, and call on him for all the assistance needed,... | |
 | Samuel Giles Buckingham - Connecticut - 1894 - 572 pages
...always with him, forced him into issuing his " Military Orders." He did not know that they were not all wrong, and did know that some of them •were. All he wanted, or had over wanted, was some one who would take the responsibility and act, and call on him for assistance... | |
 | Ulysses Simpson Grant - Mexican War, 1846-1848 - 1894 - 694 pages
...issuing his series of " Military Orders " — one,- two, three, etc. He did not know but they were all wrong, and did know that some of them were. All he wanted or had ever wanted was some one who would take the responsibility and act, and call on him for all the assistance needed,... | |
 | George Iles - 1908 - 202 pages
...into issuing his series of "Military Orders" — one, two, three, etc. He did not know but they were all wrong, and did know that some of them were. All he wanted or had ever wanted was some one who would take the responsibility and act, and call on him for all the assistance needed,... | |
 | George Iles - Artists - 1909 - 204 pages
...into issuing his series of "Military Orders" — one, two, three, etc. He did not know but they were all wrong, and did know that some of them were. All he wanted or had ever wanted was some one who would take the responsibility and act, and call on him for all the assistance needed,... | |
 | State Historical Society of Wisconsin - Wisconsin - 1916 - 392 pages
...the more remote and hazy views in his memoirs. In these Grant says that the President told him that "all he wanted or had ever wanted was someone who...act, and call on him for all the assistance needed. * * * [Stanton] and General Halleck both cautioned me against giving the President my plans of campaign.... | |
 | State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Meeting - Wisconsin - 1917 - 392 pages
...the more remote and hazy views in his memoirs. In these Grant says that the President told him that "all he wanted or had ever wanted was someone who...act, and call on him for all the assistance needed. * * * [Stanton] and General Halleck both cautioned me against giving the President my plans of campaign.... | |
 | Louis Arthur Coolidge - 1917 - 642 pages
...Lincoln had already told Grant in their first interview that all he wanted or had ever wanted was " one who would take the responsibility and act, and call on him for all the assistance needed"; and Grant had said that he would do the best he could with what he had at hand and would not annoy... | |
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