Maligned General: The Biography of Thomas Sidney Jesup |
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... officers in proportion to men in the ranks . The House of Represen- tatives adopted a resolution in April of 1828 requiring the secretary of war to submit his views concerning the propriety of reducing the number of officers and of ...
... officers in proportion to men in the ranks . The House of Represen- tatives adopted a resolution in April of 1828 requiring the secretary of war to submit his views concerning the propriety of reducing the number of officers and of ...
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... officers to ridicule as well as to danger . General Jesup resolved to put an end to these treacherous and dan- gerous visits , which were giving spies and hostile Indians ready access to the bosom of his camp . 994 Coehadjo failed to ...
... officers to ridicule as well as to danger . General Jesup resolved to put an end to these treacherous and dan- gerous visits , which were giving spies and hostile Indians ready access to the bosom of his camp . 994 Coehadjo failed to ...
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... officers I am the next Senior of the Army , and for the last twenty - three years have been senior to all the other officers now in the Army . " 40 Once more the quartermaster general's hopes were dashed . Brig . Gen. John E. Wool , who ...
... officers I am the next Senior of the Army , and for the last twenty - three years have been senior to all the other officers now in the Army . " 40 Once more the quartermaster general's hopes were dashed . Brig . Gen. John E. Wool , who ...
Contents
Glory on the Battlefield | 26 |
An Officer of Repute | 42 |
Birth of a Supply Bureau | 67 |
Copyright | |
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