Making a SoldierR. G. Badger, 1917 - 220 páginas |
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... fire ' at ' em ' three times in the market- place , and then every one went home quite satis- fied . My uncle alone was dissatisfied . ' Heinz , ' he said again to his adjutant , ' there's no good in all this . ' " Compare the above ...
... fire ' at ' em ' three times in the market- place , and then every one went home quite satis- fied . My uncle alone was dissatisfied . ' Heinz , ' he said again to his adjutant , ' there's no good in all this . ' " Compare the above ...
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... fire , and a repetition of the tactics from which the British suffered on their march from Concord and Lex- ington . He says that until they reached Upper Marlboro , the only hostile body met were two American riflemen , who represented ...
... fire , and a repetition of the tactics from which the British suffered on their march from Concord and Lex- ington . He says that until they reached Upper Marlboro , the only hostile body met were two American riflemen , who represented ...
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... fire of the American guns was very effective . We cleared out the American skirmishers on the bank . Their falling back on the first line threw it into confusion and before their infantry had fired a shot , the whole first line fled ...
... fire of the American guns was very effective . We cleared out the American skirmishers on the bank . Their falling back on the first line threw it into confusion and before their infantry had fired a shot , the whole first line fled ...
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... fire and shock tactics against an enemy . The standardization of thinking and feeling was conspicuous in his scheme of instruction . On March 24 , 1814 , General Scott joined Gen- eral Brown's command at a camp some miles east of ...
... fire and shock tactics against an enemy . The standardization of thinking and feeling was conspicuous in his scheme of instruction . On March 24 , 1814 , General Scott joined Gen- eral Brown's command at a camp some miles east of ...
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... fire , he is said to have exclaimed in surprise , " Damn it , those fellows are regulars and not militia . " General Scott formed his command with an interval in the center . As he expresses it : - " The battalions of Leavenworth and ...
... fire , he is said to have exclaimed in surprise , " Damn it , those fellows are regulars and not militia . " General Scott formed his command with an interval in the center . As he expresses it : - " The battalions of Leavenworth and ...
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Página 114 - Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state. We are spinning our own fates, good or evil, and never to be undone.
Página 114 - Never suffer an exception to occur till the new habit is securely rooted in your life. The third maxim is: Seize the very first possible opportunity to act on every resolution you make and on every emotional prompting you may experience in the direction of the habits you aspire to gain; and finally: Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day.
Página 82 - The centipede was happy quite Until the toad in fun Said, 'Pray which leg comes after which When you begin to run?' This wrought her mind to such a pitch She lay distracted in the ditch Considering how to run.
Página 106 - The instructor explains briefly each movement, first executing it himself, if practicable. He requires the recruits to take the proper positions unassisted and does not touch them for the purpose of correcting them, except when they are unable to correct themselves. He avoids keeping them too long at the sunn.
Página 114 - Well ! he may not count it, and a kind Heaven may not count it; but it is being counted none the less. Down among his nerve-cells and fibres the molecules are counting it, registering and storing it up to be used against him when the next temptation comes.
Página 143 - I found, in brief, that all great nations learned their truth of word, and strength of thought, in war; that they were nourished in war, and wasted by peace; taught by war, and deceived by peace; trained by war, and betrayed by peace; — in a word, that they were born in war, and expired in peace.
Página 203 - Besides, the sudden change in their manner of living, particularly in their lodging, brings on sickness in many, impatience in all, and such an unconquerable desire of returning to their respective homes that it not only produces shameful and scandalous desertions among themselves, but infuses the like spirit in others.
Página 31 - I give it as my fixed opinion that but for our graduated cadets the war between the United States and Mexico might and probably would have lasted four or five years with, in its first half, more defeats than victories falling to our share ; whereas in less than two campaigns, we conquered a great country and a peace without the loss of a single battle or skirmish.
Página 118 - We may, then, define an instinct as an inherited or innate psycho-physical disposition which determines its possessor to perceive, and to pay attention to, objects of a certain class, to experience an emotional excitement of a particular quality upon perceiving such an object, and to act in regard to it in a particular manner, or, at least, to experience an impulse to such action.
Página 22 - Of the sailors, however, it would be injustice not to speak in the terms which their conduct merits. They were employed as gunners, and not only did they serve their guns with a quickness and precision which astonished...