Ancient Roman Proverb Quotes
The good general makes good soldiers.
Ancient Roman Proverb
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See {629263} for more on the “Gentleman” Southern officers.
The General refused. He had already achieved a strategic victory and it was only a matter of time when the Dutch would withdraw on their own as their supply lines were cut off and the populations wanted them out.
Monroe was then Secretary of State and Jefferson an ex-President.
There is a , romantic American myth about the Militiamen in Colonial and Revolutionary America—the citizen soldiers who would leave their farms and rise to the military necessity of the day. However, not only were the militia very hard to muster to duty, but most actually didn’t own or have experience with firearms, and the prevailing opinion of knowledgeable military leaders from George Washington on down was that the militia were not very good soldiers. See {613015}, {613016}, {613022}, {613027}, {621987}, {621988}, {613030}, {613033}, & {613056}
From the beginning, the issue of whether the country should have a standing army or depend on the militia and the citizen soldier has been controversial. There is a , romantic American myth about the Militiamen in Colonial and Revolutionary America—the citizen soldiers who would leave their farms and rise to the military necessity of the day. However, not only were the militia very hard to muster to duty, but most actually didn’t own or have experience with firearms, and the prevailing opinion of knowledgeable military leaders from George Washington on down was that the militia were not very good soldiers. See {613015}, {613016}, {613022}, {613027}, {621987}, {621988}, {613030}, {613033}, & {613056}
At this point, Stearns had already organized and trained 3,000 Black Troops from the South. He was a strong advocate of recruiting and enlisting as many slaves as they could. Ironically, the desire to serve in the Army with a weapon, was symbolically a powerful symbol of equality and manliness that it was effective with Northern free Blacks and Southern escaped slaves. Another interesting thing was that Stearns insisted that the ex-slaves not only made better soldiers than the Confederates but that they were better than most Union White troops. That view was not promulgated very publically.
The General had differed with the George W. Bush Administration neoconservatives over the strategy regarding the invasion and war in Iraq. He was pushed out of office as a result. Later, it was clear that he was right originally, and the press, some members of Congress and others wanted him to comment. He refused.
Rush ran the hospitals for the Revolutionary Army and talked to many officers and enlisted men, and also observed much of the British military practices.
