Anti-military Quotes

After the American Revolution one of the great fears of many of the political leaders was a standing army. So there was little concern about the morale of the officers and enlisted men. Further, the national government and the governments of the individual states were broke. Washington and Hamilton wanted the soldiers to be paid their back wages and saw this as the highest priority for the new nation. Most others did not agree, and viewed the new military back wages as equal to the many other obligations. Hamilton, saw this as an active hostility to the military and was very overt about his castigation of Congress. Washington agreed but was far more diplomatic and could never accept the fact that the military did not owe loyalty to the nation and the Congress.

Fullor had created a giant papger mache The papier-mâché Stegosaurus featured in the April 1, 1916 issue of the magazine The Survey was no joke. Created by the "Anti-Preparedness Committee" the dinosaur carried the slogan "All Armor Plate - No Brains" beneath it as a jab at those who preferred trench warfare to diplomacy. The large model was named "Jingo the Dinosaur" was carted around the nation with pacifists turning out to see and be photographed with Jingo.

At the time, there were no civilians staff such as the Assistant Secretaries of the individual services and Assistant secretaries of Defense. All military staff work, policy and operations, were done completely by military personnel.