Relay of an Order to Henry Knox to Prepare Artillery for Moving, 12 July 1776
Title | Relay of an Order to Henry Knox to Prepare Artillery for Moving, 12 July 1776 PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Cary (Jr) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1776 |
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Relays an order from George Washington to have two or three cannons mounted on carriages and prepared to be moved. Washington would also like to see Knox at Headquarters. Cary was an aide to Washington.
Engineers of Independence
Title | Engineers of Independence PDF eBook |
Author | Paul K. Walker |
Publisher | The Minerva Group, Inc. |
Pages | 424 |
Release | 2002-08 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781410201737 |
This collection of documents, including many previously unpublished, details the role of the Army engineers in the American Revolution. Lacking trained military engineers, the Americans relied heavily on foreign officers, mostly from France, for sorely needed technical assistance. Native Americans joined the foreign engineer officers to plan and carry out offensive and defensive operations, direct the erection of fortifications, map vital terrain, and lay out encampments. During the war Congress created the Corps of Engineers with three companies of engineer troops as well as a separate geographer's department to assist the engineers with mapping. Both General George Washington and Major General Louis Lebéque Duportail, his third and longest serving Chief Engineer, recognized the disadvantages of relying on foreign powers to fill the Army's crucial need for engineers. America, they contended, must train its own engineers for the future. Accordingly, at the war's end, they suggested maintaining a peacetime engineering establishment and creating a military academy. However, Congress rejected the proposals, and the Corps of Engineers and its companies of sappers and miners mustered out of service. Eleven years passed before Congress authorized a new establishment, the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers.
Quantico
Title | Quantico PDF eBook |
Author | Charles A. Fleming |
Publisher | |
Pages | 168 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Government publications |
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King of Battle
Title | King of Battle PDF eBook |
Author | Boyd L. Dastrup |
Publisher | |
Pages | 398 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Artillery, Field and mountain |
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Small Wars
Title | Small Wars PDF eBook |
Author | Sir Charles Edward Callwell |
Publisher | |
Pages | 592 |
Release | 1906 |
Genre | History |
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The Campaign of 1776 Around New York and Brooklyn
Title | The Campaign of 1776 Around New York and Brooklyn PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Phelps Johnston |
Publisher | |
Pages | 562 |
Release | 1878 |
Genre | Long Island, Battle of, 1776 |
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A Historical Review and Analysis of Army Physical Readiness Training and Assessment
Title | A Historical Review and Analysis of Army Physical Readiness Training and Assessment PDF eBook |
Author | Whitfield East |
Publisher | CreateSpace |
Pages | 290 |
Release | 2013-12 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781494444969 |
"The Drillmaster of Valley Forge-Baron Von Steuben-correctly noted in his "Blue Book" how physical conditioning and health (which he found woefully missing when he joined Washington's camp) would always be directly linked to individual and unit discipline, courage in the fight, and victory on the battlefield. That remains true today. Even an amateur historian, choosing any study on the performance of units in combat, quickly discovers how the levels of conditioning and physical performance of Soldiers is directly proportional to success or failure in the field. In this monograph, Dr. Whitfield "Chip" East provides a pragmatic history of physical readiness training in our Army. He tells us we initially mirrored the professional Armies of Europe as they prepared their forces for war on the continent. Then he introduces us to some master trainers, and shows us how they initiated an American brand of physical conditioning when our forces were found lacking in the early wars of the last century. Finally, he shows us how we have and must incorporate science (even when there exists considerable debate!) to contribute to what we do-and how we do it-in shaping today's Army. Dr. East provides the history, the analysis, and the pragmatism, and all of it is geared to understanding how our Army has and must train Soldiers for the physical demands of combat. Our culture is becoming increasingly ''unfit," due to poor nutrition, a lack of adequate and formal exercise, and too much technology. Still, the Soldiers who come to our Army from our society will be asked to fight in increasingly complex and demanding conflicts, and they must be prepared through new, unique, and scientifically based techniques. So while Dr. East's monograph is a fascinating history, it is also a required call for all leaders to better understand the science and the art of physical preparation for the battlefield. It was and is important for us to get this area of training right, because getting it right means a better chance for success in combat.