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Blue Shirt and Khaki

Blue Shirt and Khaki

Archibald, James F. J.

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Fiction AnthologiesGeneral Military History

ISBN10: 1976385830
ISBN13: 9781976385834
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Sep 15 2017
Pages: 140
Weight: 0.43
Height: 0.30 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
Excerpt from Blue Shirt and Khaki: A Comparison

The American soldier to-day occupies a new place in the regard of the world. Up to the campaigning of July and August, 1898, in Cuba, Porto Rico, and Luzon, the military men of Europe were accus tomed to think of the fighting force of the United States as a thing too small to be considered. They had forgotten the great Civil War, and they did not comprehend our vast resources for a volunteer army. A standing army of men was insignificant to officers and statesmen who were accustomed to esti mate a national force in the terms of millions. Con sequently, the martial potency of the United States had fallen into general contempt. This judgment.

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