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Description:Excerpt from The Official History of the Eighty-Sixth Division In the dark days of 1915 to 1917, when so many of our officers were stationed on the Mexican border, facing the trying problems which daily arose, we had little to kill the long evenings but our "smokes" and our own conversation. Many of us were classmates or comrades of from twenty to thirty years service, who knew the army and its many vicissitudes and requirements, from every aspect. At least we thought we did. Subsequent accomplishment has shown us that we did not then take into account the fine spirit which our draft, or select, army was to develop. It was our after-dinner habit to congregate in our adobe huts, or roughly thrown together club room, and invariably our thoughts turned to the conflict then going on in Europe. It seemed to us that we must inevitably be drawn into it or sacrifice our very honor as a nation, and the discouraging questions "Where can we find the necessary army?" "How can an army of adequate strength be trained and equipped out of raw material in double quick time, with so few officers and non-coms available?" closed every powwow, and sent us heavy-hearted to bed. Be it remembered that our entire regular army, at that time, consisted of 4,800 officers and 87,000 men, with 123,000 in the National Guard. To be sure, Mr. Bryan had assured us that at the call to arms a million men would spring up over night. A fact we never doubted, knowing the patriotism of our Americans. A million men would rise - but to arms? Were the arms in readiness? Would we dare send our fine Americans forth - an untrained mob - to cope with the trained forces of a scientifically military nation? To us who had given our entire time to the training of men, it seemed an herculean task. We all know how our forebodings were answered. The blow fell, and how it was met has become a matter of history. I need not dwell upon the fine quality of patriotism which sent men forth eager to offer their lives, and gave women the courage to remain at home and work, if necessity demanded, or follow the men into the thick of the conflict, in order to sustain and comfort them. It was my good fortune to be made chief instructor of one of the first Student Officers' Training Camps. For three months we toiled indefatigably, instructors and candidates alike, and at the close of that camp my vision cleared. The high type of the majority of the men we had to deal with was an inspiration, a spur to bring forth a man's best efforts.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Official History of the Eighty-Sixth Division (Classic Reprint). To get started finding The Official History of the Eighty-Sixth Division (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from The Official History of the Eighty-Sixth Division In the dark days of 1915 to 1917, when so many of our officers were stationed on the Mexican border, facing the trying problems which daily arose, we had little to kill the long evenings but our "smokes" and our own conversation. Many of us were classmates or comrades of from twenty to thirty years service, who knew the army and its many vicissitudes and requirements, from every aspect. At least we thought we did. Subsequent accomplishment has shown us that we did not then take into account the fine spirit which our draft, or select, army was to develop. It was our after-dinner habit to congregate in our adobe huts, or roughly thrown together club room, and invariably our thoughts turned to the conflict then going on in Europe. It seemed to us that we must inevitably be drawn into it or sacrifice our very honor as a nation, and the discouraging questions "Where can we find the necessary army?" "How can an army of adequate strength be trained and equipped out of raw material in double quick time, with so few officers and non-coms available?" closed every powwow, and sent us heavy-hearted to bed. Be it remembered that our entire regular army, at that time, consisted of 4,800 officers and 87,000 men, with 123,000 in the National Guard. To be sure, Mr. Bryan had assured us that at the call to arms a million men would spring up over night. A fact we never doubted, knowing the patriotism of our Americans. A million men would rise - but to arms? Were the arms in readiness? Would we dare send our fine Americans forth - an untrained mob - to cope with the trained forces of a scientifically military nation? To us who had given our entire time to the training of men, it seemed an herculean task. We all know how our forebodings were answered. The blow fell, and how it was met has become a matter of history. I need not dwell upon the fine quality of patriotism which sent men forth eager to offer their lives, and gave women the courage to remain at home and work, if necessity demanded, or follow the men into the thick of the conflict, in order to sustain and comfort them. It was my good fortune to be made chief instructor of one of the first Student Officers' Training Camps. For three months we toiled indefatigably, instructors and candidates alike, and at the close of that camp my vision cleared. The high type of the majority of the men we had to deal with was an inspiration, a spur to bring forth a man's best efforts.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Official History of the Eighty-Sixth Division (Classic Reprint). To get started finding The Official History of the Eighty-Sixth Division (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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