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Library of Congress1918

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), November 21, 1918

NO NEED TO WORRY Despite Croakers Human Race Is Not Deteriorating Facts Brought Out by the War Show That Men Today Are as Strong Physically and Morally as Ever in History The big avernge height of the men dratted into the United States army is being widely commented upon in the press and it appears that the facts Justify the favorable remarks being made observes the Montreal Gazette Records of the quartermasters office show that the Americans who are donning the army uniform today are bigger than the men who fought in former wars The size most in demand for the standard army shoe in the past was 7E while the average size of the marching shoe today is SV2 D and that of the field or trench shoe 9E Two styles are issued for it has been found by experiment that soldiers require a larger shoe for the trenches it being necessary to wear two pairs of socks at a time in cold and wet weather Similarly the presentday American soldier has to be provided with a size larger than his predecessor in coats shirts and breeches He is a bigger man all round which is decidedly sat isfactory

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Library of Congress1892

In the Senate of the United States. June 30, 1892. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report: (To accompany S.R. 50.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the joint resolution authorizing payment of pay and allowances to minors who were discharged from the Army of the United States after the close of the War of the Rebellion

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Library of Congress1878

In the Senate of the United States. June 7, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Teller, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 530.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 530) for the relief of Alexander Davis, of Arkansas, for compensation for supplies alleged to have been taken from him by the Army of the United States, having had the same under consideration, make the following report

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Library of Congress1890

In the Senate of the United States. December 17, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Walthall, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report: (To accompany H.R. 2787.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2787) to authorize the Secretary of War to remove the charges of desertion from the records of the War Department as to Dudley Johnson, late ordnance sergeant U.S. Army

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Library of Congress2023

Battle of Gettysburg : July 1-3, 1863 : the impact of alternative technologies on Civil War history

Gettysburg has been one of the U.S. Army's favorite staff ride locations for decades. It was the site of perhaps the pivotal battle of the U.S. Civil War, and General George Pickett's famous but disastrous charge marked the beginning of the end for the Confederacy. The authors of this report combine a staff ride with a consideration of alternative history: They examine what happened in the crucial 1863 Battle of Gettysburg and consider what could have happened if a few key technologies that were available for military use had been used in this battle.

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