 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1839 - Страниц: 586
...convenience withdraw the batteaux-men, sent down to King's Fer* Several of the Stockbridge Indiana were engaged at the beginning of the war, while the...the exigencies of modern war, as well for defence as oflence; and whenever a substitute is attempted, it must prove illusory and ruinous. No militia will... | |
 | George Washington - 1847 - Страниц: 586
...admiral and general. You will be pleased to send down a guard of a captain and fifty men at that tune, and direct the quartermaster to endeavour to have...the exigencies of modern war, as well for defence as oflence; and whenever a substitute is attempted, it must prove illusory and ruinous. No militia will... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1879 - Страниц: 996
...militia then do not come in, the consequences »re but too evident. To the Pl!ESI,)KNT OK CONGKKSS. HEADQUARTERS, 15 September, 1780. SIR: I am happy...consequences of depending on militia. Regular troops alune are equal to the exigencies of modern war, as well for defense 3* offense; and wherever a substitute... | |
 | George Washington - 1890 - Страниц: 764
...September, 1780. SIR, I am honored with your letters of the 6th and 8th instant with their inclosures — happy to find, that the late disaster in Carolina...many others, to exemplify the necessity of an army, — the fatal consequences of depending on militia. Regular troops alone are equal to the exigencies... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1904 - Страниц: 534
...Gates, he wrote to the President of Congress on the 15th of September: I am happy to find that the last disaster in Carolina has not been so great as its...equal to the exigencies of modern war, as well for defense as offense, and whenever a substitute is attempted it must prove illusory and ruinous. No militia... | |
 | Emory Upton - 1904 - Страниц: 532
...Gates, he wrote to the President of Congress on the 15th of September: I am happy to find that the last disaster in Carolina has not been so great as its...equal to the exigencies of modern war, as well for defense as offense, and whenever a substitute is attempted it must prove illusory and ruinous. No militia... | |
 | Emory Upton - 1904 - Страниц: 538
...tîates. he wrote to the President of Congress on the 15th of September: I am happy to find that the last disaster in Carolina has not been so great as its...troops alone are equal to the exigencies of modern war, :\s well for defense as offense, and whenever a substitute is attempted it must prove illusory and... | |
 | Howard Walter Caldwell, Clark Edmund Persinger - 1909 - Страниц: 544
...Sept. 15, 1780. :i'[The] late disaster in South Carolina . . . adds itself to many others, to exemplify the fatal consequences of depending on militia. Regular...troops alone are equal to the exigencies of modern war. . . ." Sept. 26, 1780. "I ... have been witness to a scene of treason, as shocking as it was unexpected.... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1912 - Страниц: 540
...Gates, he wrote to the President of Congress on the 15th of September: I am happy to find that the last disaster in Carolina has not been so great as its...equal to the exigencies of modern war, as well for defense as offense, and whenever a substitute is attempted it must prove illusory and ruinous. No militia... | |
 | Emory Upton - 1912 - Страниц: 546
...Gates, he wrote to the President of Congress on the 15th of September: I am happy to find that the last disaster in Carolina has not been so great as its...equal to the exigencies of modern war, as well for defense as offense, and whenever a substitute is attempted it must prove illusory and ruinous. No militia... | |
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Carolina has not been so great as its first features indicated. This event, however, adds itself to many others to exemplify the necessity of an army and the fatal consequences of depending on militia. Regular troops alone are equal to the exigencies... 
