 | United States. War College Division. War Department - 1916 - 684 páginas
...Regular troops alone are equal to the exigencies of modern war, as well for defense as offense, and when a substitute Is attempted it must prove Illusory and ruinous. No militia will ever acquire the habits necessary to resist a regular force. * * * The firmness requisite for... | |
 | Harold Connett Washburn - 1917 - 52 páginas
...to Congress, written on September 15, 1780, he sounded the grave but unheeded warning which follows: Regular troops alone are equal to the exigencies of modern war, as well for defence as offence, and when a substitute is attempted it must prove illusory and ruinous. These are the words of authority,... | |
 | Walter B. Pitkin, Roscoe Conkling Ensign Brown - 1917 - 446 páginas
...militia. Regular troops alone are 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 will ever acquire the habits necessary to resist a regular force. Even those nearest to the seat of... | |
 | 1917 - 712 páginas
...1780: Regular troops are alone equal to the exigencies of modern war, as well for defense :is offense, and whenever a substitute is attempted it must prove illusory and ruinous. And, again, on September 24, 1776, in a letter to the President of the Continental Congress, he said,... | |
 | Jennings Cropper Wise - 1917 - 164 páginas
..."Regular troops alone are equal to the exigencies of modern war as well for defense as offense, and when a substitute is attempted it must prove illusory and ruinous. ' ' No militia will ever acquire the habits necessary to resist a regular force. The firmness for the real business... | |
 | John Dickinson - 1922 - 488 páginas
..." regular troops alone are 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. The firmness requisite for the real business of fighting is only to be attained by a constant course... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1924 - 58 páginas
...militia. Regular troops alone are equal to the exigencies of modern war, as well for defense as for offence; and whenever a substitute is attempted, it must prove illusory and ruinous. No militia will ever acquire the habits necessary to resist n regular force. » * * The firmness requisite for... | |
 | William Addleman Ganoe - 1924 - 650 páginas
...say: "Regular troops alone are 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 will ever acquire the habits necessary to resist a regular force. The firmness requisite for the real... | |
 | George Cyrus Thorpe - 1925 - 1124 páginas
...Regular troops alone are equal to the exigencies of modern war, as well for defense as for offense, and whenever a substitute is attempted, it must prove illusory and ruinous. No militia will ever acquire the habits necessary to resist a regular force. * * * The firmness requisite for... | |
 | US Army Military History Research Collection, John Slonaker - 1972 - 122 páginas
...Spanish-American War volunteers whose papers are in MHRC. Opinions concerning professionals were equally divided. "Regular Troops alone are equal to the exigencies of modern war, as well for defence as offence, and when a substitute is attempted, it must prove illusory and ruinous," said Washington. "The Duke of... | |
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Regular troops alone," said he, "are equal to the exigencies of modern war, as well for defence as offence ; and whenever a substitute is attempted, it must prove illusory and ruinous. 
