Military MiscellaniesBrentano's, 1889 - 528 páginas |
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Academic Board Adjutant-General admission annuity appointed Arnold Articles of War artillery assigned attack authority batteries battle Beauregard Bottom's Bridge brevet Bridge brigade Buell Bull Run called candidates cavalry Centreville Chickahominy Chief civil Colonel Wherry Commander-in-Chief commission Confederate conferred Congress Constitution corps Court court-martial Davis delegate dent Department direction discipline division Donelson duty enemy eral executive exercise fact field Fitz John Porter force Fort Donelson Fort Henry Galt House General-in-Chief Government Governor grade Grant Halleck infantry Johnston Keyes Keyes's letter Lieutenant Lieutenant-General Lincoln Longstreet Major-General mand March McDowell ment miles Military Academy military service militia Nelson officers opinion orders Patterson person Potomac President President's purpose question rank Rebellion received regiment Regular Army Regulations responsibility road rules says Scott Secretary Secretary of War Senate Seven Pines Smith soldier staff subordinate telegraphed tion troops Union United Washington West Point
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Página 360 - Its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth. that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition.
Página 90 - The Secretary of War is the regular constitutional organ of the President for the administration of the military establishment of the nation ; and rules and orders publicly promulgated through him must be received as the act of the Executive, and as such be binding upon all within the sphere of his legal and constitutional authority.
Página 92 - to raise and support Armies" and "to provide and maintain a Navy.
Página 171 - ... the public interests. While subordinate officers or soldiers are pausing to consider whether they ought to obey, or are scrupulously weighing the evidence of the facts upon which the Commander-in-chief exercises the right to demand their services, the hostile enterprise may be accomplished without the means of resistance.
Página 508 - It is, of course, impossible to give you any definite instructions in regard to this movement, and were it not impossible to do so, the Department Commander places too much confidence in your zeal, energy, and ability to wish to impose upon you precise orders which might hamper your action when nearly in contact with the enemy.
Página 340 - I can get no returns, no reports, no information of any kind from him. Satisfied with his victory, he sits down and enjoys it without any regard to the future. I am worn out and tired with this neglect and inefficiency. CF Smith is almost the only officer equal to the emergency.
Página 339 - I have had no communication with General Grant for more than a week. He left his command without my authority and went to Nashville. His army seems to be as much demoralized by the victory of Fort Donelson as was that of the Potomac by the defeat of Bull Run.
Página 357 - States; but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution, and to preserve the Union with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired, and that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.
Página 152 - If, upon marches, guards, or in quarters, different corps of the Army happen to join or do duty together, the officer highest in rank of the line of the Army, Marine Corps, or militia, by commission, .there on duty or in quarters, shall command the whole, and give orders for what is needful to the service, unless otherwise specially directed by the President, according to the nature of the case.
Página 172 - Abb (US) 212, 218, it is said that "except in a plain case of excess of authority, where at first blush it is apparent and palpable to the commonest understanding that the order is illegal, I cannot but think that the law should excuse the military subordinate when acting in obedience to the order of his commander. Otherwise he is placed in the dangerous dilemma of being liable...