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... measure to create a regular army and to bring the state militia under federal control , Washington's scheme had been rejected along with the more comprehensive plans drawn up by Generals Steuben and Knox.1 In his capacity as President ...
... measure to create a regular army and to bring the state militia under federal control , Washington's scheme had been rejected along with the more comprehensive plans drawn up by Generals Steuben and Knox.1 In his capacity as President ...
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... measure , offered to dissident Congressmen an ideal vehicle for launching a general attack upon the entire idea of the war . Opposition was especially strong in the House , where a major- ity of the Committee on Military Affairs ...
... measure , offered to dissident Congressmen an ideal vehicle for launching a general attack upon the entire idea of the war . Opposition was especially strong in the House , where a major- ity of the Committee on Military Affairs ...
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... measure , justifiable only in so far as there was real danger of an impending international conflict . Unable to see any great merit in the conscriptionist argument that universal military training in peacetime and Selective Service in ...
... measure , justifiable only in so far as there was real danger of an impending international conflict . Unable to see any great merit in the conscriptionist argument that universal military training in peacetime and Selective Service in ...
Contents
The AngloAmerican Heritage | 3 |
The Founding Fathers Reaffirm Civil Supremacy | 18 |
The Defeat of the Federalist Military Plans | 32 |
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