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John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Chapter I (search)
men might make of my blue dress-coat and fancy gilt buttons, or anything like that; but I never experienced anything even approaching to hazing. My rather mature appearance may have had something to do with the respect generally paid me. It was true I was only seventeen years and nine months old, as recorded in the register, but my experience may have had some visible effect. I was assigned to a room in the old South Barracks, which were demolished the next year. My room-mates were Henry H. Walker and John R. Chambiiss, two charming fellows from Virginia. We had hardly learned each other's names when one of them said something about the blank Yankees; but instantly, seeing something that might perhaps have appeared like Southern blood in my face, added, You are not a Yankee! I replied, Yes; I am from Illinois. Oh, said he, we don't call Western men Yankees. In that remark I found my mission at West Point, as in after life, to be, as far as possible, a peacemaker between the h
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Chapter XXIX (search)
eaports where navy-yards or depots are located. It may be that in special cases military forces may be needed to act in support of naval operations, or to hold for a time important points in a foreign country; but such service must be only auxiliary, not a primary object. Foreign conquest and permanent occupation are not a part of the policy of this country. There is no division of opinion among standard naval and military authorities on this great subject; such standard authors as Rear-Admiral Walker and Captain Mahan have clearly set forth the relative functions of the army and the navy in enforcing the military policy of the United States. The military problem which this country must solve is to provide such means of aggressive and defensive action as to be able to enforce a due observance of American public law on this continent, and, while doing this, to defend itself against insult and spoliation. The land defenses, including torpedoes and in a few cases floating batteries
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Index (search)
414 Wagner, Brig.-Gen. George D., movement against Hood before Columbia, 168; battle of Franklin, 175, 176, 178, 180, 181, 225 Wales, Prince of, S. presented to the, 393 Walker, Edwin, special U. S. counsel in Chicago, 497 Walker, Henry H., room-mate at West Point, 3 Walker, Rear-Adm., on the relative functions of the army and navy, 527 War, the evils of leaving anything to chance in, 8, 234; the duty of a commander in, 234; Sherman's theory of, 317; the art of, 407 et seq.; Walker, Rear-Adm., on the relative functions of the army and navy, 527 War, the evils of leaving anything to chance in, 8, 234; the duty of a commander in, 234; Sherman's theory of, 317; the art of, 407 et seq.; science in the art of, 457-460; maxims of, 482; preparation for, 519 et seq.; economical, 519; the duties of citizenship in time of, 539, 540 War Department, the, orders S.'s dismissal from the Military Academy, 10, 11; Herron's protest to, 64; receives allegations about arming disloyal persons in Missouri, 104; action in regard to questions of relative rank, 151, 160, 161; the telegraph corps, 169; obstruction of the military arm by, 169; correspondence between Thomas and S. filed at, 188; r