1. What date did Congress authorize the establishment of a Medical Service? In your words explain the importance of this move. On 27 July 1775, Congress authorized the establishment of "a hospital" or Medical Service. This was specifically important at the time because it allowed for a more formal medical setting, allowing a specific ratio of medical personnel to patients. It also provided precise duties and specific personnel to perform them such as: surgeons, surgeon’s mates, apothecary, clerk
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| Victory in The North | A synopsis on the outcome of the U.S. Civil War | | [Type the author name] | 11/6/2010 | | Since the final battle of the American Civil War was fought in 1865, scholars have debated the reasons for the Union’s victory over the Confederacy. Historians have attributed the war’s outcome to many factors, some of which include Lincoln’s superior leadership, the South’s failure to diplomatically secure foreign intervention, emancipated slaves enlisting in the
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AMERICAN MILITARY UNVERSITY GEORGE WASHINGTON AS A MILITARY COMMANDER Brian Mann HIST 101: American History to 1877 30 Nov 2011 George Washington was born 22nd February 1732 in a wealthy Virginia family. He was one of ten children. He was well educated and enjoyed learning. At the age of 16 he met Lord Thomas Fairfax, whom owned a large piece of large north of the Virginia colony. Lord Fairfax also gave him his first job as a surveyor for the Shenandoah Valley
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lieutenant to the fourth U.S Infantry, stationed near St. Louis, Missouri where I met my wife Julia Boggs Dent. Three years later, the Mexican War (1846-1848) took place where I served for General Winfield Scott’s army. I served as a regimental quartermaster and commissary. I found myself in battle in September of 1847, where I earned first lieutenant and captain. On April 11, 1854 I resigned from the army to be with my
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Medicine during the Civil War "When the war began, the United States Army medical staff consisted of only the surgeon general, thirty surgeons, and eighty-three assistant surgeons. Of these, twenty-four resigned to "go South," and three other assistant surgeons were promptly dropped for "disloyalty." Thus the medical corps began its war service with only eighty seven men. When the war ended in 1865, more than eleven thousand doctors had served or were serving, many of these as acting assistant
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Armed Forces of the Philippines (Sandatahang Lakas ng Pilipinas) Military branches: Army, Navy (including Marine Corps), Air Force, Paramilitary units (CAFGU) Military manpower, military age: 20 years of age (2003 est.) Military manpower, availability: males age 18-49: 20,131,179/ females age 18-49: 20,009,526 (2005 est.) Military manpower, fit for military service: males age 18-49: 15,170,096/ females age 18-49: 16,931,191 (2005 est.) Military manpower, reaching military age annually: males
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How universal are the principles of war? Many military theorists throughout history had many different concepts, strategic thoughts, and theories within a multitude of principles of war. Throughout history many strategies and tactics were utilized that made a huge impact on defending and attacking armies. Within these concepts of these theorists, nine principles of war gradually became universally used by many countries militaries that are used in the field of battle during the Cotemporary Era
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On December 25, 1821 a hero to Americans everywhere was born in Oxford, Massachusetts, to the loving Captain Stephan and Sarah Barton. Clarissa (Clara for short) Harlowe Barton was the name of that outstanding heroine. Clara had been blessed with two sisters and two brothers, being the youngest, she had plenty of role models to look up to. Her sisters, Sarah and Dorothy were great with her. They taught Clara how to read and her brother Stephan taught her math because he was a school teacher. When
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After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the State Guard took control of the camp for use as a training base. It became the headquarters of the State Guard Quartermaster Department until the original guard organization was mustered out and reorganized. In 1943, the camp was turned over to the Farm Production Council and housed Mexican nationals employed in agricultural work throughout the area. Known as guest workers
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In 1859, he and his militiamen were absorbed into the 6th Virginia Infantry. By the start of the Civil War, he was sent to Wilmington as a quartermaster officer; his station now being Fort Anderson. Fort Anderson was located further up the Cape Fear River, between Fort Fisher and Wilmington. Colonel Lamb transformed Fort Anderson into a strong earthworks fort making it much harder to defeat. After
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