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1764 Manual of Arms

Started by jmdavis, September 23, 2011, 03:50:31 PM

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jmdavis

September 23, 2011, 03:50:31 PM
As you know, I always make it a point at Appleseeds to explain that the British had no command for aim within the Manual of Arms. I also point out the difference between a lone farmer and a group  of Regulars. The farmer must aim if he is to hit his target. Actually after explaining that there is no command for aim, I ask during the second strike what is the difference between how a Regular uses a musket and how a farmer uses his musket.

Here is a link to a Youtube video from the National Park Service at the Northbridge. Take a look.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuYGCji-_5A&feature=related
"If a man does his best, what else is there?"  - General George S. Patton Jr

  ...We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
  For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
  Shall be my brother...-Shakespeare, Henry V
 

"There's a great deal of talk about loyalty from the bottom to the top. Loyalty from the top down is even more necessary and is much less prevalent. One of the most frequently noted characteristics of great men who have remained great is loyalty to their subordinates."
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sashok.privetov

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September 23, 2011, 05:49:01 PM
There is a saying in Russia, a notion really--Texan Politeness:
If you know that everyone around you has a gun, and everyone around you knows that you have a gun, everyone is very polite to each other.

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.  --Thomas Jefferson

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asminuteman

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September 23, 2011, 09:02:43 PM Last Edit: May 17, 2012, 12:47:14 PM by asminuteman
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"He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself."~ Thomas Paine

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jmdavis

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September 23, 2011, 09:56:59 PM
I thank you Sgt Cochran. But rest assured that any Captaincy is Brevet only.
"If a man does his best, what else is there?"  - General George S. Patton Jr

  ...We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
  For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
  Shall be my brother...-Shakespeare, Henry V
 

"There's a great deal of talk about loyalty from the bottom to the top. Loyalty from the top down is even more necessary and is much less prevalent. One of the most frequently noted characteristics of great men who have remained great is loyalty to their subordinates."
- General George S. Patton, Jr

"Your body can't go where your mind hasn't been."
- Alex Arrieta 1995 NTI Winner
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