"Continental Army Logistics" Topic
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Tango01 | 31 Oct 2020 3:31 p.m. PST |
"The Maryland soldier knew no more than any other ranker of the organization behind this state of affairs, which is to say that he knew very little. He may have been aware that the official apparatus for supplying the army began with Congress. If he did not know it, he soon learned, for the army laid most of its problems at the door of Congress—and well before the war ended most of the country agreed with the army. Shortly after it created the Continental army in June 1775, Congress established quartermaster and commissary departments charged with providing the supplies the army required. The immediate inspiration for these agencies was similar institutions of the British army. Similar yet different, for Parliament had long since turned the whole business of supply over to the Treasury, which let contracts for all the things the army in America needed. The Treasury, which devoted most of its energies to other matters, cooperated with the colonial secretary, the secretary at war, and the commissary department in America. These agencies and later the navy board worked out arrangements with London merchants and their agents which succeeded rather well in sending out food, clothing, fuel, medicines, and forage…." Main page link Thanks God the tittle was well written!… if not… (smile) Amicalement Armand |
Dennis | 31 Oct 2020 3:35 p.m. PST |
Good for you Tango. Being able to poke fun at yourself can mitigate many faults. |
John the OFM | 31 Oct 2020 6:46 p.m. PST |
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Tango01 | 31 Oct 2020 11:04 p.m. PST |
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