"Edgar Allen Poe" Topic
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| DeanMoto | 19 Jan 2010 4:53 p.m. PST |
was a Sergeant Major? Well, I'll be… |
 Saginaw  | 19 Jan 2010 8:26 p.m. PST |
Yep. Sure would be nice if there was a daguerreotype of him in his uniform. Ah well, an artist's rendition would do just as good. |
aecurtis  | 20 Jan 2010 8:04 a.m. PST |
I went by the library to drop off some books late yesterday afternoon, and they were setting up for a reading of "The Raven". One of the librarians and I were discussing how Poe seemed to be able to cope quite well in the disciplined environment of the Army--making sergeant major in just two years--but was not able to do the same at West Point. Was it really just financial problems--he had fallen out again with his foster father--that led him to be delinquent at USMA? Allen |
| Ditto Tango 2 1 | 21 Jan 2010 8:54 a.m. PST |
I googled this and wiki tells me he was in for like 2-3 years. how does one become a sergeant major after just a couple of years? To me a sergeant major represents at least 20 years of army experience, maybe 15 if he is an especial cracker jack.
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Tim |
| DeanMoto | 21 Jan 2010 1:55 p.m. PST |
how does one become a sergeant major after just a couple of years? Probably right place at the right time (in those times). For starters, his reading and writing skills put him over the top of most. This was also the time when you could "buy" your officer commission (at least in European armies). However, I totally agree with you on the time & experience for "career" soldiers. In wartime, there have obviously been "blood-stripe" battlefield promotions – again through need. It's when an organization has time to reflect on bureaucracy that promotions usually slow down and certain requirements (some albeit artificial) are instituted. Have you ever seen "When Trumpets Fade"? That's a good one where the surviving guy from a unit, a private, gets slowy promoted through the ranks until he is the platoon leader & eventually killed, IIRC. And the whole time he didn't want the rank. Dean |
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