The Law of Appointment and Promotion in the Regular Army of the United States (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Law of Appointment and Promotion in the Regular Army of the United States This they could do with impunity, as there was neither written nor traditional compact between them defining powers of government. When the Revolutionary War broke out, men thought only of the common cause; all mercenary and private considerations were sunk by the people and the States. Congress was indulged in large powers. At this period all the details of organization and discipline of the new Army (so far as discipline was known to it) were wrought out in the committees of that body. It assumed the right to appoint officers and promote them as it saw fit. But the fancy that the military force was to be Continental in fact as it was in name was short lived. The first burst of enthusiasm passed, when men became colder and more calculating; the States more chary of parting from their rights to Congress; and demanded the return of those that had been assumed. Prominent among these was the power to make appointments and promotions in the Army, which was soon split up into thirteen parts instead of remaining a unit. Whoever has the power to make appointments and promotions in a large Army has control of a powerful patronage, and it was but natural that each State should seek to retain that patronage so far as its own troops were concerned. This assumption of powers by Congress, which it afterwards was constrained to give back to the States, gives to the resolutions of that body an appearance of vacillation that can only be understood by bearing in mind the fact that the powers of government were precarious. The line of demarkation was in some instances illy defined between the authority of Congress and that of the States. This led to confusion of ideas and practice in the Army regarding rank and command of officers. The letters of the actors in those scenes and the Orderly books of the Regiments show -, that from the Fall of 1777 down to the day the Revolutionary Army was disbanded, Boards of Officers to settle disputes were the order of the day; in the midst of the most active campaign they held their sessions, which in the winter seasons became permanent. These Boards could decide in particular cases, but even with the assistance of Committees of Congress it was found impossible to lay down any rule of promotion that would be invariable in its application. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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