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Post by crzhrs on Mar 31, 2021 7:37:13 GMT -6
Re: "He was poorly served at LBH with a pair that cared not one jot - glad to see him fail but my that backfired."
Unfortunately a part of the reason for being "poorly served" is due to Custer and his personality.
We can say personalities shouldn't have made a difference in the military but as human beings sometimes decisions are made on emotions and self-interest.
Some soldiers would follow an officer into hell and others would let him go in by himself!
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Post by herosrest on Apr 2, 2021 12:57:28 GMT -6
The data WKK dug up was usefula and he was good at it. His conclusions were his own. The book is a physical struggle to see for more than a few pages at a time. Where he saw garand conspiracy was in fact a pack of colt 45's all doing their own thing. Patterson-Hughes hugely influenced outlook and some was disingenious. He managed to seriously 'P' off Nelaon Miles about it all, and was a significant cause of Mrs. Custer's agitaions and unrest. John S. Gray looked into the supply issue under guise of transport - link 14lbs of grain or 12lbs ohay per day. When the move from Powder River got underway, 70 tons of forage was unloaded, left and guarded. SteinI was discussing aspects of this stuff elsewhere - From 'CUSTER’S LAST BATTLE' by E. S. Godfrey, Captain 7th Cavalry. Our pack-trains proved troublesome at the start, as the cargoes began falling off before we got out of camp, and during all that day the mules straggled badly. After that day, however, they were placed under the charge of an officer, who was directed to report at the end of each day’s march the order of merit of the efficiency of the troop packers. Doubtless General Custer had some ulterior design in this. It is quite probable that if he had had occasion to detach troops requiring rapid marching, he would have selected those troops whose packers had the best records. At all events the efficiency was much increased, and after we struck the Indian trail the pack-trains kept well closed. Century Illustrated Magazine; Jan 1892; VOL. XLIII., No. 3.Reno's Orders for the Scout mission he undertook were considerably rigid. Now whether he (Reno) did what was ordered or not, had he joined with Crook the Orders Guaranteed that Crook would know where Terry, Custer and Gibbon were. Vital to the endevour. Reno did not discover Crook but Terry properly provisioned Reno for that eventuality. This was important and a nuance of the scouting mission which just seems to drive by students.
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