... famous ‘Boston Tea Party’ of 1773 and afterwards became an officer in the Continental Army. He is reported to have been a Conservative in all mat- te... ...ton Tea Party’ of 1773 and afterwards became an officer in the Continental Army. He is reported to have been a Conservative in all mat- ters except hi... ...ck up ‘The King of the Cannibal Islands’. So far all went well. The French officers grimaced and smiled in exceedingly high spirits, wonderfully pleas... ...hagus. Notwith- standing all the sly hints and remonstrances of the French officers, she immediately approached the man, and pulling further open the ... ..., the consular flag of Britain waved as usual during the day, from a lofty staff planted within a few yards of the beach, and in full view of the frig... ...he Pirate your master,’ replied the spirited Englishwoman, pointing to the staff, ‘that if he wishes to strike these colours, he must come and perform... ...at the cord by which it was elevated to its place, led from the top of the staff, across the lawn, to an open upper window of the mansion, where sat t... ...es, and the natives came run- ning towards us from every direction. Had an army of invaders made an irruption into their terri- tory they could not ha... ... convince me that it would be a perfectly useless undertaking, even for an army of fire- eaters, to offer battle to the irresistible heroes of our val...

...to be summoned thence, like him, for apos tolic errands—were Custom House officers. Furthermore, on the left hand as you enter the front door, is a c... ...2 The Scarlet Letter opens on the road to Paradise. The greater part of my officers were Whigs. It was well for their venerable brotherhood that the n... ...ms the type whereby I recognise the man. As most of these old Custom House officers had good traits, and as my position in reference to them, being pa... ...pable of flinging off his infirmities like a sick man’s gown, dropping the staff of age to seize a battle sword, and starting up once more a warrior. ... ...ried off to Halifax, when all the king’s officials accompanied the British army in its flight from Bos ton. It has often been a matter of regret with... ...nd gristly presence of the town beadle, with a sword by his side, and his staff of office in his hand. This personage prefigured and represented in h... ...l and clos est application to the offender. Stretching forth the official staff in his left hand, he laid his right upon the shoulder of a young woma... ... and the public edifices, ancient in date and quaint in architecture, of a continental city; where new life had awaited her, still in connexion with t...

...le life of him who said them. Colonel Giguet was one of the most respected officers in the Grand Army, the foundation of his character being absolute ... ...d them. Colonel Giguet was one of the most respected officers in the Grand Army, the foundation of his character being absolute integrity joined to ex... ...rder to make him some day eligible for the peerage. Already a major on the staff and a great favorite of the prince-royal, Charles Keller, now a vis- ... ...e candidacy of a young and dashing officer then in Africa, attached to the staff of the prince-royal. “I think,” he said to his father, “that I have t... ...lar,” said Achille Pigoult, rising, “if the meeting itself nominated those officers,—following, of course, the parliamentary forms of the Chamber.” “T... ... facts. When the war ravaged Champagne, he kept himself between the French army and Paris. After each lost battle he went among the workmen who had bu... ...f 1814 with splendid but ignored courage. A league or two behind where the army advanced he bought up caps and socks as the Emperor gath- ered immorta... ... of foreign cabinets, and of all the ramifications of 85 Balzac the great continental families. De Marsay convinced Maxime of the necessity of doing ... ...t to have a laugh over the republican Utopia. He has his flatterers on the staff of that estimable newspaper; they have persuaded him that he’s a born...

...a Newfoundland dog just from the water, and sat up in bed, stiff as a pike-staff, looking at me, and rubbing his eyes as if he did not altogether reme... ...st not rob thy last Captain, didst thou?—Dost not think of mur- dering the officers when thou gettest to sea?” I protested my innocence of these thing... ...p. And here Bildad, who, with Peleg, be it known, in addition to his other officers, was one of the licensed pilots of the port—he being suspected to ... ...Herein it is the same with the American whale fishery as with the American army and military and merchant navies, and the engineering forces employed ... ...eld a full and noble soul. I rejoice in my spine, as in the firm audacious staff of that flag which I fling half out to the world. Apply this spinal b... ...surface, must have been long enough and broad enough to shade half Xerxes’ army. Who can tell how appalling to the wounded whale must have been such h... ...s into tents, and crawled into them. Besides, it has been divined by other continental commentators, that when Jonah was thrown overboard from the Jop... ... wood included, the entire spear is some ten or twelve feet in length; the staff is much slighter than that of the harpoon, and also of a lighter mate... ...ockers of the world; and the thousand harpoons and lances darted along all continental coasts; the 440 Moby Dick moot point is, whether Leviathan can...

...ot (for- merly Mrs. Noah) who, if I remember rightly , converted them into Army sausage by means of a portion of the inside of an old alarum clock. My... ...it now with the utmost readiness and generosity. Part of its substance and staff and spirit survive, more or less completely digested into the Board o... ...e factories, darkly ignorant and wretched and the under-equipped and under-staffed Na- tional and British schools, supported by voluntary contribu- ti... ...r’s death a large and very animated and solidly built uncle in tweeds from Staffordshire, Uncle Minter, my mother’s sister’s husband, with a remarkabl... ...eyes, now the hoardings flamed with election plac- ards, now the Salvation Army and now the unemployed came trailing in procession through the winter-... .... But we ought to get in some German, you know,—for those who like it. The army men will be wanting it some of these days.” He referred to the organis... ...riend of his father’s, admission for us both to the spectacle of volunteer officers fighting the war game in Caxton Hall. We developed a war game of o... ...self human, mor- tal and human in the sight of all the world, the pleasant officers we had imagined would change to wonderful heroes at the first crac... ...me those uneasinesses that had been aroused in me for the first time by my continental journey with Willersley and by Meredith’s “One of Our Conqueror...

...husband is the third son of old Mr. O’More of Ballymakilty, and was in the army.’ ‘Oh! the half-pay officer with the twelve children in the cottage on... ... was a grand spectacle, when Mr. Dusautoy looked in on Mrs. Kendal and her staff, armed with their yard-wands. A pile of calico was heaped in wild mas... ...man too. Old Mr. Pringle’s nephew it was, a very fine young officer in the army. I want you to ask papa if it is true. Nurse says that he wrote to mak... ...n. He knew 151 The Young Step-Mother that Mr. Pringle had a nephew in the army, he recollected that he had made a figure in Maria’s letters to India;... ... he has not a word of objection to make except the old story about married officers.’ ‘And who is she, Fred?’ ‘Oh, mamma, there you are!’ and Lucy joi... ...e are those that think her the best part of the hunt; they say the English officers at Ochlochtimore would never think it worth coming out but for her... ...ith his narrow sphere; she had even known him to hesitate to ride with the staff at a review, lest he should make himself liable to repinings. And now... ...st, and taking his obedient pupil-wife through a course of lectures on the continental galleries of art; and his deter- mined singleness of aim prevai... ...oly words all was peace. The Psalm of the Good Shep- herd with the Rod and Staff in the Valley of the Shadow of Death, recurred so strongly to Maurice...

...urt, a young fellow just turned twenty-three, who was “connected with” the staff of the great brokerage firm of Gretry, Converse and Co. He was astoni... ...nd forth, furious quarrels broke out between hansom drivers and the police officers, steaming horses with jingling bits, their backs covered with dark... ...ies, he set his feet toward conquest, and mingled with the marchings of an army that surged forever forward and back; now in mer- ciless assault, beat... ...liance of a multitude of lights. From each street doorway was pour- ing an army of “shoppers,” women for the most part; and these—since the store cate... ...n eddy spinning outward from the middle of its turmoil, a dozen bourses of continental Europe clamoured with panic, a dozen Old-World banks, firm as t... ...ita- bly dressed in blue serge, a quill tooth-pick behind his ear, a Grand Army button in his lapel. He and Jadwin were intimates. The two had come to... ...e traders began slowly to leave 83 Frank Norris the Pit. One of the floor officers, an old fellow in uniform and vizored cap, appeared, gently should... ...y, and I saw Mr. Corthell’s name on the list of Ameri- can arrivals at the Continental. I guess,” she added, “he’s going to be gone a long time. I won... ...tion: “I have a pass. Will you let me through, please?” Luckily one of the officers heard her. He bore down heavily with all the mass of his two hundr...

...an, carried by three men, her hair across her face and brandishing a green staff. Next this group an old careworn man in blue canvas maintained his pl... ...trog and Lincoln close beside him, a little in advance of a group of minor officers. A broader lower stage surrounded this quarter deck, and on this w... ...Wind Vane Control. Amongst others there were several of the more prominent officers of the Food Trust; the controller of the European 121 H G Wells P... ..., may remember it—an emotional religious organisation called the Salvation Army—that became a business company. In the first place it was almost a cha... ... the earliest properties your Trustees acquired. They bought the Salvation Army and reconstructed it as this. The idea in the first place was to give ... ...was ready, and so were the aeroplanes. We expected a little trouble in the continental cities, and in America. But things are very quiet in America. T... ...is to be his chief minister; is authorised to remove or rein- state public officers—all patronage will be in his hands. All patronage in the hands of ...

...he found she must betake herself to an elder race if she wanted a reliable staff of voices; and some young men and women showing themselves willing, a... ..., and on the other conferred inestimable obligations on the ecclesiastical staff by exhibitions of his microscope and of some of the ornamental sports... ...ad, and the tradesmen forgot their customers in the excitement of electing officers. Averil thought it very officious of Mrs. Pugh to collect a ro- ma... ...to be most wretched, nor would he perceive the vast difference between the staff of the middle school and of the private commercial academy. He eviden... ...- sions into the States, and acquired such impressions as high- bred young officers were apt to bring home from a superfi- cial view of them. Thus for... ... where they were to go, this gave the direction. Aubrey rushed to borrow a continental Bradshaw from Dr. Spencer, and the plan rapidly took form; with... ...nch invasions, and when Mordaunt Muller had been en- rolled in the Federal army, she had almost offended the ex- ultant sister by condolence instead o... ...en, at the urgent summons of Government, he too had gone forth to join the army. Cora was advised to return to her friends at New York, but she declar... ... gave the details from the papers on the doings of Henry’s division of the army. ‘Will Henry let me be with them?’ said Leonard, musingly. ‘They will ...

...Harold, if not Arghouse and Eustace into the bargain. They meant to have a Staffordshire man down to act as foreman and put things on a better footing... ...is horrid Hydriot Company, of which they would be the certain victims? The Staffordshire man came, and the former workmen looked very bitter on him. A... ... sometimes sat an hour with his friend. Mr. Crosse’s curate had kindred in Staffordshire, and of- fered to exchange a couple of Sundays with Mr. Benja... ...in were alone, but when they were going to meet Mr. T racy and some of the officers to whom he had introduced them. On one of these October days, when... ...nce failed with him, there was no other re- straint. Since he had left the army, he had been drawn, by those evil geniuses of his, deep into speculati... ...and Dermot repaired, through curious expe- riences and recognitions of old army and London friends of Dermot’s, now diggers or mounted police. Save fo... ...I did not take this magnificent compliment as if I had been of the courtly continental blood of him who made it: it made me hot and sheepish, yet even...

...ave up his hopes of university honours, and obtained a commis- sion in the army. 22 The Heir of Redclyffe On hearing this, Sir Guy started forward: ‘... ...that is the deserving action which got him the baronetcy! He served in the army a good many years, and came home when he thought his sins would be for... ... at home on every subject; and that he is the right thing with his brother officers is sufficiently proved, since not even Maurice either hates or qui... ... Colonel Deane was very anxious; and it was plain that in the interval the officers would be allowed little lei- sure. The whole affair was to end wit... ...ed it very fortunate that he had a different plan to recommend. One of the officers of his regiment had lately had staying with him a brother who had ... ...y did you?’ ‘I did not put myself in any peril about them. I had my trusty staff, you know.’ ‘I am glad I did not guess what you were doing. I thought... ... the little treasures that she and her hus- band had enjoyed buying in the continental towns, as pre- sents for the home party. All this, for which sh... ...at he was doing about it, and when he should take measures for leaving the army, or ob- taining a renewal of the baronetcy. Anxiety made him look dail... ...sking the permission of his compan- ion, unshaken in allegiance though the staff might be broken, and the book drowned deeper than did ever plummet so...

...s if I was seventeen, at least. And then she told me grand gentle- men and officers didn’t care what nonsense they talked. You know she didn’t know hi... ...’ ‘No; he and Arthur are lingering at luncheon, talking about the Austrian army. When did you hear about this?’ 225 Yonge ‘ As soon as I came in. He ... ... of it.” I cannot make him out; he must be a relation, or one of the other officers. Violet did not know he was there, and came in with the baby in he... ...uld never dare to show himself. He went, as he told Emma, to seek for some continental convent, where perhaps be might be received as a boarder, and g... ...f his influence in a project of which Arthur began to talk, of leaving the army and estab- lishing himself at Boulogne. Though by rigid economy and se... ..., for it was difficult to keep up a correspondence between Barbuda and the continental towns whither he was journeying. His last letter had spoken of ... ...fahrt sondern theils eine kampfes, theils eine Pilger-weise.” I took up my staff, at first, I own, in hopes of winning you—’ ‘You did not persevere me... ...een guided to comfort,—there had her hand been taught to clasp the rod and staff, that had led her safe through the shadow, well-nigh of death. How wo... ...Arthur, turning gratefully to his father. ‘I should be glad to give up the army and live at home— there is nothing I should like better; but the point...

...hich would have done honour to Napoleon Bonaparte in addressing the French army.’ 49 Charles Dickens ‘And pray,’ asked Mr Pecksniff, obviously not qu... ... could I expect in such an atmosphere as this!’ ‘Don’t direct your halfpay-officers’ gaze at me, ma’am, if you please,’ interposed Miss Charity; ‘for ... ...iley intimated that he thought of going either into top-boots, or into the army. ‘Into the army!’ cried the young ladies, with a laugh. ‘Ah!’ said Bai... ...icered the Ameri- can militia must be; and wondering very much whether the officers commanded each other; or if they did not, where on earth the priva... ... Mr Jonas,’ replied Pecksniff, with moistening eyes. ‘My dear Cherry’s; my staff, my scrip, my treasure, Mr Jonas. A hard struggle, but it is in the n... ...is blessed in his children—in one of them, at any rate. The prudent Cherry—staff and scrip, and treasure of her doting father—there she sits, at a lit... ...n Chuzzlewit society, and by the gallant defenders of their country in the army and navy, but particularly the former. The least of their stories had ... ...s I tell my friend, the beehive, the beehive. You projected a short little continental trip, my dear friend, of course?’ Jonas maintained a dogged sil... ... glance at the resolute face, the watchful eye, the vigorous hand upon the staff, the triumphant purpose in the figure, and such a light broke in on T...

...4 5:25 PM Page i List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii–xiv Preface xv 1. “WE HAVE SOME PLANES” 1 1.1 Inside t... ...25 PM Page xi Final FM.1pp 7/17/04 5:25 PM Page xii Joanne M.Accolla Staff Assistant Alexis Albion Professional Staff Member Scott H.Allan, Jr. ... ....Allan, Jr. Counsel John A. Azzarello Counsel Caroline Barnes Professional Staff Member Warren Bass Professional Staff Member Ann M. Bennett Informati... ...ey Air Force Base Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS) NORAD Headquarters Continental Aerospace Command Region (CONR) Cleveland Center Indianapolis ... ...ld need time to arm the fighters and organize crews. NEADS reported to the Continental U.S. NORAD Region (CONR) headquarters, in Panama City, Florida,... ...eneral Larry Arnold, commanding general of the First Air Force and NORAD’s Continental Region. Marr sought authorization to scramble the Otis fighters... ...nted document condemned the Saudi monarchy for allowing the presence of an army of infidels in a land with the sites most sacred to Islam, and celebra... ...d States rushed out of Somalia in shame and dis- grace.” Citing the Soviet army’s withdrawal from Afghanistan as proof that a ragged army of dedicated... ... international jihad con- federation. In Sudan, he established an “Islamic Army Shura” that was to serve as the coordinating body for the consortium o...

...CONTENTS List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii?xiv Preface xv 1. ?WE HAVE SOME PLANES? 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of Wa...

...ge to be treated of in two volumes in such way as to do justice to all the officers and men engaged. There were thousands of instances, during the reb... ...Grant, and his younger brother, Solomon, held com- missions in the English army, in 1756, in the war against the French and Indians. Both were killed ... ...of Concord and Lexington, he went with a Connecti- cut company to join the Continental army, and was present at the battle of Bunker Hill. He served u... ...nd Lexington, he went with a Connecti- cut company to join the Continental army, and was present at the battle of Bunker Hill. He served until the fal... ...regi- ment if all had been men capable of bearing arms—furnished the Union army four general officers and one colonel, West Point graduates, and nine ... ...had been men capable of bearing arms—furnished the Union army four general officers and one colonel, West Point graduates, and nine generals and field... ...d did not vacate their regimental commis- sions until their regimental and staff commissions were for the same grades. Generally lieutenants were appo... ...nerally lieutenants were appointed to captaincies to fill vacancies in the staff corps. If they should reach a captaincy in the line before they arriv... ...uld reach a captaincy in the line before they arrived at a majority in the staff, they would elect which commission they would retain. In the 4th infa...

...oun- try. He is the well-known Prince Bolkonski who had to retire from the army under the late Emperor, and was nicknamed ‘the King of Prussia.’ He is... ...war for freedom I could understand it and should be the first to enter the army; but to help England and Austria against the greatest man in the world... ...ly hair and light-blue eyes. He was about twenty-five. Like all in- fantry officers he wore no mustache, so that his mouth, the most striking feature ... ...with the rank of cornet. He received, however, no appointment to Kutuzov’s staff despite all Anna Mikhaylovna’s endeavors and entreaties. Soon after A... ...under their thick long lashes watched her cousin who was going to join the army , with such passionate girlish adoration that her smile could not for ... ...t. This was Prince Bolkonski. Beside him was his comrade Nesvitski, a tall staff officer, extremely stout, with a kindly, smiling, hand- some face and... ...kov. “All right. They are good fellows. And how have you wriggled onto the staff?” “I was attached; I’m on duty.” Both were silent. “She let the hawk ... ...re the wrongs inflicted on the Duke of Oldenburg, the nonobservance of the Continental System, the ambition of Napoleon, the firmness of Alexander, th... ... to produce that movement and war: reproaches for the nonobservance of the Continental System, the Duke of Oldenburg’s wrongs, the movement of troops ...

...these forces-millions of men, reckoning those transporting and feeding the army-moved from the west eastwards to the Rus- sian frontier, toward which ... ...re the wrongs inflicted on the Duke of Oldenburg, the nonobservance of the Continental System, the ambition of Napoleon, the firmness of Alexander, th... ...the violence done to him; to businessmen that the cause of the way was the Continental System which was ruining Europe; to the generals and old soldie... ...private also refused, there would have been so many less men in Napoleon’s army and the war could 5 Tolstoy not have occurred. Had Napoleon not taken... ... to produce that movement and war: reproaches for the nonobservance of the Continental System, the Duke of Oldenburg’s wrongs, the movement of troops ... ...t want war and would always love and honor him— yet he set off to join his army, and at every station gave fresh orders to accelerate the movement of ... ...ef. So Prince Andrew, having received an appointment on the head- quarters staff, left for Turkey. Prince Andrew did not think it proper to write and ... ... familiar. As a general on duty 32 War and Peace – Book Nine on Kutuzov’s staff, he applied himself to business with zeal and perseverance and surpri... ... deci- sion as to his employment, but asked him meanwhile to remain on his staff. Anatole Kuragin, whom Prince Andrew had hoped to find with the army,...

...a Ford....................313 Bivouac on a Mountain Side..............313 An Army Corps on the March...........314 By the Bivouac’s Fitful Flame......... ...justify me and answer what I am for, But you, a new brood, native, athletic, continental, greater than before known, Arouse! for you must justify me. ... ...me. I go hunting polar furs and the seal, leaping chasms with a pike pointed staff, clinging to topples of brittle and blue. I ascend to the foretruck... ...ourney, (come listen all!) My signs are a rain proof coat, good shoes, and a staff cut from the woods, No friend of mine takes his ease in my chair, I... ...nese man or woman! you liver in Madagascar, Ceylon, Sumatra, Borneo! All you continentals of Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, indifferent of place! Al... ...laster, balcony, window, turret, porch, Hoe, rake, pitchfork, pencil, wagon, staff, saw, jack plane, mallet, wedge, rounce, Chair, tub, hoop, table, w... ...Nebraska, from Arkansas, Central inland race are we, from Missouri, with the continental blood intervein’d, All the hands of comrades clasping, all th... ...reak call—hark! how loud and clear I hear it wind, Swift! to the head of the army!—swift! spring to your places, Pioneers! O pioneers! TO Y OU Wh... ...talk I remember all, I remember the Declaration, It was read here, the whole army paraded, it was read to us here, By his staff surrounded the General...

...f to Richard’s good breeding). Well, no sir. At least, 35 GB Shaw only an army chaplain. (Showing the handcuffs.) I’m sorry, air; but duty— RICHARD. ... ...wait any longer for him. SWINDON (keeping his temper with difficulty). The staff is perfectly ready, sir. They have been waiting your convenience for ... ... half an hour. Perfectly ready, sir. BURGOYNE (blandly). So am I. (Several officers come in and take their seats. One of them sits at the end of the t... ...e officer is a Major General of the Royal Artillery. There are also German officers of the Hessian Rifles, and of German dra- goon and Brunswicker reg... ...ught I had the honor of addressing Gentlemanly Johnny. Sensation among the officers. The sergeant has a narrow escape from a guffaw. BURGOYNE (with ex... ... excuse my saying so. Have you any idea of the average marksmanship of the army of His Majesty King George the Third? If we make you up a firing party... ...th from New York to do: effect a junction at Albany and wipe out the rebel army with our united forces. BURGOYNE (enigmatically). And will you wipe ou... ...s has spread that it is the devil’s disciple and not the minister that the Continentals (so they call Burgoyne’s forces) are about to hang: consequent...

... be extremely hard to hit with any sort of missile. I do not think a large army of under-educated, under-trained, extremely unwilling con- scripts is ... ...er war, when one realised that it had never occurred to our happy-go-lucky Army that it was possible to 9 H. G . Wells make a military use of barbed ... ....) THE BUNTING and the crimson vanish from the streets. Al- ready the vast army of improvised carpenters that the Coro- nation has created set themsel... ...their fiscal ar- rangements, and it was Napoleon’s attempt to strangle the Continental trade with Great Britain that began his downfall. I do not find... ...he coveted goods. Nor do I find, to take another instance, among the hotel staffs of Switzerland and the Riviera—who live almost entirely upon British... ...n army. I believe that the vast masses of men in uniform maintained by the Continental Powers at the present time are enormously overrated as fighting... ...ne or two individual minds, which is the essential charac- teristic of the Continental movement towards the novel of amplitude. While the “Old Wives’ ... ...r. And then, and only then, would he give his attention to the housing and staffing that this reality of books would demand. Being a philosopher and n... ...ments and containing housing for the librarian, assis- tant, custodian and staff could be built for between £4,000 and £5,000, excluding the cost of s...

...es on Life and Letters battlefield among its own dead, in the manner of an army having won a barren victory. It will not know when it is beaten. And p... ...tradesmen? I suppose that there are some very perfect people who allow the Army and Navy Stores to censor their diet. So much merit, however, I imagin... ...in a street, unless, perhaps, he were an enthusiastic officer of a general staff or a popular politician, with a career yet to make. And hardly even t... ...ess of moral and physical misery. Great numbers of soldiers and regimental officers go mad as if by way of protest against the peculiar sanity of a st... ...eness of their character stands them in good stead. But the Japanese grand army has yet another advantage in this nerve-destroying contest, which for ... ...ortionate thoughts to the matter in hand, which was the simplest sort of a Continental holiday. And I am certain that my com- panions, near as they ar... ...anted to go to sea as premium apprentices with a view of being trained for officers. But he gathered that this was not my object. I did not desire to ... ... men who, down there, are sticking to the posts of duty as the engine-room staffs of the Merchant Service have never failed to do. I know very well th... ... affectionate ship-name clung to him even in that Sailors’ Home, where the staff under- stood and liked the sailors (those men without a home) and did...

...larger being, as a soldier marches, a mere unit in the larger being of his army, and serving his army, joyfully into battle. However, it is not to Sch... ...art, the galaxy of the episcopate, the crowning intellectuali- ties of the army, came to these rites, clad in robes and rai- ment that no sane person ... ...of the earnest preoccupation of our judges, bishops, and leaders and great officers of all sorts with re- moter and nobler aims. The kingdom happens t... ...formances in it, they seem to regard it as the culminating flower of their continental Republic—as though the Old World had never heard of shoddy. But... ...y within the reach of every workman, make promotion from the ranks, in the Army, in the Navy, in all business concerns, practicable and natural, and t... ...semination; will always be seeking to replace efficiency by orthodoxy upon staff and management; and, with an unconquerable, uncompromising persistenc... ...ch inefficiency as one finds it in contemporary British activity lies. The officers of the British Army instead of being sedulously picked from the wh... ...d; quasi-public organizations might nominate a certain proportion of their staffs, and organized trade-unions with any claim to skill, a certain propo... ...k of the Col- lege, which will be the especial concern of the Professorial staff, which will “count” in examinations, and I conceive it as occupying t...

...iter had quitted that establishment on a question of tea-ing his assistant staff out of his own pocket, which screw carried the taunt to its bitterest... ...d into his hands. There is no other way in which a business untinged with Continental Vice can be conducted. (It were bootless to add, that if langu... ...nd-hand dealer not far from St. Clement’s Danes, in the Strand,—him as the officers in the Army mostly dispose of their uniforms to, when hard pressed... ...ot far from St. Clement’s Danes, in the Strand,—him as the officers in the Army mostly dispose of their uniforms to, when hard pressed with debts of h... ...enly leaped out of bed. On market-days, some friendly enchanter struck his staff upon the stones of the Great Place, and instantly arose the liveliest... ... the splendid equipage and brazen blast. And now the enchanter struck his staff upon the stones of the Great Place once more, and down went the booth... ... gaiters. The very image and presentment of a Cor- poral of his country’s army, in the line of his shoulders, the line of his waist, the broadest lin... ...rth about him, and if he had been the most obstinate Corporal in the Grand Army of France, instead of being the most obliging, he could not have plant...

...son and Oliver. On his arrival in Philadelphia he was chosen a member of the Continental Congress and in 1777 he was dispatched to France as commissio... ...d with arms, formed themselves into companies and regiments, chose their own officers, and met every week to be instructed in the manual exercise, and... ...ompanies, painted with dif ferent devices and mottos, which I supplied. The officers of the companies composing the Philadelphia regiment, being met,... ...f America as his comptroller in regulating several offices, and bringing the officers to account, I was, upon his death in 1753, appointed, jointly wi... ...and the remainder to be paid by General Braddock, or by the paymaster of the army, at the time of their discharge, or from time to time, as it shall b... ...s sary for the subsistence of the horses, is to be taken for the use of the army, and a reasonable price paid for the same. “Note.—My son, William Fr... ...r and gold of the king’s money. “The service will be light and easy, for the army will scarce march above twelve miles per day, and the waggons and ba... ... us, the captain ordered all hands to come aft, and stand as near the ensign staff as possible. We were, passengers included, about forty persons. Whi... ...hosen a delegate to the Sec The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 160 ond Continental Congress; placed on the committee of se cret correspondence;...

...ar as I could see, there was no analogy between the two cases. In India an army had mutinied, and that an army com- posed of a subdued, if not a servi... ... any sympathy shown by us to insurgent negroes. But, nevertheless, had the army which mutinied in India been in possession of ports and sea-board; had... ..., one after another, com- plaining of the contractors who were robbing the army, of the commanders who did not know how to command the army, and of th... ...er francs and shil- lings which disgrace, in Europe, many English and many continental inns. All this is, as must be admitted, great praise; and yet I... ...States, in this respect, are not all alike, the modes of election of their officers, and periods of service, being different. Even the franchise is di... ...on, that in settling himself for life it is better for a man to set up his staff in Canada than in the States. “I do not know that we are richer,” a C... ...ut when the child has become a man, let him lean no longer on his father’s staff. The argument is, I think, very good; but it proves not that we are r... ... House, in the town on the other side. I now think that I should set up my staff on the American side, if I went again. My advice on the subject to an... ...eet I extend my custom on a different system; and when I make my start for continental life I have with him a matter of unsettled business to a consid...

...’s house. ‘First, the young chap’s to be sent into the Navy; then it’s the Army; then he’s to be a judge, and sit on criminals; then he goes out to hi... ...ountry gentlemen of the neighbourhood, with light minds: and also by small officers: subalterns wishing to do tender execution upon man’s fair enemy, ... ...im. He courteously declined. They then attacked the married Marine—Navy or Army being quite indifferent to them as long as they could win for their br... ...litia sword, if you got a commission.’ ‘I have rather given up hope of the Army,’ said Evan. Mrs. Mel requested him to tell her what a colonel’s full ... ...as tempting to a tradesman. “No,” says Mel; like a chap planting his flag- staff and sticking to it. I believe that to get her to go with him, Burley ... ...ly obsequious! I am not telling you to pass the line. The contrary. But we continentals have our grievous reputation because we dare to meet as intell... ...yet I doubt not you think the smallest of our landed gentry equal to great continental seigneurs. I do not say the contrary.’ ‘You will fill Evan’s he...

...nature to perform. it. He came for the purpose of obtaining Miss Adister’s Continental address; to gather what he could of her from her relatives, and... ...fle intermixed; I fancy it’s we with him and with me when we’re talking of army or navy,’ said Patrick. ‘But Captain Con’s a bit of a politician: a po... ...so has Philip: though the worst is, they’re likely to drive him out of the army into politics and Parliament; and an Irishman there is a barrow trolli... ...iarly about his family, and his estate, and his brother’s prospects in the army, and whither he intended first to direct his travels: questions which ... ...tale. And what are you now? A paltry cap- tain of hussars on the General’s staff! One O’Donnell in a thousand! And what is she?—you needn’t frown, Phi... ...n,’ said Philip. ‘I repeat my words, Captain Philip O’Donnell, late of the staff of the General commanding in Canada.’ ‘The Irishman too has an island... ... the soil! Irishmen are better out of Europe, unless they enter one of the Continental services.’ ‘What is it Con O’Donnell proposes to you?’ Patrick ... ...iving into it. I like my comrades-in-arms, I like the character of British officers, and the men too—I get on well with them. I declare to you, Patric... ...lly difficult to them shows an affinity with the type. Do you perchance, O continental observers of the race, 119 George Meredith call it hypocritica...

...e Chamber of Congress Hall in Philadelphia on March 4, the date fixed by the Continental Congress for inaugurations. Before an assembly of Congressmen... ...ental Congress for inaugurations. Before an assembly of Congressmen, Cabinet officers, j udges of the federal and district courts, foreign officials, ... ... enabled us to discontinue our internal taxes. These, covering our land with officers and opening our doors to their intrusions, had already begun tha... ...d not been inconvenient, it was because their amount would not have paid the officers who col lected them, and because, if they had any merit, the St... ...circumstances. Of the virtue of the people and of the heroic exploits of the Army, the Navy, and the militia I need not speak. Such, then, is the happ... ...inst these dangers our coast and in land frontiers should be fortified, our Army and Navy, regulated upon just principles as to the force of each, be... ...ciency the military force; to improve the organization and discipline of the Army; to provide and sustain a school of military science; to ex tend eq... ... turning point, a moment for hard decisions. I have asked the Cabinet and my staff a question, and now I put the same question to all of you: If not u...

...ance, an improved tone of public feeling calls for a gradual mitigation of army punishments, the quarrel becomes instantly an intellectual one: and mu... ... the case, none of which, in the common vernacu- lar versions (English and Continental), is at all intelligible. The elements in the case are three: t... ...Egypt were more than swallowed up by the pay and maintenance of the French army. What could the Mamelukes have done worse? Hence it had be- *We have n... ...ebruary he slept at the Arimathea of the Gospel. In a day or two after his army was before Jaffa, (the Joppa of the Crusaders,)—a weak place, but of s... ...which the commander-in-chief presided, assisted (as Napoleon) by his whole staff. Many of the officers were strongly for having the whole put to death... ...-in-chief presided, assisted (as Napoleon) by his whole staff. Many of the officers were strongly for having the whole put to death: they used the ver... ...bout the proper course: ‘massacre without mercy’ was his proposal. But his officers thought otherwise: they were brave men; ‘and,’ says Robertson, ‘th... ...m Great Britain, its annual bal- ance-sheet, by comparison with those from continental Eu- rope, would show a large excess. At the time of hearing thi... ...st in princes, nor in the sons of princes,’—rang for ever in his ear. Lord Stafford’s blood lay like a curse upon his throne. Now, by what a pointed a...

... But of that hereafter. Meantime, Hannah, she upon whom I leaned as upon a staff in all which respected her mistress, ran up stairs, after I had spoke... ...uld not reassemble until eight o’clock in the evening. Some clerks only or officers of the court remained, who were too much harassed by applications ... ...and unconditional. To argue the point was manifestly idle; the subordinate officers had no discretion in the mat- ter; nor, in fact, had any other off... ...er situation exposes her.’ They went on to make some sugges- tions for the officers of the court in preparing the arrange- ments for the trial, and so... ...Mine at least, weary nobody; which is more than can be always said for the continental versions. On a night in the year 1592, (but which night is a se... ...ral, had a right to expect. This ship was full of recruits for the Spanish army, and bound to Concepcion. Even in that destiny was an iteration, or re... ...in bearing away the recovered standard. She rode up to the general and his staff; she dismounted; she rendered up her prize; and fainted away, much le... ... obliged to do such things. Besides all these grounds of evil, the Spanish army had just there an extra demoralization from a war with sav- ages—faith... ...ng a man. That word ‘kill’ is sprinkled *Alferez. This rank in the Spanish army is, or was, on a level with the modern sous-lieutenant of France. 101...

...ntly.’ The son, still more gallantly continuing the tradition, entered the army, loaded himself with debt, was forced to sell out, took refuge in the ... ...e. King T om knew every inch of the Mediterranean, and was a terror to the officers of the watch. He would come on deck at night; and with his broad S... ...irthday, they were, the mother writes, ‘in great anxiety for news from the army. You can have no idea what it is to live in a country where such a str... ...the city. But they had friends and interests; even the captain had English officers to keep him company, for Lord Hardwicke’s ship, the vengeance, lay... ... pense.’ With the end of that time, peace was restored. On Tuesday morning officers with white flags appeared on the bastions; then, regiment by regim... ...nd wave their arms like giants; sheep in the distance are somewhat like an army; a little boat on the river-side must look much the same whether encha... ...hildren, and grand vizier, and magistrate, and on his Highness’s household staff, and seems to be one of those Scotch adventurers one meets with and h... ...uave breeches and a fez, a few narghilehs and a sprinkling of the ordinary continental shopboys. – In the evening I tried one more walk in Syra with A... ...neration that saw it launched. ‘JUNE 17, 1869. – Here are the names of our staff in whom I expect you to be interested, as future Great Eastern storie...

... cordon of sentries posted to keep a clear passage for the Emperor and his staff had great difficulty in keeping back the eager humming swarm of human... ...ome ten paces behind the rest of the horses in readiness for the Emperor’s staff. The young officer placed the father and daughter in front of the cro... ...combat, was framed by the majestic towering walls of the T uileries, which officers and men seemed to rival in their immobility. Involuntarily the spe... ...rked him out amid the variegated multitude as one of the Emperor’s orderly staff-officers. His gold lace glit- tered in the sunshine which lighted up ... ...im out amid the variegated multitude as one of the Emperor’s orderly staff-officers. His gold lace glit- tered in the sunshine which lighted up the ai... ...on, after a pause. “I know what soldiers are, my Julie; I have been in the army. In a man of that kind, love very seldom gets the better of old habits... ...t in France in those troublous days; for it was so unlikely that a foreign army should trouble its quiet that Touraine might be said to defy invasion.... ...s where their presence was supposed to be inimical to the interests of the Continental Policy. The young man, who was taking the tedium of the early m... ...farm where he had lived so happily for so long. His three sons were in the army, and each of the lads had risen in proportion to his time of service. ...

...senchant are alike portentous. The circumstances of the blasted heath, the army at a distance, the withered attire of the mysterious hags, and the cho... ...TE 22. Apartment is here used, as the reader will observe, in its true and continental acceptation, as a division or compartment of a house including ... ...ter it a line of golden associations.” Yes, and the burglar, who leaves an army-tailor’s after a midnight visit, trails after him perhaps a long roll ... ...gestions, but originally on occasion of a French theatre, supported by the staff of the French army when quar- tered in the same city. Latin was gathe... ...ally on occasion of a French theatre, supported by the staff of the French army when quar- tered in the same city. Latin was gathered in a random way ... ...rs in Frankfort; and the Comte Thorane, who held a high appointment on the staff, settled himself for a long period of time in the spacious mansion of... ...n and for- bearance. He was indeed a favorable specimen of French military officers under the old system; well bred, not arro- gant, well informed, an...

...at farm, I’ve been there. It’s got a rope walk and a candle factory and an army. Standing army. Infantry and cavalry. Three soldier and a horse. Aleck... ... wind! Turn thy force 77 Mark Twain loose like a tempest, and roll on thy army like a whirlwind, over this mountain of trouble and confusion. Oh frie... ...tittle of my promise to you; what is death to me? what is all this warlike army, if it is not to win a victory? I love the sleep of the lover and the ... ...nd Other Stories 158 privates and twenty commissioned and non commissioned officers; certainly one of the most fiery and dazzling and eloquent sights ... ...lineage call for it once more, and once more it issues from some London or Continental or American press, and runs a new course around the globe, waft... ...t one time or another in their lives, have served for a year or two on the staffs of our multitudinous governors, and through that fatality have been ...

...hout a question, even from his chief officer. He has the power to turn his officers off duty, and even to break them and make them do duty as sailor... ... the snatches between the frequent squalls upon crossing the equator. Some officers have been so driven to find work for the crew in a ship ready fo... ...s ‘‘not of the stuff that they make ’lors of.’’ He was one of that class of officers who are disliked by their captain and despised by the crew. He u... ...’ for craw fish. For this purpose, we procured a pair of grains, with a long staff like a harpoon, and making torches with tarred rope twisted round a... ...have some wealthy mercantile houses. It is noticeable that European Continental fashions prevail generally in this city,—French cooking, lu... ...ate of Americans, in favor of the retention in office of an officer of our army who was wounded at San Pazqual and whom some wretched caucus was goi... ... it, of joining the steamer or signing a parole of honor not to serve in the army or navy of the United States. Thank God no one accepted the former o...

...the phalanxes, Shouting to their companions from rank to rank.” When the army of the T rojans passed the night under arms, keeping watch lest the en... ...not to have got their swaddling clothes off; they are slower than a Roman army in its march, the rear camping to night where the van camped last nigh... ...ugh within sight of his Lowell, put to pilgrim’s shifts, and soon comes to staff and scrip and scallop shell. We, too, who held the middle of the stre... ... Indi ans on the 18th of April, 1725. He was the son of “an ensign in the army of Oliver Cromwell, who came to this country, and settled at Dunstable... ...or constable it may be, he is not a whit superior to his prison key or his staff. Herein is the tragedy; that men doing outrage to their proper nature... ...my back which held a few traveller’s books and a change of clothing, and a staff in my hand. I had that morning looked down from the Hoosack Mountain,... ...avid M’Clary, also citizens of Londonderry, were “distinguished and brave” officers.—”Major Andrew M’Clary, a native of this town [Epsom], fell at the... ... of pure melody, we easily come to reverence him. Passing over the earlier continental poets, since we are bound to the pleasant archipelago of Englis...

...l set by the barbarian of the quasi-peaceable nomadic culture. Some of the Continental countries afford good illustrations of this spiritual survival.... .... The quasi-peaceable gentleman of leisure, then, not only consumes of the staff of life beyond the minimum required for subsistence and physical effi... ... or romantic ideal occur freely in the tastes of the well-to-do classes of Continental coun- tries. In modern communities which have reached the highe... ...st exclusively among that class. The exceptions are (1) military and naval officers who are ordinarily members of the leisure class, and who are at th... ...re, may be cited that branch of the church militant known as the Salvation Army. This is to some extent recruited from the lower-class delinquents, an... ...om the lower-class delinquents, and it appears to comprise also, among its officers especially, a larger proportion of men with a sporting record than...

...he usual materi- als: travellers on business, and travellers for pleasure; officers from India on leave; merchants in the Greek and Turkey trades; a c... ...ssed so much, and at his time of life should look so far about him for any staff to bear him com- pany upon his downward journey and cheer it, was a j... ...n! if I was to lose the support and recognition of Chivery and his brother officers, I might starve to death here.’ While he spoke, he was opening and... ... to give me his—his own opinion. Cap- tain Martin (highly respected in the army) then unhesitatingly said that it appeared to him that his—hem!—sister... ... of pickled salmon was ill for weeks and that Mr F. and myself went upon a continental tour to Calais where the people fought for us on the pier until... ...king to that post was a Barnacle. No intrepid navigator could plant a flag-staff upon any spot of earth, and take possession of it in the British name... ...hich he supposed to be a failure, he gave them ‘Mr Chivery and his brother officers;’ whom he had beforehand presented with ten pounds each, and who w...

...he usual materi- als: travellers on business, and travellers for pleasure; officers from India on leave; merchants in the Greek and Turkey trades; a c... ...ssed so much, and at his time of life should look so far about him for any staff to bear him com- pany upon his downward journey and cheer it, was a j... ...n! if I was to lose the support and recognition of Chivery and his brother officers, I might starve to death here.’ While he spoke, he was opening and... ... to give me his—his own opinion. Cap- tain Martin (highly respected in the army) then unhesitatingly said that it appeared to him that his—hem!—sister... ... of pickled salmon was ill for weeks and that Mr F. and myself went upon a continental tour to Calais where the people fought for us on the pier until... ...king to that post was a Barnacle. No intrepid navigator could plant a flag-staff upon any spot of earth, and take possession of it in the British name... ...de on foot, in his broad-brimmed hat and round jacket, carrying a mountain staff or two upon his shoulder, with whom another guide conversed. There wa... ...hing for doing it. Whether it would be more agree- able to Edmund than the army, remained to be seen. Thus the Bosom; accomplished in the art of seemi... ...ntervening country, bristling with custom-houses, garrisoned by an immense army of shabby mendicants in uniform who incessantly repeated the Beggar’s ...

...e!” and finally pushing them all aside to open the journal of his youthful Continental travels. “Look here—here is all about Greece. Rhamnus, the ruin... ... evening when the important guest was gone to Loamford to see some brother officers stationed there. “Y ou really look so absent sometimes—you seem to... ...treat. Here is an en- graving of the Duke of W ellington surrounded by his staff on the Field of W aterloo; and notwithstanding recent events which ha... ...ale’s wholesome corrections. “Oh, he has not the style of a captain in the army, or that sort of carriage as if everybody was beneath him, or that sho... ...you have your own way in taking to medicine. Y ou might have gone into the army or the Church. Y our money would have held out for that, and there wou...