... styles of [women's] dress necessitated by the exigencies ofwar gave the crowd a very striking appearance. In singlesuits I saw sleeves of one color, the waist of another, the skirt of another; ... whilemingled with the gurgle ofthe water round the raft beneath was the boom of cannon in the air, solemnlybreaking the silence of night. It drizzled now and then, and the mosquitos swarmed over ... up to the bank out ofthe way of passing gunboats, but they took no notice of us. When we got thirsty,it was found that Max had set the jug of water in the shade of a tree and left it there....
... driven them off the field; for there were but 26,000 of them when the fight commenced. To make the matter worse, a large part of this force the First and FifthCorps stood with arms in their hands, ... Hill, were, prior to the war, officers in the regiment to which I belonged. As commander ofthe Defences of Washington in the spring of 1862, I was, owing to the nature of my duties, brought ... Asthrough their manifold offences in the way of starving our prisoners, etc., the rebel President and his cabinetwere afraid of reprisals, there was great dismay at the weakness ofthe garrison there,...
... betokened to be the captain of a vessel. They were talking ofthe war, and ofthe probability ofthe Scottish army taking part in it. The fishermen were all ofthe popular party; but the captain, ... sale of them to the soldiers andservants ofthe officers."I should like," he said to the man to whom he disposed ofthe last ofthe contents of his basket, "to catch asight ofthe ... family name ofthe earl. Two or three ofthe men spoke together, and Harrythought that there was some comprehension of his meaning. Then he read aloud the addresses ofthe letters,and the exclamations...
... abuse their office andinfluence to the injury ofthe laws and peace ofthe country. The elimination ofthe Christian teachers of the Negro race, and the prevention ofthe immigration of workers ... as their peculiar needs demanded. In the agricultural sections the first duty ofthe teacher ofthe blacks was to show them how to get their living from the soil. This was the final test of their ... resulting from the proximity of the communities, and to the coöperation ofthe Canadians. The previous experience of most of theseadventurers as sojourners in the free States developed in them such...
... TheMeaningofthe Bits in the Software Configuration Register This section provides more detailed descriptions ofthe significance ofthe bits in the software configuration ... 1 The significance of other important bits in the software configuration register is described in the following paragraphs. Bit 8 ofthe software configuration register controls the console ... they interact during the boot process. As described earlier in the "Boot Field Settings and the Use ofthe Boot Command" section, the boot field setting determines the source of the...
... ruling country with the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) as the leading force ofthe government. Most ofthe public officials are also members ofthe party and the notion ofcivil servant neutrality” ... particularly of training ofcivil servant. The definition of training was provided in the order (ukaz) No. 983 ofthe President of the Russian Federation of 2 September 1997 on “Complete methods for the ... formulating the policies for the reform ofthecivil service in the next 10 years as well as the set of principles to underpin the development of reform policies, followed by a discussion on the approaches...
... during the Cold War. e authors note further that the long war, like the Cold War, “takes time,” and whether looking back on the 40 years ofthe Cold War, or further back to World War I (thus ... example ofthe kinds of parallels that may be drawn between the Cold War and the long war. In this book, the authors draw broad lessons for the current conflict from the Cold War, despite the differences ... Unified Quest), on the topic ofthe long war, all of which have high-lighted the difficulty of producing a single term capable of describing the complex nature ofthe situation facing the United States....
... one ofthe most disgraceful,in the history oftheWarof Secession, in its border phase. The first in the long procession of refugees were those ofthe army of Opoeth-le-yo-ho-la who, after their ... tale of those refugees, of their wanderings, their deprivations, their sufferings, and their wrongs, comparable only to that of the Belgians in the Great European Warof 1914, is one ofthe saddest ... enfeebled, the aged, the weary, and the sick, they had crossed the Cherokee Strip and the OsageReservation and, heading steadily towards the northeast, had finally encamped on the outermost edge of the New...
... and shewent by the name ofthe old war- horse.There was one other vessel of size equal to the Benton, which, being commanded by a son of CommodorePorter, ofthewarof 1812, got the name Essex. ... was devoted to the cause of the Union, but the allegiance ofthe two others, both slave-holding, was very doubtful at the time ofthe outbreak of hostilities. The general course ofthe Mississippi ... the guns ofthe fleet commanded both the narrow exit and the streets ofthe city. Even had there been the means of defence, there was not food for more than a few days.At noon ofthe 25th, the...
... with the slaveowners families and then freeing the slaves so they could join in arms with his party. But there is another side ofthe coin and that is where Dred Scott comes in theCivilWar ... stubborness, the begining oftheCivilWar had started with no casualities but the rifles had been fired, Union against the Confederacy. The north and the south had it's share of loud mouths ... There was quite an uproar on the decision and this made it very impossible not to foresee the coming oftheCivil War. When we look to the past and see that this hunk of rock now known as the...
... the hands of their own countrymen,people that they fought with during the Revolutionary War so that theycould be free ofthe monarchy of British Rule. Now in today'sperspective, we, the ... quite an uproar on the decision and this made it veryimpossible not to foresee the coming oftheCivil War. When we look to the past and see that this hunk of rock now known as the United Stateswas ... But there is another side ofthe coin and that is where Dred Scottcomes in theCivilWar picture. Dred Scott was a slave who was taken toIllinois by his master on a trip and taking notice to the...
... with thewar in Afghanistan, with most ofthe later increase attributable to thewar in Iraq and the continuing cost ofthe occupation in Afghanistan. Appendix Table 1 compares projected the ... structure ofthe Global Insights model, it likely understates the negative impact of military spending relative to other models. The next section of this paper describes the key projections ofthe ... www.cepr.net The Economic Impact ofthe Iraq War and Higher Military Spending 8 By the twentieth year, the number of jobs projected for the high military spending scenario is 673,400 less than in the...
... the RWC, whether and how they have accessed and used any ofthe campaign materials, their perceptions ofthe quality and believability ofthe materials, and an assessment of whether the RWC has ... review ofthe four campaign goals suggests that they are consistent with the Health Belief Model, which serves as the theoretical basis ofthe campaign. e goal of raising awareness about the ... and their family members younger than 65 enrolled in TRI-56 Assessment ofthe Content, Design, and Dissemination ofthe Real Warriors CampaignTable C.6Summary ofthe Familiesa Section of the...
... the technology of the fLiture, the miraculous technology which would come to the rescue of hunianity, society and economy, and cure them of their greatest ills. 1 The Invention of ... of finding something, of contributing a snip of new understanding, of participating in the launch of an idea, of being part of that brotherhood sharing the same obsessions and speaking the ... became a vital part ofthe chemical industry during the war. These three processes were the result ofpre -war studies and had considerable economic impact, especially the production of butanol for...