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The conqueror is always a lover of peace; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed. -- Karl von Clausewitz |
1889-1895 Captain Leonard G. Shepard, USRCS, Chief, Revenue Marine Division(223 total words in this text)(4559 Reads) During his tenure as Chief of the service, Shepard was very concerned with personnel issues. Foremost among these was the stagnation of the officer corps. So many officers, some over the age of 80, filled the higher levels of command there were almost no opportunities for junior officer advancement. This meant that officers were often past their prime before they ever had the opportunity to command. As such, Shepard fought for the passage of HR 6723. This bill created a medical board that examined senior officers and eliminated those not fit to command. Though this was not a permanent solution, it did initially clear a number of senior billets. This reinstated upward mobility and revitalized the officer corps. Shepard also worked toward material improvement of the fleet. As a result, a number of modern cutters were constructed and commissioned. While he was still in office, however, Shepard contracted pneumonia and he died in Washington, DC on 1 March 1895. |
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Admiral David Farragut captures New Orleans a day after his fleet successfully sailed past two Confederate forts on the Mississippi River.
1864: For the second time in a week, a Confederate force captures a Union wagon train trying to supply the Federal force at Camden, Arkansas. 1898: The United States declares war on Spain. 1915: Australian and New Zealand troops land at Gallipoli in Turkey. 1945: Eight Russian armies completely encircle Berlin, linking up with the U.S. First Army patrol, first on the western bank of the Elbe, then later at Torgau. Germany is, for all intents and purposes, Allied territory. 1952: After a three day fight against Chinese Communist Forces, the Gloucestershire Regiment is annihilated on "Gloucester Hill," in Korea. 1972: Hanois 320th Division drives 5,000 South Vietnamese troops into retreat and traps about 2,500 others in a border outpost northwest of Kontum in the Central Highlands. |