item: #1 of 20 id: 10629 author: Wilkinson, Spenser title: Britain at Bay date: None words: 42744 flesch: 60 summary: waste, 3,950; less drafts for abroad, 23,000-- leaves 52,050, say 50,000 Regulars, recruits under new conditions 150,000 Mounted troops serving second year 20,000 New reserve 197,331 Paid reserve 120,000 Special reserve 30,000 --------- Total liable for national war 567,334 Territorial force 116,512 --------- 683,846 ========= In the year '04 there would be:-- Old regulars 50,000 Less 5 per cent. 2,500 ------- 47,500 Less drafts 23,000 ------- 24,500 New regulars 175,500 Mounted troops, second year 20,000 --------- 220,000 New reserve 329,000 Paid reserve 120,000 Special reserve may now be dropped --------- Total liable for national war 669,000 Territorial force 116,512 Less 5 per cent. keywords: = =; army; britain; british; case; country; england; europe; fleet; force; germany; government; great; men; nation; national; navy; officers; people; power; right; sea; state; time; training; war; years cache: 10629.txt plain text: 10629.txt item: #2 of 20 id: 11352 author: Bernhardi, Friedrich von title: Germany and the Next War date: None words: 100773 flesch: 55 summary: So long as the Dutch steeled their strength by unremitting conflict with the sea, so long as they fought for religious liberty against the Spanish supremacy, they were a nation of historical importance; now, when they live mainly for money-making and enjoyment, and lead a politically neutral existence, without great ambitions or great wars, their importance has sunk low, and will not rise again until they take a part in the struggle of the civilized nations. 2| -- | 1 ---------+--+-------+--+------+--+-----+--+-------+--+-------+----+----+--- Let us assume that in event of war England as well as France must leave a certain naval force in the Mediterranean, which need not be stronger than the combined Italian and Austrian fleets, but might be smaller, in event of a change in the grouping of the States; let us further assume that numerous cruisers will be detained at the extra-European stations--the fact, however, remains that England and France together can collect against Germany in the North Sea a fleet of battleships alone three times as strong as that of Germany, and will be supported by a vastly superior force of torpedo-vessels and submarines. keywords: army; artillery; attack; cavalry; conditions; country; day; development; duties; duty; empire; enemy; england; english; field; fleet; forces; france; future; general; german; great; hand; history; importance; individual; interests; life; means; military; nation; national; officers; order; peace; people; point; policy; position; power; present; question; right; russia; service; state; strength; struggle; time; training; troops; view; war; world; | | cache: 11352.txt plain text: 11352.txt item: #3 of 20 id: 15158 author: United States. Office of Civil Defense title: In Time of Emergency A Citizen's Handbook on Nuclear Attack, Natural Disasters (1968) date: None words: 20466 flesch: 70 summary: In time of natural disaster 72, 75, 77, 81, 83 In time of nuclear attack 17-18, 32, 34 BROKEN BONES, How to treat 63-65 BURNS, How to treat 65-66 CHECKLIST OF EMERGENCY ACTIONS 6-7 CHILDREN, Special precautions for: Avoiding contaminated water and milk 6, 9, 16 Effects of radiation on children 13, 16 Finding fallout shelter at all times 24 Giving artificial respiration to children 59, 60 Infant supplies to be stored for shelter use 43 Construction of home fallout shelters _see_ PLANS FOR HOME FALLOUT SHELTERS The heart of this system is fallout shelter to protect people from the radioactive fallout that would result from a nuclear attack. keywords: attack; basement; chapter; emergency; fallout; fallout shelter; fire; food; home; material; outside; particles; people; public; radiation; shelter; shielding; supplies; time; use; warning; water cache: 15158.txt plain text: 15158.txt item: #4 of 20 id: 29984 author: Ellis, A. B. (Alfred Burdon) title: The History of the First West India Regiment date: None words: 84097 flesch: 60 summary: Out of the ten Europeans who were under fire, three, namely Lieutenant Wylie, 1st West India Regiment, D.A.C.G. Frith and C.S.M. Scanlan were killed; and three, Lieutenant Vincent, 2nd West India Regiment, Lieutenant-Commander Nicolas, and Mr. Dillet, severely wounded. [Footnote 34: Major Nathaniel Blackwell, 1st West India Regiment, was, by the _Gazette_ of May 24th, 1808, promoted Lieutenant-Colonel of the 4th West India Regiment, for his services at the reduction of the Danish West India Islands. keywords: 1st west; 2nd west; 3rd; advanced; april; army; attack; barbados; british; cape; captain; carolina; carolina regiment; chapter; coast; colonel; command; companies; company; corps; day; december; detachment; enemy; expedition; february; fire; following; footnote; force; fort; french; garrison; general; governor; having; head; india regiment; island; jamaica; january; july; left; leone; lieutenant; major; march; miles; morning; night; officers; party; place; position; quarters; regiments; river; royal; sierra; sir; south; time; town; troops; war; west india; | | cache: 29984.txt plain text: 29984.txt item: #5 of 20 id: 36155 author: Le Queux, William title: The Invasion date: None words: 100371 flesch: 67 summary: Other German troops with guns put in an appearance on the high ground to the north-east of Saffron Walden, near Chesterton Park. Thus the huge population of greater London was practically huddled together in the comparatively small area from Kensington to Fleet Street, and from Oxford Street to the Thames Embankment. keywords: advance; army; artillery; attack; barricades; big; bridge; british; byfield; cavalry; city; close; command; corps; country; day; defence; defenders; direction; east; enemy; england; field; fighting; fire; firing; force; general; german; great; ground; guns; half; hall; hand; high; hill; hour; house; hundreds; infantry; kronhelm; left; line; london; long; lord; men; miles; military; moment; morning; news; night; north; number; o'clock; office; officers; order; park; people; place; position; railway; river; road; shells; soldiers; south; station; street; thousands; time; town; troops; von; war; way; west cache: 36155.txt plain text: 36155.txt item: #6 of 20 id: 36778 author: Surtees, William title: Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade date: None words: 141965 flesch: 59 summary: During the whole of that afternoon, both while the negotiations were pending, and at other times, the American officers were unceasing in their endeavours to induce our soldiers to desert and join their army. An eagle, six pieces of cannon, the General of Division Ruffin, and the General of Brigade Rousseau, wounded and taken; the Chief of the Staff, General Bellegarde, and aide-de-camp of Marshal Victor, and the colonel of the 8th regiment, with many other officers killed, and several wounded and taken prisoners, the field covered with the dead bodies of the enemy, attest that my confidence in this division was nobly repaid. keywords: action; advance; army; artillery; attack; battalion; board; body; bridge; brigade; british; captain; cavalry; close; colonel; company; corps; country; course; day; days; direction; distance; division; doubt; effect; enemy; field; fire; force; french; general; good; ground; half; having; hill; house; left; line; man; march; men; morning; night; number; occasion; officer; order; people; place; point; poor; position; rear; regiment; rifle; river; road; service; set; shot; sir; situation; thing; time; town; troops; village; way cache: 36778.txt plain text: 36778.txt item: #7 of 20 id: 37470 author: Le Queux, William title: The Great War in England in 1897 date: None words: 101883 flesch: 65 summary: Our two new cruisers _Terrible_ and _Powerful_ had been sunk by French torpedoes; the _Hood_ had been rammed by the _Amiral Baudin_, and gone to the bottom with nearly every soul on board; while the German despatch boat _ As our guns thundered, those of the _Jupiter_, _Repulse_, _Sans Pareil_, _Undaunted_, _Orlando_, _Diana_, _Scout_, and _ keywords: 1st; advance; army; artillery; attack; batteries; battery; battle; boats; body; britain; british; buildings; cavalry; city; col; corps; country; cruisers; cut; dark; day; days; death; defence; defenders; direction; effect; enemy; england; fighting; fire; firing; flames; force; french; great; guns; half; hand; hill; hour; houses; hundreds; infantry; invaders; left; life; line; london; loss; man; manchester; men; moment; new; news; night; north; number; officers; old; order; people; place; position; railway; river; road; russian; sea; shells; ships; shot; smoke; south; spread; street; strong; struggle; time; torpedo; town; troops; tsar; v.d; vessels; volunteers; war; way; work cache: 37470.txt plain text: 37470.txt item: #8 of 20 id: 38288 author: Maxwell, George Hebard title: Our National Defense: The Patriotism of Peace date: None words: 72489 flesch: 59 summary: There is very little doubt that the majority of the Japanese on the Pacific Coast are soldiers, veterans of the Japanese wars, and that in case of war Japan could mobilize on our territory between the Pacific Ocean and the inaccessible mountains constituting the Cascade and Sierra Nevada Ranges, more Japanese soldiers who are right now in that territory than we have United States troops in the whole mainland territory of the United States, or will have when our army is enlisted up to its full strength of 100,000 men. CHAPTER V ADAPTABILITY OF SYSTEM FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE 115 Swiss Military System ideal for Switzerland--Not adapted to United States as a whole--Reserve of wage earners impracticable--Their mobilization would cripple industry and cause privation for families--City clerks and factory workers lack physical stamina--A citizen soldiery needed of hardy men like founders of this nation--Anglo-Saxon stock is deteriorating in cities--Only remedy is Homecrofts for workingmen and their families--Otherwise Industry will destroy Humanity--Greatest danger to the City of New York is from within--Racial degeneracy is most serious menace--Patrician class warned against Roman System which resulted in Proscription and Confiscation--The spirit of Switzerland should sway the world--Inadequate Standing Army a serious danger--Invites attack against which it cannot defend--United States Standing Army gives no assurance of national safety. CHAPTER VI MENACE OF ASIATIC COMPETITION AND INVASION 135 Japanese influx into Hawaii and Pacific Coast States--Unexpected incident like blowing up of Maine might precipitate conflict--In that event peace advocates and governments might be powerless to prevent war--Japanese merit the good will of other nations--Reasons why they come to Pacific Coast--Japan is overpopulated--30,000,000 rural people on 12,500,000 acres--Population increasing 1,000,000 annually--More Japanese in California of military age than entire Army of United States--Japanese in South America and Mexico--United States must meet economic competition of Japan--Pacific Coast must be settled with Caucasian population that will cultivate the soil as Japanese would cultivate it if it were their country--Otherwise armed conflict with Japan inevitable. keywords: acres; army; california; coast; colorado river; construction; control; country; danger; defense; flood; force; government; great; homecroft reserve; homecrofters; human; invasion; japanese; labor; land; life; men; mexico; military; national; national homecroft; new; pacific; peace; people; plan; population; power; reserve system; river; river country; river valley; service; soldiers; standing; system; time; united states; war; war department; water; way; west; work; world; year cache: 38288.txt plain text: 38288.txt item: #9 of 20 id: 39893 author: Maxim, Hudson title: Defenseless America date: None words: 77765 flesch: 65 summary: Millions upon millions of dollars have been spent in the United States in peace propagandism, and eloquent lungs have hoarsed themselves to defeat Congressional appropriations for defense, simply because the phrase, _preparation for war_, has been used instead of the phrase, _preparation against war_. * * They have made the grave mistake of using the expression for _war_ in place of the expression _against war_. keywords: american; ammunition; armaments; armor; army; artillery; battle; book; cost; country; defense; doctrine; enemy; england; fact; field; fight; fighting; fire; fleet; force; general; good; government; guns; half; hand; international; life; line; man; men; military; national; nations; nature; naval; navy; need; new; number; officers; order; peace; people; plate; power; present; projectile; range; ships; states; thing; time; training; united; use; war; wars; way; work; world; years cache: 39893.txt plain text: 39893.txt item: #10 of 20 id: 40479 author: Rosen, Erwin title: In the Foreign Legion date: None words: 72494 flesch: 80 summary: Thus he was quite well off according to Foreign Legion ideas, and certainly need not have risked a heavy penalty by selling his ceinture for a few sous. I have been told that for the Foreign Legion physical fitness is the only thing required, and that the recruiting officers cared less than nothing about the past lives of their recruits. keywords: abbès; algeria; arab; away; barracks; bed; bel; clothes; company; corporal; day; days; french; german; good; great; ground; half; hand; head; herr; legion; life; little; look; légionnaire; man; march; marching; men; minutes; money; new; night; officers; place; prison; quarters; rader; recruits; regiment; room; sergeant; service; sidi; smith; soldiers; things; time; town; uniform; von; way; white; wine; work; years cache: 40479.txt plain text: 40479.txt item: #11 of 20 id: 46823 author: Gould, W. J. D. title: Ten Years in India, in the 16th Queen's Lancers, and Three Years in South Africa, in the Cape Corps Levies date: None words: 35913 flesch: 70 summary: Where is there a nation that has produced greater men than Great Britain, on the field of battle, or in the council. In time, two French officers came along from Persia, soldiers of fortune, as such men are to be found everywhere, ready for anything as long as they get good pay. keywords: 16th; army; battle; british; camp; cape; chief; city; colonel; country; day; delhi; enemy; foot; fort; general; good; gough; harry; home; horse; india; king; lancers; left; lord; man; march; meerut; men; miles; native; night; pass; place; queen; regiment; river; sidenote; sir; time; troops; war; water cache: 46823.txt plain text: 46823.txt item: #12 of 20 id: 47437 author: United States. Foreign Operations Administration title: East-West Trade Trends Mutual Defense Assistance Control Act of 1951 (the Battle Act); Fourth Report to Congress, Second Half of 1953 date: None words: 38734 flesch: 56 summary: West Germany | .2| 2.6| 13.7| 11.3|Iron and steel, | | | | | scientific instruments, | | | | | electrical machinery. | slovakia |13,233 | 21,563| 75| 40| 37,183| 22,125| 1,477| 2,262 East Germany | n.s.s.| n.s.s. keywords: act; china; commodities; communist; communist china; consumer; consumer goods; controls; countries; country; economic; export; export control; foreign; free; goods; government; items; january |; july |; license; nations; new; policy; security; soviet bloc; trade; trade agreements; trade controls; u.s.s.r; united states; united |; west trade; western; world; world countries; world trade; | dec; | imports; | |; | |jan cache: 47437.txt plain text: 47437.txt item: #13 of 20 id: 52793 author: Cannon, Richard title: Historical Record of the Seventeenth, or the Leicestershire Regiment of Foot Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1688, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1848 date: None words: 21673 flesch: 52 summary: SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. [Illustration: SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. keywords: army; august; british; colonel; colonelcy; corps; enemy; england; foot; fort; french; general; george; king; lieut.-colonel; major; march; rank; regiment; seventeenth; sidenote; siege; sir; troops; war; william; years cache: 52793.txt plain text: 52793.txt item: #14 of 20 id: 53417 author: Anonymous title: The French Army from Within date: None words: 38441 flesch: 54 summary: The Army modifies their self-conceit; it teaches them that they are but as other men, needing to learn. Up to the passing of this law, bread-winners of a family had been exempt, but by it they were called on to serve, while the state pensioned their dependents during their period of service; the voluntariat, consisting of men who paid a certain amount to the state in order to serve for a period of one year only, was abolished--every citizen a soldier was made more of a reality than ever, for the nation realised that it must keep pace with the neighbour on the east, who was steadily increasing its military resources. keywords: army; army corps; artillery; british; business; cavalry; conscript; day; force; france; french; good; head; horses; infantry; man; manoeuvres; matter; men; military; officers; period; regiment; sergeant; service; soldier; squadron; time; training; troops; war; way; work; years cache: 53417.txt plain text: 53417.txt item: #15 of 20 id: 54107 author: Cannon, Richard title: Historical Record of the Fourteenth, or, the Buckinghamshire Regiment of Foot Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1845 date: None words: 32256 flesch: 54 summary: Another sortie was made by the garrison on the 8th of September, when the FOURTEENTH and Thirty-seventh Regiments advanced to attack the French; as the two corps passed the regiment of Joseph Colloredo, they were cheered by the Austrians, and they succeeded in repulsing the enemy: but no chance of final success remained, and the siege was raised, the FOURTEENTH Regiment marching by Furnes and Ypres, to Menin. At length a combined attack was made on the French positions, with the view of forcing them to evacuate Flanders, in which the FOURTEENTH Regiment had another opportunity of distinguishing itself; it left Tournay on the evening of the 16th of May,--took part in forcing the points of the French position it was destined to attack in the direction of Lisle, on the 17th of May, and was successful; but several Austrian columns failed to accomplish their part in the combined movements. keywords: army; attack; battalion; battle; british; captain; colonel; colonelcy; command; corps; duke; enemy; england; foot; fourteenth; france; french; general; june; king; lieutenant; major; march; officers; orders; rank; regiment; royal; second; service; sidenote; sir; soldiers; time; troops; war; william; year cache: 54107.txt plain text: 54107.txt item: #16 of 20 id: 55087 author: Cannon, Richard title: Historical Record of the Forty-sixth or South Devonshire Regiment of Foot Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1741 and of Its Subsequent Services to 1851 date: None words: 28104 flesch: 58 summary: A powerful French armament arrived off the Port of New York and proceeded against Rhode Island -- ---- Expedition against Bedford, on the Accushnet river, and against Martha's Vineyard 26 ---- Returned to New York -- ---- Proceeded with other regiments to the West Indies -- ---- [Sidenote: 1757] On the 7th of May 1757, the FORTY-SIXTH, and other regiments, embarked at Cork, for Nova Scotia, being intended to form part of an expedition under Major-General the Earl of Loudoun, for the attack upon Cape Breton, an island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. keywords: 1st; army; august; britain; british; captain; colonel; command; companies; enemy; following; foot; fort; french; general; infantry; island; january; john; king; lieut.-colonel; lieut.-general; majesty; major; quarters; rank; regiment; royal; sidenote; sir; sixth regiment; troops; war; west; william cache: 55087.txt plain text: 55087.txt item: #17 of 20 id: 55235 author: Roberts, Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Earl title: Lord Roberts' Message to the Nation date: None words: 16655 flesch: 56 summary: We appeal, above all, to the officers and men of the existing Territorial Force. In his Memorandum on the Army Estimates for 1908-09, when the Territorial Force was created, Lord Haldane said that it was designed-- 1. keywords: army; country; day; empire; force; gentlemen; german; haldane; lord; men; nation; national; power; present; service; territorial; training; war cache: 55235.txt plain text: 55235.txt item: #18 of 20 id: 56293 author: Cannon, Richard title: Historical Record of the Tenth, or the North Lincolnshire, Regiment of Foot, Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of its Subsequent Services to 1847 date: None words: 29732 flesch: 58 summary: Strand._ TENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. Pg 36, the Plate caption 'TENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. keywords: april; army; august; battalion; battle; british; colonel; companies; corps; earl; enemy; england; foot; french; general; infantry; island; july; june; king; lieut.-colonel; march; quarters; rank; regiment; service; sidenote; siege; sir; soldiers; tenth; troops; war cache: 56293.txt plain text: 56293.txt item: #19 of 20 id: 56294 author: Cannon, Richard title: Historical Record of the Twelfth, or the Prince of Wales's Royal Regiment of Lancers Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1715, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1848. date: None words: 17957 flesch: 54 summary: In the beginning of July, _St. Sebastian_ was besieged, and the TWELFTH Light Dragoons were employed in covering the siege of that important fortress. About this period Major-General Vandeleur was appointed to the command of the brigade of which the TWELFTH Light Dragoons formed part. keywords: army; battle; british; colonel; colonelcy; corps; dragoons; enemy; following; foot; french; general; guards; king; lancers; lieut.-colonel; lieut.-general; light; major; rank; regiment; royal; sidenote; sir; troops cache: 56294.txt plain text: 56294.txt item: #20 of 20 id: 61125 author: Cannon, Richard title: Historical Record of the Nineteenth, or the First Yorkshire North Riding Regiment of Foot Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1688, and of its subsequent services to 1848 date: None words: 16020 flesch: 57 summary: NINETEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. [Illustration: NINETEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. keywords: army; british; colonel; companies; england; flanders; foot; france; french; general; infantry; ireland; king; nineteenth; rank; regiment; service; sidenote; siege; sir; troops; war cache: 61125.txt plain text: 61125.txt