Download or read book The Story of the First Pioneer Infantry, U. S. a (Classic Reprint) written by Chester W. Davis and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Story of the First Pioneer Infantry, U. S. A Among the contingent from the Pennsylvania National Guard were included Majors Tafel and Blair and Captains Whetstone and Haller who there after bore a prominent part in the development and success of the regiment. Late in January, the full complement of officers was completed with the arrival of some sixty Lieutenants of the National Army and Reserve Corps from all parts of the country. These officers arrived under the most discouraging circumstances, in rain and knee deep mud, no quar ters other than the standard army tent, in many cases pitched over a pool of water. The comforts of barracks, showers, and stoves to which they had been accustomed in National Army cantonments were absent but nevertheless they made the best of it in soldierly fashion and cheerfully commenced the ca reer which was, in the majority of cases, to last through the war and to earn for them the deep re spect and regard of all ranks. Schools were immediately instituted for brushing up and standardizing the teaching of fundamentals under Lt. Col. Sessions, Majors Blair, Robinson and Tafel. As the winter waned some improvements were made in the soldiers' quarters. Physical train ing under Major Robinson and bayonet practice for all - officers and men - under the strenuous direction of Capt. F. A. Thiessen who, joining a fine physique with a picturesque vocabulary, proved an ideal instructor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.