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Sometimes one can overthink a movement- happens to me all the time.

Just out of curiousity, are the "slides" still in existence at Ft. Riley?

Sounds like they were trying to get the "falling off the horse" part out of the way before proceeding with the serious training. A bit unorthodox but it sort of makes sense (I might have a different opionion had it been me).

I have- it's an excellent product and definately warm.

I suggested to my wife that a miniature horse would make a great companion for the dogs and help keep the grass trimmed in the back yard. That one didn't go over very well...

You might give these folks a try:

http://www.zinnfigur.com/All/E_Home_Set.asp?sprache=EN

The last time I looked, they seemed to have a big selection of pre-painted figures in all scales. They're not cheap though. I've ordered other stuff from them and the service was good.

I believe that Jerry Lee of What Price Glory has plans to reproduce the 1911 Service Sweater.

AEF still owes me a set of the 1912 cotton breeches and tunic and one 1916 shirt. Schipper and WPG are a lot easier to deal with and more responsive to consumer input.

Jim-

GOt your book and basically devoured it! Excellent stuff- you did an excellent job at bringing clarity to something that's been a bit of a mystery, at least for me, for awhile. I also like your systematic examination of the various manuals and training doctrines that the US Army employed in ...

Pat-

I've read both of Coffman's works on the regular Army and I found them both to be informative and good overview of the Army as both an institution and a society. Definately a must-read first stop for anyone researching this topic (or at least desiring a good overview).

Adam