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by JV Puleo
Thu Oct 14, 2021 4:44 pm
Forum: Reviews & Commentary
Topic: What are you reading?
Replies: 4
Views: 4235

Re: What are you reading?

The memoirs of Prince Eugene of Savoy...Marlborough's great friend and collaborator in the War of the Spanish Succession. I've read at least one biography but had never seen the memoir, which isn't surprising since the English version was published in 1811. I indulged myself and bought it. It's real...
by JV Puleo
Sat Sep 25, 2021 8:18 pm
Forum: Public Forum - General Topics
Topic: CONTINENTAL AND MILITIA CAVALRY COMPARED: A CASE STUDY FROM SARATOGA, 1777
Replies: 5
Views: 2066

Re: CONTINENTAL AND MILITIA CAVALRY COMPARED: A CASE STUDY FROM SARATOGA, 1777

They must be. In every army mounted troops were more expensive to maintain than infantry. Where the Revolution is concerned, we have to add the complications brought on by quasi-state control of the units...yes, it was the "Continental Army" but the regiments were still affiliated with the...
by JV Puleo
Fri Sep 24, 2021 9:36 am
Forum: Public Forum - General Topics
Topic: CONTINENTAL AND MILITIA CAVALRY COMPARED: A CASE STUDY FROM SARATOGA, 1777
Replies: 5
Views: 2066

Re: CONTINENTAL AND MILITIA CAVALRY COMPARED: A CASE STUDY FROM SARATOGA, 1777

When the French arrived one of their units was Lauzun's Legion - a mounted unit equipped as Hussars. For lack of space they couldn't bring their horses so the entire unit - I think there were between 600 and 900 mounted men - was mounted here. It was billeted in Lebanon, Connecticut because there wa...
by JV Puleo
Sun Sep 05, 2021 4:36 pm
Forum: Public Forum - General Topics
Topic: CONTINENTAL AND MILITIA CAVALRY COMPARED: A CASE STUDY FROM SARATOGA, 1777
Replies: 5
Views: 2066

Re: CONTINENTAL AND MILITIA CAVALRY COMPARED: A CASE STUDY FROM SARATOGA, 1777

An interesting article but I'm most impressed by the very small numbers involved. Whether Continental or Militia, mounted troops could have done little more than some scouting and carrying dispatches. There certainly couldn't have been an large mounted clashes. The British also had relatively few mo...
by JV Puleo
Mon Nov 16, 2020 10:56 am
Forum: Public Forum - General Topics
Topic: horse use Churchill
Replies: 6
Views: 2266

Re: horse use Churchill

We should also keep in mind that the Germans used an enormous amount of captured equipment, from small arms to tanks...their industrial capacity, while great, was never able to supply all their requirements while the US produced so much more than it could use that it could afford to aid both the Bri...
by JV Puleo
Mon Nov 09, 2020 11:12 pm
Forum: Public Forum - General Topics
Topic: horse use Churchill
Replies: 6
Views: 2266

Re: horse use Churchill

We should also keep in mind that Churchill was talking about civilian use of motor transport. Of all the belligerents in WWII only the U.S. and Britain were fully mechanized. The Germans used a huge number of horses although the Propaganda Ministry was careful not to show that very often...giving th...
by JV Puleo
Wed Jul 10, 2019 5:38 pm
Forum: Public Forum - General Topics
Topic: A look at one of the early replacements for the horse
Replies: 114
Views: 48758

Re: A look at one of the early repalcements for the horse

I'm five or six years into the engine and nowhere near done - and I work on it most days so yes, a daunting task. I think it's interesting that they carried a machine shop with them! The mobile machine shops were a WWI development. That 62 miles in 10-1/2 hours must have seemed like flying in 1919. jp
by JV Puleo
Sun Jul 07, 2019 5:53 pm
Forum: Public Forum - General Topics
Topic: A look at one of the early replacements for the horse
Replies: 114
Views: 48758

Re: A look at one of the early repalcements for the horse

It's interesting that this wasn't even tried until after WWI. Of course, the US is huge compared to any of the European countries (except Russia) and our road system was poor. That was, in part, due to the railroad. Railroads were so successful in moving material that what road system had existed be...
by JV Puleo
Wed Dec 07, 2016 11:33 am
Forum: Reviews & Commentary
Topic: New book in - U.S. Military Arms Inspector Marks
Replies: 1
Views: 3646

New book in - U.S. Military Arms Inspector Marks

This is just in (I unloaded the truck yesterday) http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o91/JVPuleo/Inspector%20marks%201_zpsdfvzkzmu.jpg It is amazingly comprehensive, covering everything from the earliest Federal Musket and sabers to the M1911 and M1 Garand. I've already used it a few times to solve l...
by JV Puleo
Thu May 19, 2016 7:56 am
Forum: Reviews & Commentary
Topic: James Bilder, Artillery Scout: The Story of a Forward Observer with the U.S. Field Artillery in World War I
Replies: 1
Views: 1856

Re: James Bilder, Artillery Scout: The Story of a Forward Observer with the U.S. Field Artillery in World War I

This is also very good, albeit not new. http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?ac=sl&st=sl&ref=bf_s2_a1_t1_1&qi=s0Rq0C1i1Es7AJjSvbX5ZdSUG2w_1463665743_1:2:68&bq=author%3Dhoratio%2520rogers%26title%3Ddiary%2520of%2520an%2520artillery%2520scout That's the book finder link. The book is "...
by JV Puleo
Fri Mar 04, 2016 5:41 am
Forum: Reviews & Commentary
Topic: A Punitive Expedition Bibliography
Replies: 26
Views: 14810

Re: A Punitive Expedition Bibliography

Or, you could buy a copy. http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?ac=sl&st=sl&ref=bf_s2_a1_t1_1&qi=3KMfQY8,7nwpSELwxG,FVJQLLsM_1457091496_1:1949:2911&bq=author%3Dalberto%2520salinas%2520carranza%26title%3Dexpedicion%2520punitiva I'm not certain where you are in the UK but at £40 I suspect ...
by JV Puleo
Mon Dec 14, 2015 8:50 am
Forum: Reviews & Commentary
Topic: A Fantastic New Book on the Swords and Sabers of the US Army
Replies: 27
Views: 18567

Re: A Fantastic New Book on the Swords and Sabers of the US

I knew it was a long shot, but I was hoping to find out what regiment my weapon was issue to. Serial 258 , with the original type scabbard and the tent pole pin still intact. I got it off ebay some years back, but could not get any details on its provenance from the seller. Likely an officer's priv...
by JV Puleo
Mon Nov 23, 2015 9:37 pm
Forum: Reviews & Commentary
Topic: Stalin
Replies: 8
Views: 4864

Re: Stalin

I just noticed this... My late father was a life-long classical musician — for most of my youth he was first viola of the RI Philharmonic Orchestra. Needless to say, we grew up with classical music and I remember one of his favorite stories related to the fact that Sergei Prokofiev and Joseph Stalin...
by JV Puleo
Wed Nov 18, 2015 12:39 pm
Forum: Reviews & Commentary
Topic: A Fantastic New Book on the Swords and Sabers of the US Army
Replies: 27
Views: 18567

Re: A Fantastic New Book on the Swords and Sabers of the US

The books arrived yesterday. They will probably start shipping on Monday.
by JV Puleo
Fri Nov 13, 2015 1:29 pm
Forum: Reviews & Commentary
Topic: A Fantastic New Book on the Swords and Sabers of the US Army
Replies: 27
Views: 18567

Re: A Fantastic New Book on the Swords and Sabers of the US

Sure... I'll give Kristin, in our office, a note to bring me your copy when its ready for shipment. They are expected some time in the next two weeks.

jp

Edit: All taken care of. We've attached a note to the order and she will bring me the book before it ships.
by JV Puleo
Thu Oct 22, 2015 5:41 pm
Forum: Reviews & Commentary
Topic: A Fantastic New Book on the Swords and Sabers of the US Army
Replies: 27
Views: 18567

A Fantastic New Book on the Swords and Sabers of the US Army

Knowing he is too modest to post this himself, I thought I'd share the announcement of Trooper's new book, http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o91/JVPuleo/IMG_20151022_0001_zpsap6bx87f.jpg To say this study is exhaustive is a gross understatement. About 99% of the material is taken from previously un...
by JV Puleo
Fri Sep 25, 2015 8:51 am
Forum: Archive
Topic: US Cav Photo - 1912 Experimental Equipment
Replies: 16
Views: 10048

Re: US Cav Photo - 1912 Experimental Equipment

These are from the photo booklet that accompanied the 1912 Report. If I remember correctly, only 4 copies were made and at least one of these was lost long ago. There are also individual copies of some of the photos on the loose, as the Springfield Armories' copy of the photo showing the carrying me...
by JV Puleo
Thu Jul 16, 2015 7:23 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: How were these guys actually equipped?
Replies: 5
Views: 4197

Re: How were these guys actually equipped?

Lady Butler... generally she was very good. Her husband was a Lt. General which helped give her access to things like Regimental Museums and the survivors of battles she painted although she was already a well-known military artist when she married. She was born in 1846 so she wasn't old enough to r...
by JV Puleo
Tue Apr 14, 2015 7:35 pm
Forum: Public Forum - General Topics
Topic: A look at one of the early replacements for the horse
Replies: 114
Views: 48758

Re: A look at one of the early repalcements for the horse

I had a pre-War BMW motorcycle. I think the Model was R66 and oddly enough it came from India and had Lucas electrics. It was nicely made but not, to my mind wildly better than many of the pre-war British bikes. My Velocette certainly was as well made. I also had a 500CC, single cylinder War Departm...
by JV Puleo
Fri Dec 12, 2014 7:21 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: Prices at the Dawn of the Gasoline Age, Dusk of the Equine
Replies: 371
Views: 122028

Re: Prices at the Dawn of the Gasoline Age, Dusk of the Equi

That may well be correct. But, the problem with all historical cost comparisons is that they don't (or can't) take all sorts of peripheral factors into consideration. For instance... the use of oil today is not optional for most people. If my grandfather didn't want to buy expensive gas, he didn't a...