"An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man. Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.“


-William Tecumseh Sherman

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An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man. Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.

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