His talk is about 50 minutes. Our second speaker is Nimrod Frazer who is the son of a world war vet. This is the division in which Douglas Macarthur will serve as chief of staff and Brigade Commander during world war i. Frazers father received the purple heart for wounds received mr. Frazer is a member of the alabama business hall of fame. Hes the author of send the alabamians the history of the 167th infantry regiment. Hes a founder and been factor please join me in welcoming Nimrod Frazer. Thank you, dr. Orr. Its a great honor for me to be back at this wonderful place. Im not an academic. Better described as a child of the Rainbow Division. I knew the name of the Commanding Officers of the 167th infantry before i could read. I knew the name of the Company Commander d company of the 167th infantry before i could read. My family was divided in later life but the Common Ground that i had with my father, who was a very complicated guy. A very experienced combat veteran as was his best fr
Themselves. Once the u. S. Gets involved im not a military historian so i dont know all the details but they come up with a better mine. That is part of it. And the second part of it is just political expediency. Daniels was against british violations of International Law. When the u. S. Was neutral and brits versus germans once it is u. S. And brits versus germans International Law did not mean as much to him as it did when he was neutral. Dr. Craig, would you say that he wasnt an arm chair admiral, he had no military background but then he was a publisher . And did he stay aloof from the operations, newspapers at the time that he was secretary or did sometimes like frank knox later on kind of distance himself a little bit from chicago when he became navy secretary. I dont know much about daniels tenure and if editorial policy changed with kind of with daniels change in views about our participation in the war effort . Thats an interesting question and one that i actually address at s
Captain William Presley screws, this is taken at the time of mobilization, was mustering officers for four regiments. He smoked cigars, tolerated profanity, but he was a very rigorous man and was committed to the task before him. Few companies were up to authorized strength when he mobilized them. They were at about 2600 men then. Rifle companies had three officers and 65 men. There was increased emphasis on the at the time of mobilization on physical fitness and on recognizing and controlling venereal disease. Battalion marches were practiced with 80 pounds of equipment. This is when they were on active duty for their first mour foss of basic training. Major general leonard wood, one of the armys most Senior Officers and commander of the department of the east, visited montgomery and inspected these men there. 21 men were courtmartialed and sentenced to hard labor for one or two days for being absent after taps. Discipline was more strictly enforced. Newspapers treated mobilization po
Which is important us to because there is the division in which Douglas Macarthur will spend during the american defenses to world warnd 1. War his father received the purple purple h battlee of paul ruth farm. Mr. Frazier himself is a silver star veteran, and business hall of fame. World war i fighters in the hio rainbowry division, 167th regim published by the university of alabama press. En mr. Frazier serves as treasurer of that foundation. He will Share Research from his history and his talk federalized state and militia units and the style of the regular army from alabama to mexico. Please join me in welcoming nim rod frazier. Ua1xrn÷pdq7ck you, thank you, dr. Orr. It is an hon forme to be back at this wonderful place. Back im not an academic. W im better described as a child division. Nbow i knew the name of the Commanding Officer of the 167th infantry before i could read. I knew the name of the company e commander, d company, of the pay 167th infantry before i could read. 3x l
Events includes a color guard ser olympian and historical background on world war i by old dominion history professor maw are a hammitts. This is about 20 minutes. Good morning. Welcome to the me moirl. If you are new to our fair city, welcome to norfolk and welcome to the heart of hamptons roads. Its my extreme honor and privilege to be the director here. I want to welcome you to the world war with i centennial symposium this november 14 and 15, 2014. Macarthur memorial is in its 50th year. We were dedicated in april of 1964. Our higgins is to preserve and interpret the life and times of General Macarthur. To answer the challenge from the speech to the class at west point, look toward the future yet not neglect the past. Its in that spirit that we are here today. This marks the memorial of the world war from 2014 to 2019. There is a lot more coming as we mark the centennial over the next few years. For those of you not familiar with this facility, this is the Visitor Center with the g