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The huge umbrellas began to bob and twist, and drums were beaten as the whole of that vast assemblage got into motion, and came slowly across the square toward the Commander-in-chief
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Lieutenant Miley, representing headquarters where the commander-in-chief should have been, concurred in their view
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The sentry at the crossing fell dead, but the commander-in-chief rode coolly on, a few cavalrymen emptying their carbines into the trees
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Having acted independently of Admiral Sampson, by not advancing against Morro Castle and the shore batteries, the commander-in-chief now turned helplessly to the navy, demanding that they should force an entrance to the harbour and attack from the Bay
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a flag was sent, asking General Toral to meet the commander-in-chief
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When the higher officers are angry and insubordinate, and on meeting the enemy give battle on their own account from a feeling of resentment, before the commander-in-chief can tell whether or no he is in a position to fight, the result is RUIN
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In addition, in time of war, many did not believe that it is logical to elect a senator who in 1971 vilified, with unfounded allegations before Congress, the armed forces of the country he was now aspiring to govern as commander-in-chief
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They form core squads for scouting and penetration missions, but in reality they’re used like a bodyguard for the commander-in-chief
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Bover was the commander-in-chief when Calras was not in Ivetarlis
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Well, what about being commander-in-chief in a time of war
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How do you see yourself being more acceptable as commander-in-chief in the eyes of those you would ask to defend our country and our freedom with their lives?”
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army—and He is the commander-in-chief
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The commander-in-chief looked up expectantly from a mound of paperwork and raised an eyebrow
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It was late in the afternoon when we halted in a temporary military camp, waiting to be inspected by the commander-in-chief
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“A-tten-tion!” shouted the guard commander, in a shaking voice that expressed joy for himself, severity for the infantry, and welcome for the commander-in-chief
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Lezura said to the captain, “Captain, when will you be in contact with the commander-in-chief and the prime minister?”
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On behalf of Captain Osna I am requesting audience with the commander-in-chief and the honorable prime minister, over…”
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Meanwhile Joey and Lezura took a trip back to Ussia Town, were they found that the military on command from the commander-in-chief had set up posts within and outside the community
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If there is anything that this costly, cruel conflict should have taught you, it is that the age of imperialism is well past and should go, forever! The ideas and attitudes that went with that imperialism, like the smug and racist belief that it was the white man’s burden to civilize the rest of the world, have been discredited by the way so-called subhuman specimens, as the commander-in-chief of the Singapore garrison described Japanese prisoners he saw in China, outfought European troops during this war
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But the result of anger against the Commander-in-Chief worked for Bush
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For this reason, Eisenhower was appointed the Allied Commander-in-Chief
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He was the man they had most desired to become its Commander-in-Chief
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It's a sales room and you are commander-in-chief
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to pay his respects to the Commander-in-Chief while I’m here” replied Jack
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Deep in thought, Jack considered the wisdom of the Commander-in-Chief in ensuring that any
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The Commander-in-Chief still wanted him to do a dry run first, but when Jack explained about the
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“Aye aye, sir” said Jack saluting as the Commander-in-Chief descended to his barge
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I’m sure he would appreciate meeting with the Commander-in-Chief to
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Those who hadn’t or couldn’t, resigned, and the Attorney General had taken it upon himself to swear in, as President, a retired Commander-in-Chief of the Army who had been a life-long opponent of the regime and who, in the days of Ian Smith before UDI, had attended the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst
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For fear that they may lose an interview with our Commander-In-Chief
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Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), born in Corsica, became commander-in-chief of the French army at the age of 27
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term of address for a commander-in-chief if the war were a physical, ex-
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commander-in-chief, but it had also a champion, a man of valour-cour-
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Amin proceeded straightaway to the commander-in-chief (the commander of the army) of Greater Syria and knocked at the door of his office
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On seeing him the commander-in-chief gladly stood up due to the affection and appreciation he held for him
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The commander-in-chief calmed down at these words and a look of amazement appeared on his face… as he said, ‘But would my salary be enough for seventy families? Of course not, Aslan! I have no way to provide sustenance for seventy families
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Our officer replied in a voice that was equally heated, ‘Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, those are criminals for precisely the same reason that would make you steal and kill
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The commander-in-chief added, with signs of astonishment and wonder on his features, ‘Aslan, what do you say? Are you definitely going to talk to the prefect about their case?’
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The headquarters of the prefect was in the same place as those of the commander-in-chief; that is, in the government palace
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The commander-in-chief went back into the prefect’s office and Aslan followed him with firm, steady steps until he came face to face with the prefect
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The prefect asked, ‘Who would ensure that those seventy men would follow the proper path and be able to save people’s souls?’ The prefect looked at the commander-in-chief and asked him if he would assume the responsibility for them
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When the prefect heard the confirmation of the commander-in-chief, he said, ‘I agree Aslan, you may have what you want
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Officer Mohammad Amin proceeded straightaway to the commander-in-chief (the commander of the army) of Greater Syria and knocked at the door of his office
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The commander-in-chief calmed down at these words and a look of amazement appeared on his face… and he said, ‘But would my salary be enough for seventy families? Of course not, Aslan! I have no way to provide sustenance for seventy families
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Election night 2008, Grant Park played host to hundreds of thousands witnessing history in their lifetime, red versus blue, black versus white, Obama versus McCain, game over, a done deal score one for the people’s will, victory in a land¬slide, overwhelming national pride as President-elect Barack Hussein Obama struts on stage before adoring supporters, Tear down the borders for the Commander-in-Chief has arrived… stop the hate and let the people’s voice resonate…
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Election night 2008, Grant Park played host to hundreds of thousands witnessing history in their lifetime, red versus blue, black versus white, Obama versus McCain, game over, a done deal score one for the people’s will, victory in a landslide, overwhelming national pride as President-elect Barack Hussein Obama struts on stage before adoring supporters, Tear down the borders for the Commander-in-Chief has arrived… stop the hate and let the people’s voice resonate…
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your commander-in-chief is going to betray; hate him
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In the same year (1800), Napoléon also became commander-in-chief of the
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It was known as a fact that the Most Serene Don John of Austria, natural brother of our good king Don Philip, was coming as commander-in-chief of the allied forces, and rumours were abroad of the vast warlike preparations which were being made, all which stirred my heart and filled me with a longing to take part in the campaign which was expected; and though I had reason to believe, and almost certain promises, that on the first opportunity that presented itself I should be promoted to be captain, I preferred to leave all and betake myself, as I did, to Italy; and it was my good fortune that Don John had just arrived at Genoa, and was going on to Naples to join the Venetian fleet, as he afterwards did at Messina
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It is unusual for the national security adviser or the commander-in-chief to become so directly involved in an officer’s formal evaluations
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Haig took the view that he should obey the orders of the commander-in-chief
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The commander-in-chief who had directed the bombing in Southeast Asia for nearly three years was declaring that the result was “zilch” and a “failure
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The language is plain and direct from the commander-in-chief
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“But,” I said, “here’s the commander-in-chief saying it’s a failure
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And prior to that, for three years, I was working for General O’Donnell, who was the commander-in-chief of all air forces in the Pacific Theater
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There is the commander-in-chief thing
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“Colonel Williamson, I’ve got to ask the next few questions with the authority of the Commander-in-Chief
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General Lucas Thompson, former Commander-in-Chief of the United States Evacuation Forces in Viet Nam, still had a craggy, commanding presence
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The Egyptians didn’t know what to do: Their Commander-in-Chief was in a plane which didn’t dare descend in case the Israelis shot it down, and the Egyptian Air Force Commander was stuck in traffic
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Braunau was the headquarters of the commander-in-chief, Kutuzov
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And from this paper my brother read that catastrophic dispatch of the Commander-in-Chief:
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As a matter of fact the Russian Commander-in-chief had no intention of assuming the offensive against such overwhelming forces
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” He also begged Tutshkof to mention that the Commander-in-Chief was wrong in carrying all the civic functionaries away with him
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Prince Kutuzof had been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Russian army, and Napoleon hastened to gather all possible information as to his new opponent
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All were confident that the new Commander-in-Chief would, by hook or by crook, prove more than a match for Napoleon
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The person chiefly blamed for what was considered the cowardice of our strategy was of course the Commander-in-Chief, a man of great talent and intelligence, who, when once a plan of operations had been definitely adopted, was accustomed to carry it out to the bitter end
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The impulsive Prince Bagration, who was an especially strong advocate of the offensive, so far forgot himself as to make complaints to the Emperor against the Commander-in-Chief
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The Emperor Alexander’s Council of War might decide upon an attack, but the Commander-in-Chief would inevitably defeat their intentions, although he would at first pretend to share their enthusiasm
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Kutuzof, the new Commander-in-Chief, was unwilling to endanger his enormous popularity, and decided to accept battle, although, as a prudent man, he was almost as strongly opposed to such a course as was his predecessor
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This is the only supposition upon which it is possible to explain the unnecessary caution displayed by the Russian Commander-in-Chief whenever his generals showed any intention of attacking their enfeebled adversary, and making an end of him and the war at a blow
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After its entry into Moscow the Russian Commander-in-Chief and the Russian winter both gave the French ample grace; the former forty days, the latter fifty, to rest and retreat
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The Russian Commander-in-Chief took a thoroughly sound view of the position of the French Emperor; and in this connection his conversations with one of his prisoners, a man occupying a high rank in the administrative branch of the French army, are full of interest
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Orderlies galloped along the road, officers on horseback, the commander-in-chief in a calash, and his suite passed by
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Fancy fate bringing us together here! Well, and how are you? How? Why?' and Prince Beletski told his whole story: how he had temporarily entered the regiment, how the Commander-in-Chief had offered to take him as an adjutant, and how he would take up the post after this campaign although personally he felt quite indifferent about it
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Olenin felt angry with Beletski and with himself, yet against his wish he introduced French phrases into his own conversation, was interested in the Commander-in-Chief and in their Moscow acquaintances, and because in this Cossack village he and Beletski both spoke French, he spoke contemptuously of their fellow officers and of the Cossacks, and was friendly with Beletski, promising to visit him and inviting him to drop in to see him
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The Emperor made him commander-in-chief of the forces, and sent him with an army to fight the Viceroy of India
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One need only glance during a review at the commander-in-chief, intoxicated with self-importance, followed by his retinue, all on magnificent and gayly appareled horses, in splendid uniforms and wearing decorations, and see how they ride to the harmonious and solemn strains of music before the ranks of soldiers, all presenting arms and petrified with servility
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One need only glance at this spectacle to understand that at such moments, when they are in a state of the most complete intoxication, commander-in-chief, soldiers, and intermediate officers alike, would be capable of committing crimes of which they would never dream under other conditions
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Does he recollect the invasion of the Spaniards two years ago? That, at a few days' notice, at the requisition of the Commander-in-chief, a detachment of two hundred and fifty militia were sixty miles on their march? When an arch traitor from the East designed to sever the Union, the people of the Territory, without call, assembled near the city of Natchez, and arrested the traitor
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That, by a resolution of Congress of the 22d day of March, 1783, it was provided that such officers as were then in service, and should continue therein until the end of the war, should be entitled to receive the amount of five years' full pay in money, or securities on interest at six per centum per annum, as Congress should find most convenient, instead of the half-pay promised for life by the resolution of the 21st day of October, 1780; the said securities being such as should be given to the other creditors of the United States: provided it should be at the option of the lines of the respective States and not of officers individually in those lines, to accept or refuse the same; and provided, also, that their election should be signified to Congress, through the Commander-in-Chief, from the lines under his immediate command, within two months, and through the commanding officer of the Southern Army, from those under his command, within six months from the date of the resolution
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That the same commutation should extend to the corps not belonging to the lines of any particular State, and who were entitled to half-pay as aforesaid: the acceptance or refusal to be determined by the corps, and to be signified in the same manner, and within the same time, as above mentioned; that all officers belonging to the hospital department, who are entitled to half-pay by the resolution of the 17th of January, 1781, might collectively agree to accept or refuse the aforesaid commutation, signifying the same through the Commander-in-Chief, within six months; that such officers as had retired at different periods entitled to half-pay for life, might, collectively, in each State of which they are inhabitants, accept or refuse the same; their acceptance or refusal to be signified by agents authorized for that purpose, within six months; that with respect to such retiring officers, the commutation, if accepted by them, should be in lieu of whatever might be then due to them since the time of their retiring from service, as well as what might thereafter become due; and that as soon as their acceptance should be signified, the Superintendent of Finance should be, and he was thereby, authorized to take measures for the settlement of their accounts accordingly, and to issue to them certificates bearing interest at six per cent
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The Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the United States, at that time, was not, as I have understood, impressed himself with much confidence in the experiment
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But, does not my colleague know that one and the chief cause of the superiority of the British navy over the army, is, that in the navy men rise by merit—that they do not get in, to use a seaman's phrase, at the cabin windows—and that the army, if we give credit to the Parliamentary investigation, is a mere sink of corruption—a mere engine of patronage—a place in which a corrupt commander-in-chief acts according to his vile pleasure, and the pleasure of all the pimps and parasites and harlots who environ him
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Sir, it may be asked, how did the Congress, whilst acting under the "Articles of Confederation," incorporate the Bank of North America, though their powers were no more extensive than those of the present Congress? We shall not lose by this investigation—they declared that "the exigencies of the United States rendered it indispensably necessary that such an act be immediately passed," and, at that period, the Board of War confessed they had not money sufficient to pay the expense of forwarding an express to the Commander-in-chief of the Army! Notwithstanding such urgent necessities on the part of the General Government, they were too conscious of the rights of the States to attempt a usurpation of authority, or to pretend to force this act without their sanction; accordingly, we find the resolution by which this bank was established followed by another, which recommended to the Legislature of each of the States the necessity to pass such laws as they judged requisite for giving the ordinance, by which the subscribers to the Bank of North America were incorporated, its full operation; every provision in the charter of this bank, to have full effect, was recommended to the Legislatures of the several States for their approbation
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It is quite probable, except the Commander-in-chief, as good or better appointments may be now made, than were made at the beginning of the Revolution; because there are now more men of experience in the country than there were at that time; and, also, because the men of talents and experience are much better known to the National Government now than they then were; besides the selection of officers, the wagons, carts, and provisions, are to purchase, and almost every other article necessary for a marching army
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The Chief Executive Magistrate is charged with the execution of the laws; is commander-in-chief of the militia; has the sole power of appointment to offices, civil and military, within the Territory, and the removal of these officers at pleasure; is vested with an unqualified veto on all bills passed by the other co-ordinate branches of the Legislature; and is, moreover, clothed with the odious and arbitrary authority to prorogue and dissolve the General Assembly whenever, in his opinion, it shall be expedient
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The former is a highly respectable and confidential officer; he is next in consequence to the Commander-in-chief, with whom he has frequent communication
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I learn that the Governor of this State is now visiting the towns in the northern section of it, and makes no secret of his determination, as Commander-in-Chief of the militia, to refuse obedience to any command from the General Government which can tend to interrupt the good understanding that prevails between the citizens of Vermont and His Majesty's subjects in Canada
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With regard to his own opinions, if they were of any importance with his worthy colleague, he would at once say they were on this subject the opinions of that man, from whom he never did dissent but upon one question, without being wrong—that man who was emphatically called for eight years our Commander-in-chief—the founder of this nation—the author of the constitution—our first President—the man who was made for the office, and the office for him—the man who discharged all its duties so perfectly, as if it had been only to show those who come after him their incompetency
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Admiral of the Blue, Commander-in-Chief, &c
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By Benjamin Howard, Governor of the Territory of Louisiana, Commander-in-Chief of the Militia thereof, and Superintendent of Indian Affairs, in and over the same:
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In the first army of the Revolution, raised in 1775, we had a commander-in-chief, four major generals, and eight brigadiers
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In this country we have never had a grade between the commander-in-chief and that of major general; hence it was found necessary, in the "continental army," to give to the senior major general the command of the right wing, and to the next in rank, that of the left, which, from the limited number of general officers, often left a division to a brigadier, a brigade to a colonel, and a regiment to a subordinate field officer; but, in Europe, this difficulty is obviated by the appointment of general officers of higher grades
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the former is next in consequence to the Commander-in-chief, every movement of the army is first communicated to him, 477;