 | United States. Directorate for Armed Forces Information and Education - 1960 - 270 strani
...of 10 or 12 men to get his system going. To a former Prussian associate he wrote this of Americans: "You say to your soldier, 'Do this!' and he doeth it; but I am obliged to say, 'This is the reason that you ought to do that,' and then he does it." This was the key to the phenomenal success of his... | |
 | Harold G. Moore, Jeff M. Tuten - 1975 - 164 strani
...However, as Major General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben noted while training Americans at Valley Forge, "I am obliged to say, 'This is the reason why you ought to do that,' and then he does it." In this sense, the need to motivate, to impel the American soldier, has always been... | |
 | Joseph P. Cullen - 1976 - 58 strani
...of this nation is not in the least to be compared with that of the Prussians, Austrians or French. You say to your soldier 'Do this' and he doeth it, but [to the Americans] I am obliged to say This is the reason why you ought to do that,' and then he does... | |
 | Francis Jennings - 2000 - 356 strani
...polish officers' boots. As a democratic army, it lacked something, but even Steuben wrote to a friend, "You say to your soldier, 'Do this' and he doeth it;...'This is the reason why you ought to do that'; and then he does it." It is one of the more inspiring messages of the Revolution, but a cynic may wonder... | |
 | Scott McDermott - 2002 - 380 strani
...discovered that he had to temper his methods to the American spirit. In Europe, Steuben commented, "you say to your soldier, 'Do this,' and he doeth it, but here I am obliged to say, 'This is the reason why you ought to do that': and then he does it." Steuben... | |
 | Craig Mitchell - 2003 - 140 strani
...of this nation is not in the least to be compared with that of the Prussians, Austrians, or French. You say to your soldier, 'Do this' and he doeth it,...say, This is the reason why you ought to do that' and then he does it." Clinton pulled out of Philadelphia on June 18, but Washington knew about the move... | |
 | Donald T Phillips - 2006 - 412 strani
...compared with that of the Prussians, Austrians, or French. You say to your soldier, 'Do this,' and he does it. But I am obliged to say, 'This is the reason why you ought to do that,' and then he does it." Baron Von Steuben could also be quick-tempered, quarrelsome, and scornful of timidity.... | |
 | Edward D. Hess, Kim S. Cameron - 2006 - 226 strani
...critically than was required of the Cold Warrior. Three Block War You say to your soldier [in Europe] "Do this" and he doeth it; but I am obliged to say [to the Americans] "This is the reason you ought to do that" and then he does it. Friedrich von Steuben... | |
 | James R. Gaines - 2007 - 580 strani
...compared with that of the Prussians, Austrians, or French. You say to your soldier, 'Do this,' and he does it; but I am obliged to say, 'This is the reason why you ought to do that,' and then he does it." Before Steuben, the Southern officers in particular had disdained parade-ground duty,... | |
 | Mark McNeilly - 2008 - 224 strani
...in Europe. In a letter to a friend, von Steuben wrote that while in Europe an officer could tell a soldier, " 'Do this,' and he doeth it; but I am obliged...'This is the reason why you ought to do that'; and then he does it." When communicating with his men von Steuben faced an additional hurdle; he did not... | |
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French. You say to your soldier, "Do this" and he doeth it. But I am obliged to say, " This is the reason why you ought to do that, 
