General Washington on Supply

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I’m reading “A Short History of the Revolutionary War” as my bathroom reading. I’ve reached the chapter on Valley Forge. The author relates George Washington’s refusal to requisition supplies and reasoning behind his philosophy. His troops went cold and hungry at a time when the civilian population was eating reasonably well and enjoying decent shelter. I find this very interesting. I also find the idea antithetical to the SOP for Twilight: 2000. Let’s face it: the Fort Huachuca government is a socialist regime at best, a communist lite regime at worst. (I say communist lite because there really isn’t much of an internal security apparatus.) But then most of the cantonments in 2001 are going to be like this. I suppose there’s room for some fascism and a number of plain ol’ chieftaincies. Alas…