The FReeper Foxhole Profiles Major General George Armstrong Custer - Jan. 10th, 2005

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[GailA]

Job hunting...if I can get past the emotional stuff. I've been a stay at home mom/wife for nearly 20 years...which means minimum wage jobs..which won't even pay the monthly bills even if you work 40 hours a week. I went to the state unemployment place today...they are a 'real' big help, they take you info and don't even talk to you...1 factory job for a guy was available.

[SAMWolf]

Morning stand watie.

We're "profiling" Custer, everyone can make up their own minds about him. ;-)

[SAMWolf]

Morning bmwcyle.

Thanks for the info on Lt. Col. Moore and the 7th Cav.

[SAMWolf]

Except for the stay at home mom part, I know that story. I found that the State agencies are pretty worthless.

Good Luck on your job hunting.

[colorado tanker]

Not that Custer was a Tony Franks or anything like him

Yep. 34th out of 34. Custer was brave, but wasn't the sharpest bayonet in the armory.

[Professional Engineer]

Hi miss Feather

[Professional Engineer]

Hiya Sam. Thanks for setting the record straight. I assume the whole circle has to be "zeroed" on some fixed point, North?, before it can be used properly. Correct?

[Professional Engineer]

Howdy ma'am

[colorado tanker]

Whoa, look at the size of the trains in that photo of the Dakota expedition. And people complain about the size of the logistical tail today.

G'day all.

[Aeronaut]

Hi Sam.

[SAMWolf]

Doesn't have to be North, you use at least 3 known points from a declination station.

DECLINATION CONSTANT

Since the magnetic needle of an aiming circle does not point to the grid north determined from a map, it is necessary to correct for this difference by using the declination constant. The declination constant of an instrument is the clockwise angle between grid north and magnetic north; that is, the grid azimuth of magnetic north. This constant differs slightly for different instruments and must be recorded on each instrument. The constant also varies for the same instrument in different localities.

To determine the declination constant, proceed as follows:

a. Declination Station. Declination stations are established by corps artillery, division artillery, and artillery battalion survey teams to determine the declination constants of instruments and to correct for local attractions, annual variations, and instrument errors. When a unit moves from one locality to another, a station should be established where all instruments are declinated. If the declination constants for all instruments of a unit are determined at the same station, grid azimuths measured with each instrument will agree with the map grid, and all instruments will agree with each other. The point chosen for the declination station must have a view of at least two distant, well-defined points with a known grid azimuth. Two additional points are desirable, one in each quadrant, as a check.

b. Procedure for Declinating Aiming Circle at a Declination Station. Where a declination station is available, the procedure for declinating the aiming circle is as follows:

STEP 1. Set up and fine-level the aiming circle directly over the declination station marker using the plumb bob. STEP 2. Place the grid azimuth of the first azimuth marker on the scales using the recording motion. Place the vertical cross line of the telescope on the azimuth marker using the nonrecording (orienting) motion. The aiming circle is now oriented on grid north.
STEP 3. With the recording motion, rotate the instrument to zero. Release the magnetic needle and look through the magnifier. Center the north- seeking needle using the recording motion, then relock the magnetic needle.
STEP 4. Notice the new azimuth on the scale, which is the declination constant--record it.
STEP 5. Recheck the aiming circle level and repeat steps 2 through 4 using the remaining azimuth markers until three readings have been taken. If there is only one marker, repeat the entire procedure twice using the same marker.

Not as hard as it sounds

[SAMWolf]

And they were no where as efficient as today. ;-)

[snippy_about_it]

ooh. Thanks for posting this song Valin. Now I get to hear Sam sing it...all day long. ;-)

[snippy_about_it]

Morning Colonel. How are you doing?

[snippy_about_it]

That's one long wagon train!

[snippy_about_it]

This would be similar to what surveyors use, right?

[SAMWolf]

Yep.

[SAMWolf]

Sound effects and all. :-)

[PhilDragoo]

1968 Lyle Menendez NY, accused of killing his parents (Menendez Brothers)

And the sad thing was that after that he was an orphan.

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The Gatling Gun Patent Drawing
By Richard Jordan Gatling, 1865
Ink and watercolor on paper
14-1/4" x 18-1/2"
National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Patent and Trademark Office

The Gatling Gun

The Gatling gun was the first successful rapid-fire machine gun. Invented by Dr. Richard Jordan Gatling, a physician, the first model had six barrels revolving around a central axis. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler of the Union Army first used the gun at the siege of Petersburg, Virginia, in 1864-65. Shown here are two drawings of the improved 10-barrel, .30-caliber model which fired 400 rounds a minute. The gun was patented on May 9, 1865, and was officially adopted by the U.S. Army on August 21, 1866. It proved superior to other rapid-fire guns of the time and, for more than 40 years, the Gatling gun was used by almost every world power.

"Battery Gun"
By Richard Jordan Gatling, 1865
Ink and watercolor on paper
18 3/4" x 14 1/4"
National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Patent and Trademark Office

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M134 7.62mm minigun (GAU-2B/A)

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This just in: Porter Goss has pink-slipped Dr. Henry Kissinger, Bob "I'm a Clymer" Kerrey, and Adm. William Crowe from card night at Langley.

Here's to President Richard Nixon for doing the bombing LBJ refused to do the very month and year Hal Moore led his team to such a victory.

The kinder, gentler comes after their hearts and minds are pounded to mush.

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THE GATLING GUN

A fascinating page of facts regarding Gatling and his gun. And the true origin of the term Indianapolis Colts.

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1985 Daniel Ortega Saavedra inaugurated as President of Nicaragua

John "Cambodian Shambo" Kerry, Tom Heapodung, Mary Mapes, Daniel "Rapist de su Hija" Ortega, 1985

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CBS still can't say its documents were forged--but we can. Anyone with Microsoft Word can duplicate what was impossible in 1973.

[snippy_about_it]

You know I love to hear you sing. ;-)