1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 93 The Army of the United States (three more)
This damn "freedom" and "democracy" smell is really fucking sweet.

In the Qing Dynasty, it was only in special periods, such as the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement not long ago, that the local government allowed the local gentry to organize and practice self-defense under the supervision of central officials.

In peacetime, it is unimaginable for the local gentry to build a regular army on their own. If the local gentry privately trained large-scale armed forces, if the court found out that not only would they have to be stabbed in the neck, but the court would also give a special set of Zhu Jiuzu package.

The regular army of the American Army in the mid-19th century was not large.

During the Mexican-American War, the U.S. Army once expanded to 25 regiments. This is the moment when the U.S. Army has the largest number of regiments in recent years. These regiment-level units include 16 infantry regiments, 1 rifle regiment, and 4 dragoon regiments (the first 4. The Fourth Dragoon Regiment is a dragoon regiment temporarily formed during the war) and [-] artillery regiments.

Of course, these wartime regiment-level units are not all standing regiments, more than half are militia regiments and volunteer regiments.

Since the service period of American volunteer units is only one year, many volunteer groups had already disbanded and returned home before the war was over.

Anyway, the war was fought in Mexico, and they couldn't hit their hometown.

As for making meritorious deeds, it has nothing to do with ordinary soldiers and grassroots officers like them.Only a small number of middle and senior military officers are eligible to receive medals and receive so-called honorary promotions.

It is more realistic for low-level military officers to have a good relationship with the colonel if they want to be promoted. After all, the promotion of low-level military officers is often just a matter of a word from the colonel.

After the war, the United States, whose economy was in depression, was unable to afford huge military expenditures, and several unnecessary regiments were abolished.According to the information collected by Liang Yao, the American Army now has fifteen regiment-level military units.

Although the size of the American Army is pitifully small compared to the size of the United States, the combat effectiveness of the militia and civilian armed forces is considerable due to the simple folk customs of the United States.

When going to war, the United States will mobilize civilian armed forces to form militia groups and volunteer groups to mix with regular troops.

The combat effectiveness of the mixed troops is quite impressive, at least it is more than enough to fight against weak neighbors like Mexico, and printing Indians is even more of a sledgehammer.

At this time, the United States has no overseas colonies, and the national defense pressure is not great, so naturally there is no need to maintain a large army.

The regiment was the main permanent organization of the United States during this period, not only the United States, but also the main permanent combat unit of the European powers at this time.

The conscription system of the American Army is similar to that of the United Kingdom. It also allows local gentry with power and financial resources to prepare infantry regiments on their own.

The difference is that Britain has vast colonies to rule. In addition to maintaining the most powerful navy in the world, Britain also has to maintain a relatively large army. deterrence.

In the United States and the United Kingdom, officers above the colonel and above need to be appointed by the government. As for the appointment of officers below the colonel, the appointment is quite arbitrary, and it is up to the colonel to decide.

Under normal circumstances, in addition to appointing his cronies as lieutenant colonels and majors to assist him, the colonel will also absorb some young talents from the military academy to join his infantry regiment as grassroots officers or even school-level officers.

In this way, while keeping the army loyal to itself, it can also ensure that its troops have a certain combat effectiveness.For example, Colonel Mason's capable officer, Sherman, is an excellent graduate of West Point Military Academy.

Of course, there are also some troops that are relatively stretched, and they directly mark the prices of officers at all levels and sell them publicly.

Isaac, a former British Army instructor hired by Liang Yao, bought his military rank directly with pounds.

This is also the reason why the status of the colonel and the lieutenant colonel are worlds apart even though they are only one level behind.

With the appointment of the gentlemen of the Ministry of War, Liang Yao can now justifiably expand his armed forces and no longer need to hide them.

A regiment in the United States is normally composed of ten infantry companies, and the number of people fluctuates around a thousand, and there will not be much difference.

It is only a rare phenomenon that there are only four or five infantry companies left in an infantry regiment like Griffin.

Including the 250 recruits who had just been recruited, Liang Yao's guard team only had [-] members in total, and there was still a lot of room for expansion.

Liang Yao asked Hu Jinchen to put down the work at hand for the time being, and notified Sutter and the head of the gold mining company who was close to him to come to Tingtao Garden to hold an emergency meeting.

He did not intend to wait until Gerwin and War Department officials arrived in California to expand the army.

From Fremont's letter, he already knew that there was a high probability that Congress would not recognize the land grant from the Mexican government.

Colonel Mason, who was stationed on the US-Mexico border, heard that his troops were fighting well.

This army was like a sword hanging over his head, making him uncomfortable, for fear that the sword would fall down at any time and stab into his head.

He planned to use Colonel Mason's troops as an imaginary enemy to quickly form an infantry regiment with acceptable combat effectiveness to ensure that his interests in California would not be damaged.

Liang Yao was thinking about expanding the army, just after taking a shower, Connie, who had put on clean clothes, walked into his study with wet hair

"Connie, your hair and beard need a trim, I don't want my assistant looking like a beggar."

Liang Yao raised his eyes to look at Kony, he disliked Kony's current image very much.

"I think so too, but I don't have any money. Can you take pity on me and advance my next month's salary?"

Connie found a sofa and sat down casually, and ordered the maid to prepare a snack for him to fill his stomach.

"Next month's salary? Your internship period is two months, and there is no salary during the internship period. You can only get salary in the third month of working for me."

"A two-month internship? So black-hearted?" Kony stood up excitedly.

"Black heart? As far as I know, the probationary period of employees of your father's company starts with a quarter, that is, three months. During the probation period, you still have to take care of your own food and lodging. Compared with your father, I can no longer Conscience." Liang Yao thought for a while and said, "I have a personal barber, and tomorrow I will ask him to cut your hair and trim your beard, and the related expenses will be directly deducted from your salary."

"Black-hearted capitalist!" Kony said angrily.

"You are the son of America's largest capitalist."

Liang Yao couldn't laugh or cry when these words came from the mouth of a big capitalist's son.

"I want to apply to be transferred to the Sacramento branch of the Bank of America, even if I am a teller." Kony said with reason.

"Your ability is too strong. I'm such a waste that I can't be your assistant. Only a top personal assistant like Nigel is qualified to be your assistant. I have studied various businesses of banks in business school. I think banks work is more suitable for me.”

"Kony, don't think I don't know what you're thinking, no way!" Liang Yao rudely interrupted Kony.

"I also know that your cousin doesn't like my type. He likes a mature and reliable man like Dr. Robinson, but I'm ready to change my mind. I think there is still a chance between us." Coney continued chattering .

"Renewing your mind is not just talking about it, it needs to be put into action."

"In exchange, how about I match you and Elizabeth? I grew up with Elizabeth, I know her well, and she has a crush on you.

You also seem to be a trustworthy person, unlike Clark, I know very well that Clark married Louise not because of love, but because of the money of our Vanderbilt family. "

Coney thought of Clark as well as his obnoxious brothers-in-law.

Coney hopes that Elizabeth will not follow in the footsteps of her sisters, but can marry someone she likes and live happily, instead of following the arrangement of her parents and marrying someone she doesn't really like like his other sisters.

He even felt that the sisters should not just sneak away and wipe tears in the corner with their mother, but stand up bravely like him to resist the tyrannical rule of their father on the family.

"If you talk nonsense again, I'll hand you over to Stanford!" Liang Yao glared at Kony, a talkative guy, feeling that he deserved a beating.

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