General Von Steuben

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    The General Order is always to manoeuver in a body and on the attack; to maintain strict but not pettifogging discipline; to keep the troops constantly at the ready; to employ the utmost vigilance on sentry go; to use the bayonet on every possible occasion; and to follow up the enemy remorselessly until he is utterly destroyed.
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    Association with women is the basis of good manners.
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)