USO Canteen FReeper Style Monday Mail Call .... November 4,2002

FRiends of the USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ The Troops ~ Snow Bunny

[Valin]

Major General Lunsford Lindsay Lomax

Major-General Lunsford Lindsay Lomax, a distinguished officer of the Confederate States provisional army, who rose from the rank of captain to that of major-general in the army of Northern Virginia, was born at Newport, R.I., the son of Mann Page Lomax, of Virginia, a major of ordnance in the United States army.
His mother, Elizabeth Lindsay, was a descendant of Captain Lindsay, who commanded a company in the light horse cavalry of Harry Lee during the Revolution, and lost an arm in the war for independence. His father, also, was of an old Virginia family. Young Lomax was educated in the schools of Richmond and Norfolk, and was appointed cadet-at-large, July 1, 1852, to the military academy at West point, where he was graduated July 1, 1856, and promoted to a brevet lieutenancy in the Second cavalry.

He served on frontier duty in Kansas, Nebraska and that with promotion to second lieutenant of the First region cavalry, September 30, 1856, and first lieutenant, March 21, 1861, until the secession of his State from the United States. Resigning April 25, 1861, he offered his services to Virginia, and was appointed captain in the State forces April 28th.
He was at once assigned to the staff of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, as assistant adjutant-general, and later was transferred to the field of operations beyond the Mississippi, as inspector-general upon the staff of the gallant Texan, Brigadier-General McCulloch, who commanded a division of Van Dorn's army.
After McCulloch fell he was promoted inspector-general on the staff of Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He served in this capacity from July, 1862, until October, when he was made inspector-general of the army of East Tennessee.
While with the western armies he participated in the battles of Pea Ridge, Ark., Farmington and Corinth, Miss., the first defense of Vicksburg from siege, Baton Rouge, La., Spring Hill and Thompson Station, Tenn. On February 8, 1863, he was promoted colonel and called to the eastern campaigns.
As colonel of the Eleventh Virginia cavalry, in W. E. Jones' brigade, he participated in the raid in West Virginia, and the subsequent Pennsylvania campaign, including the battles of Brandy Station, Winchester, Rector's Cross-roads, Upperville, Gettysburg and Buckland. On July 23, i863, he was promoted brigadier-general and assigned to the command of a brigade of cavalry organized for him of the Fifth, Sixth and Fifteenth Virginia regiments, and the First Maryland cavalry.
Under his command this brigade was one of the principal factors in the subsequent operations of Fitz Lee's division, including the fighting at Culpeper Court House, Morton's Ford, the second encounter at Brandy Station, Tod's Tavern, the Wilderness campaign, Cold Harbor, Yellow Tavern, Reams' Station and Trevilian's.
His gallant and cool leadership in these important engagements led to his promotion, August 10, 1864, to the rank of major-general. He was given command of a division composed of the cavalry brigades of Bradley T. Johnson, W. L. Jackson, Henry B. Davidson, J. D. Imboden and John McCausland, and rendered prominent and distinguished service in the Valley campaign of the army under General Early, at the battles of Winchester, Tom's Brook and other encounters. At the battle of Woodstock, October 9th, he was made a prisoner by Torbert's calvary, but made his escape about three hours later by personally overthrowing his captor. On October 31st he was assigned to the command of the cavalry wing of the army under Early, and on March 29, 1865, was put in entire command of the Valley district of the department of Northern Virginia.
After the fall of Richmond he moved his forces to Lynchburg, and when Lee surrendered sent the news to General Echols, with whom he endeavored to form a junction with the remnants of his own, Fitz Lee's and Rosser's divisions. He succeeded in joining the army in North Carolina, and surrendered his division with Johnston, at Greensboro.

Thence he returned to Caroline county, Va., and engaged in farming, to which he quietly devoted himself during the succeeding years until 1889, when he was called to the presidency of the college at Blacksburg- He resigned this position after five years' service.
For several years he has been engaged in the official compilation of the records of the war, at Washington, D. C.

[tomkow6]

A new one opened by my house.......I can walk to it & then ROLL back home! LOL!

[SAMWolf]

Mark - US Army
Carol - US Army
Benjamin - USAF
Scully and the Pirates - USN
Smitty - USMC
Jim - USN
Rick -USMC

I'm short on time today, I have a "Brown Bag Lunch Meeting" at work today so I won't be able to get on during lunch. Thank you all for taking the time to write.

Carol, Thanks for your concern, just dealing with some personal issues, I'll work them out.

[BeachBelle]

Good morning, Tonk! Good morning, Snow Bunny! Just stopping by to get my daily "Fix" here. The Republicans have a stronghold here in the Panhandle. Big Military presence, and we LOVE our Jeb!!! Thanks for the ping, Tonk

Good morning Troops!

[tomkow6]

...Brown Bag Lunch

Never had one of those.......what does the brown bag taste like? Chicken? What do you put on it? Lettuce? Mustard? Onions? My "voices" want to know.......... Have a good day, Sam! See ya later!

[Valin]

1862 - Richard Gatling patents Gatling gun

The Gatling gun saw only limited use in the Civil War, (Ben Butler used two around Petersburg and eight on gunboats; Porter acquired one; and Hancock ordered twelve for his I (Veteran) Corps), however, the conflict did test this weapon, perhaps the first successful true machine gun used in warfare. Invented by Dr. Richard Jordan Gatling, the Civil War model served as the precursor of more successful models.
The Gatling gun was a hand-crank-operated weapon with 6 barrels revolving around a central shaft. The cartridges were fed to the gun by gravity through a hopper mounted on the top of the gun. 6 cam-operated bolts alternately wedged, fired, and dropped the bullets, which were contained in steel chambers. Gatling used the 6 barrels to partially cool the gun during firing. Since the gun was capable of firing 600 rounds a minute, each barrel fired 100 rounds per minute.
The gun had a number of problems, however. The bores were tapered, and often the barrels and chambers did not exactly align, affecting accuracy and velocity. The chamber system itself, in which a paper cartridge was contained inside a capped steel chamber, was both expensive and fragile. While the gun showed much promise and fired the standard .58-caliber ammunition, it had so many drawbacks and was so radical in both design and purpose that Gatling was unable to interest the U.S. government. The army purchased none of his guns, but Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, after a field test, purchased 12 for $1,000 each and two were used on the Petersburg front in 1864 and apparently were considered successful.
In Jan. 1865 Gatling's improved Model 1865 gun was tested by the Ordnance Department. Among other things, this weapon used rimfire copper-cased cartridges instead of the steel-chambered paper variety. Though this model did not see service, it was adopted officially in 1866. Having at last received government approval, Gatling began to sell his guns throughout the world; they achieved lasting fame in the post-war years.
Source of Information: "Historical Times Encyclopedia of the Civil War", Boatner's "Civil War Dictionary", and Edwards's "Civil War Guns".

Richard Jordan Gatling was born in Money's Neck, North Carolina. He studied medicine and dentistry but never practised. In 1862 Gatling took out a patent for a mechanical gun that he developed. The Gatling Gun consisted of six barrels mounted in a revolving frame. A later version with ten barrels, fired 320 rounds a minute. The United States Army purchased these guns in 1865 and over the next few years most major armies in Europe purchased the gun.

In 1870 Gatling opened a new factory in Hartford, Connecticut to produce his gun. He continued to improve the Gatling Gun and by 1882 it could fire up to 1,200 rounds per minute. However, sales of the gun declined after Hiram Maxim began producing his automatic Maxim Machine Gun.

As well as guns, Gatling manufactured machines for sowing and breaking hemp, a steam power and a marine steam ram. Richard Jordan Gatling died in 1903.

[Soaring Feather]

If you do not get it then I am really old!

Good Morning Radix!

Heck no, Radix you aren't old!

All the people were known as the Trids.
They were very nice people.

You're a Trid!! heh heh heh

[tomkow6]

Is tomorrow the

First Lady's birthday?

One of my "voices" says it is........

[Soaring Feather]

For Tonkin, The Bridge over Troubled Waters

*HUGS*

[Radix]

You are sweet.

TY!

[BeachBelle]

Good morning, radu! Hope your hubby enjoyed the mystery stew last night. : )

I'm glad you're feeling better. As for me... if I were a horse, you'd probably take me out back and shoot me! I don't think I've fully recovered from the trip yet?! LOL!

It's warm here today and I want some cool weather!

[Soaring Feather]

I GOT TO SEE THE PRESIDENT LIVE! AWESOME gotta get the film developed. (At the Norm Coleman rally in St. Paul)

WOW and ZOUNDS!

Fabulous Johnny!

[Radix]

Dear Fluffy Pickle Squirt

aka my friend Carol(US ARMY),

I am sorry that I made you cry. LoL! You are so sweet. You are the best thing that has happened to me since my Patriots won yesterday!

Seriously, thank you for your words. I will be sure to think about you if I am ever in the "poem zone" again. Heh heh heh! That might not be a good thing!


You are quite the writer yourself. The things that you write about here shows that all of the efforts of the Canteeners are really worth it. You made me feel better today. Thank You! You make it all worthwhile.

I consider myself to be relatively new Canteener. each day that I come here I learn more about the true value of it. The entire concept and the reality of it keeps getting me right there in my center part. Know what I mean?

All of you Volunteers and the fabulous girls that post here have really helped me to focus on what my real priorities should be. Some of the guys are OK too!

I remember things now about just what it was like to be away from "the World" as we called it. The more that I reflect on it the more that I realize just what it is that is most important. I will try to contribute more.

I have made new friends here and it just keeps getting better. Thank You for your Service.

-Radix

[Radix]

To: Marty,Al, Joe and me
Scully and the Pirates
USNAVY

Thanks for the words. I feel flattered.

I somehow stumbled onto this Canteen site a few months ago. Has it been that long already? I did not really get it at first. I somehow got posting to Linda a bit and I just sort of moved on. Checking here once in a while. Later I ran into Coteblanche in another thread.

Coteblanche told me about the Canteen. She had no idea that I had already yakked with Linda. Cote gave me a formal introduction, and since then I am here for good.

You know that saying "Everything happens for a reason." I honestly believe in that. I am so pleased to have the privilege of just even knowing about the Canteen. I think that I was sort of "called" here if that makes any sort of sense.

I love it here. I have a lot to learn about the graphics stuff though. There are those here that have helped me and I will try to learn. That is another thing that I like. The Team attitude here. Everyone seems to know just what it is that is important. They all help me and others. It is almost like Family, actually, it is Family.

Thank you Pirates for your words. Thank You for your Service. I will keep you also in mind if I ever feel "silly" again.

Consider that a warning. You know the proverbial "shot over the bow."

Have a great Day!

-Radix

[ProudEagle]

Good morning Miss Bunny and all. Just checking in, hope all are well.

It is the soldier, not the reporter who has given us freedom of the press.

It is the soldier, not the poet who has given us freedom of speech.

It is the soldier, not the campus organizer who has given us freedom to demonstrate.

It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag.

It is the soldier who has made and will continue to make the United States of America the greatest nation on earth.

[Mr_Magoo]

Air Power

McDONNELL RF-101C "VOODOO"

The F-101 lineage included several versions: low-altitude fighter-bomber, photo reconnaissance, two-seat interceptor and transition trainer. To accelerate production, no prototypes were built, the first Voodoo, an F-101A, made its initial flight on September 29, 1954. When production ended in March 1961, nearly 800 Voodoos had been built. Development of the unarmed RF-101, the world's first supersonic photo-recon aircraft, began in 1956 while 35 RF-101As and 166 RF-101Cs were produced, many earlier single-seat Voodoos were converted to the reconnaissance configuration.

The RF-101C pictured participated in "Operation Sun Run," a high-speed transcontinental flight on November 27, 1957. Using air-to-air refueling, a team of Voodoos set nonstop speed records from Los Angeles to New York City and return. Capt Ray W. Schrecengost, flying the plane on display, broke three existing speed records. This Voodoo flew vital low-altitude reconnaissance during the Cuban Missile Crisis and helped confirm that offensive missile sites in Cuba were being dismantled. It also served in Southeast Asia (SEA) with the 45th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, one of the first aircraft in SEA to revert to camouflage markings for combat use. It was transferred from the 186th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, Mississippi Air National Guard, Key Field, Mississippi, to the USAF Museum on October 27, 1978.

SPECIFICATIONS
Span: 39 ft. 8 in.
Length: 69 ft. 3 in.
Height: 18 ft. 0 in.
Weight: 51,000 lbs. max.
Armament: One MK-28 or MK-43 thermonuclear bomb
Engines: Two Pratt & Whitney J57’s of 15,000 lbs. thrust each with afterburner
Cost: $1,276,245

PERFORMANCE
Maximum speed: 1,000 mph.
Cruising Speed: 550 mph.
Range: 2,060 miles
Service Ceiling: 45,800 ft.

Photos/Information courtesy of the US Air Force Museum

[Soaring Feather]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good Morning Troops, families, veterans, and Canadian and Israeli allies (and everybody else). Thank you for taking such good care of the USA.

Today in Anchorage, Alaska:

Sunrise 8:37am
Sunset 4:47pm

Hi 47F
Lo 36

Cloudy & mild

Actual yesterday in Anchorage:

Hi 42F
Lo 35F

State Hi 55F Seldovia
State Lo 0 Nuiqsut

[SevenofNine]

Breaking news off Hareetz wire

There is report at this time of morning car bomb just went off near Nablus Israel so far killing 3 people in latest report

Also another item off USA Today reporting Israel going give back up Miltary support to US and UK force and Mossad promise intellgence report on everybody fav bad boy Iraq dude Saddam

SWEETTTTTTTT

[zip]

whooooeee. Are you ever in trouble with the girlz. You better find a story to even it out. lol