[HN Gopher] Logistics, How Did They Do It, Part II: Foraging
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Logistics, How Did They Do It, Part II: Foraging
Author : burlesona
Score : 7 points
Date : 2022-07-30 18:34 UTC (4 hours ago)
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| calvinmorrison wrote:
| The last post got a lot of feedback since we all love math, but
| this is also quite interesting. I didn't realize that quartering
| troops was such a common practice as I had imagined more armies
| acting like the Romans setting up their own camps - however it
| seems common based on the authors writing. He mentions a few
| times how this probably impacted the writing of the American 3rd
| amendment - no quartering troops in civilian homes
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