AN OLD SCHOOLTEACHER’S REFLECTIONS ON THE FAILURE OF MODERN EDUCATION
Several weeks ago I went home to visit my parents for a wedding – my cousin was getting married. Despite the lingering thoughts about how the couple would probably get divorced, and about how marriage is a horrible deal for a man, I still genuinely hoped that it would work out for them.
As the procession ended, my family and I funneled out through the narrow front doors of the church, and I was surprised to see my Kindergarten teacher standing there. “Jon!” she exclaimed.
I was always impressed at how she could remember every one of her students’ names, despite the number of years that had passed. She seemed like one of the few teachers who actually got into teaching for the sake of helping young children grow into responsible young adults.
Mrs. Clark, my Kindergarten teacher, stood at about 5’3” – she was a little old lady with blondish-greying hair, and she was dressed in attire that a woman should be dressed in (a dress that went down to her ankles, a nice sweater, a scarf, and some other female accessories). Despite how many might feel about running into an old teacher, I was actually glad – I remembered many of the lessons that she had taught me, and how they were applicable to real life.
After chatting with her for a while, I found out that she was still a Kindergarten teacher. I asked her how long she’d been teaching for, and she said almost 50 years, now. Curious as to what I could learn from her, I asked if she’d noticed any changes in the educational system over the last five decades (since 1965).
Immediately, her normally joyful, rosy-cheeked expression transformed into a grimace.
“It’s changed a lot, Jon – and not for the better. Things that used to be common sense are being thrown out the window,” she said. “It’s becoming more and more bureaucratic – we have to please the parents to a much greater extent than we ever had to when I first started teaching. It’s become more about politics than it has about actual teaching.”
We chatted for quite a while, and as she began to drop more and more gems of wisdom on me, I decided that it would be a good idea to ask her if I could record our conversation. I told her that more people needed to know the truth, and that I was a blogger who could give it to them. After asking me what in the hell a “blogger” was, she consented.
After a long discussion about the current state of the American educational system, I went home and sifted through my recordings. I have compiled here a list of the three core points which Mrs. Clark Made.
Masculinity is being weeded out of children at an alarming rate
“I don’t want to hear this feminist bullshit.”
As most ROK readers know, schools are now essentially nothing more than brainwashing, “grooming” grounds which exist to churn out droves of good little beta male citizens. From a young age, any time that a boy tries to express his masculinity, he is viciously reprimanded and made to feel guilty about his natural biological tendencies. Meanwhile, little girls are eagerly rewarded for every single thing that they do, thus inflating their already bloated egos.
I can’t even let boys roughhouse anymore, because it could mean a lawsuit for the school. I used to let the boys play with toy swords and shields, too. They would make up their own games and fight with each other – I thought it was good for them. It taught them to have courage, it exercised their creativity, it showed them the value of teamwork, and it gave them an outlet. All of that went away in the mid 90’s, Jon.
As most of us are aware, this is how it all started. At first, the liberals pressured schools to stop letting boys rough play, under the guise that it was dangerous and violent. The public ate it up. However, not satisfied with simply depriving young boys of their right to roughhouse, an activity that is crucial for a young boy’s development, they moved on to attack anything that was even remotely perceivable as being masculine.
As if it isn’t enough that they can’t roughhouse anymore, our principal banned toy soldiers from the school! They aren’t allowed to make the gun symbol with their fingers, they can’t read anything about soldiers, knights, or warriors…they can’t even say anything even slightly perceivable as being offensive.
The other day one of my boys got a detention, because he said he wanted to be a firefighter when he grew up. The VP [vice principal] was attending a special little presentation that our classroom had put on; each of the kids drew a picture of what they wanted to be when they grew up, and said a few words about why they chose that profession. One of my boys said that he wanted to be a firefighter, because that’s what his daddy does, and it’s a job for men. He said that he wanted to be a man like his daddy, and that being a firefighter would make him a stronger, braver man.
Uh oh. Brace yourself for the shit storm, kid.
“The VP became furious and told him that he had just earned himself a detention for being sexist. The kid just started to cry; he was so confused. It was heartbreaking,” said Mrs. Clark.
This level of hyper-speech control really struck a chord with me—I felt bad for the kid, because I could relate. I had a similar “speech-control” incident when I was in 7th grade. I was playing with a basketball during recess. The class bully came up, took it from me, kicked it as far as he could, and ran. I yelled after him: “You’re dead meat!”
Immediately following recess, I was brought into the Vice Principal’s office and questioned about a death threat. They told me that I had threatened to kill another student, and that they took matters like this very seriously.
I was completely dumb-founded; I never actually threatened to kill him, it’s just a figure of speech. Apparently they were too stupid to understand this, so I told them that I didn’t really mean it. They let me off with a warning, but told me that if I ever said anything like that again, I would probably be expelled.
Egalitarianism has infected our schools
George Orwell was startlingly accurate
Egalitarianism, as defined by the pussified, Orwellian newspeak-promoting Merriam Webster, means: “a belief in human equality especially with respect to social, political, and economic affairs.”
The ACTUAL, more realistic definition of egalitarianism, is something like: “The belief that all human beings should be treated equally, regardless of any differences, and that their beliefs should also be treated equally, regardless of their validity.” If you can’t see why this is clearly a bad thing, let’s allow Mrs. Clark to elaborate.
I used to teach my kids to color in the lines, because that’s the way it should be done. I taught them how to hold a pencil, and the proper way to write letters and numbers with it. I taught the girls how to sit when wearing a skirt, so that they didn’t expose themselves. I taught the boys to be gentle with the girls, because they were stronger, and it was their responsibility to protect them.
Now I’d probably get fired for teaching these things. We’ve abandoned teaching cursive, because nobody writes anymore, and I’m not allowed to correct kids either, because that means that their way of doing things isn’t good. The other day, I got in trouble for teaching a young boy to color in the lines; for teaching him to color in the lines! Nowadays, I can’t even say that ‘This is the right way to do it,’ because I’m supposed to value everyone’s opinions equally, no matter how wrong they are.
A decade ago I got in trouble for teaching a young boy how to use a folder. He had been stuffing worksheets into his backpack, leaving them all crumpled up and disorganized, so I bought him a little two pocket Spiderman folder and showed him how to use it.
The next day, his parents chewed me out. I told them that he was disorganized and lost everything. They told me that their son had ADHD, and that ‘His medical disorder causes him to do things differently sometimes. You’re being insensitive to his disability, and it’s barbaric; he has his own way of doing things, and it has its advantages and its disadvantages, and you need to accept that.’
Mrs. Clark was astonished at their grossly offensive idiocy and irresponsible parenting:
They were using his ADHD as an excuse to let him stay disorganized and cluttered. I couldn’t say anything though, because they were threatening to sue the school. Even though the kid would have been much better off organized, I was forced to tolerate his complete lack of organization, because ‘It’s just his way of doing things.’ Give me a break.
Still think that egalitarianism is a good thing?
We aren’t preparing kids for the real world
Most children grow up thinking this is what it’s like
I remember my class with Mrs. Clark – vaguely of course, but there’s definitely some things that stick out in my mind. Perhaps the clearest thing which I recall, is being bullied by a kid named Robbie. Every day, for no apparent reason, he would push me down onto the ground. I would get upset, run away, and then resume playing.
Mrs. Clark saw this several times, but didn’t intervene. She pulled me aside one day, and asked: “Why don’t you ever push him back?” My world was shattered. It had never even occurred to me that I could stand up for myself, thanks to years of Barney brainwashing and maternal coddling.
So, the next day, I pushed him back. He seemed shocked that I was standing up for myself. Mrs. Clark was watching; she came over and told Robbie that “If you push somebody, they might just push you back.” After that, Robbie never bothered me again.
This was probably one of the most valuable lessons that I’ve ever learned. It taught me to be brave, even when you’re scared. It taught me to stand up for myself. It taught me that sometimes a man has to solve his own problems.
Nowadays, this would probably be deemed as child abuse, according to Mrs. Clark:
If two boys in my class ever got in a fight nowadays, I would probably be fired. I’m supposed to helicopter parent them every second of every day, and it’s not preparing them for the real world. Kids can’t even stand up for themselves anymore – I remember two kids that got in a fight, I think about 8 years ago, maybe 9; Colby and Patrick.
One day, Colby decided it would be a good idea to slap Patrick in the face. Patrick told him to stop, but Colby just slapped him again. I was watching the whole thing, and didn’t get involved. I used to let kids work things out for themselves – it prepares them for the real world. Colby then picked up a handful of mulch and smeared it all over Patrick’s shirt…Patrick got really mad. He swung a mean right hook and knocked Colby onto the ground – he started crying and throwing a temper tantrum.
I pulled them aside and explained to Colby that if he’s going to provoke another student, he might just get what he’s asking for. I told Patrick that he did the right thing, and that he should always stand up for himself.
Within the next week, I was told by the principal that Colby’s parents were filing a class action lawsuit against the school, and had already reported Patrick’s…’assault,’ to the police. The principal told me that Patrick was being suspended for his actions.
“I couldn’t believe it!” exclaimed Mrs. Clark. “The little shit, pardon my language, had been harassing and humiliating Patrick, and when Patrick stands up for himself he gets in trouble? I tried to stand up for him, but the principal threatened to fire me. I almost lost my job that day, Jon, and it’s never been the same since.”
In Summary
The American educational system has deteriorated into a colossal lump of shit. 14 years of education, from preschool to graduating high school, and what are our children taught? Boys are taught to suppress their masculinity, and instilled with a deep-seeded victim complex. Girls are taught that they’re God’s gift to this earth, and that they deserve to be treated like princesses, regardless of their actions.
Both boys and girls are fed lie after lie, until they have no choice but to accept the false reality being forced upon them.
School doesn’t teach our children basic financial responsibility, how to socialize, how to change a tire, or any other basic life skills. What it does teach them, however, is that men are evil, women are goddesses, and that the world is a soft and cushy place that will cater to their needs.
So, if you have a kid, it’s best that you don’t raise him in America. If you don’t have a choice, send him to a private school, but do your research first, because some of them have been infected (Mrs. Clark taught at a Catholic school). If you can’t afford to give your kid a private education or to move out of the country, try to move to a more conservative area, where the schools haven’t been completely overrun by liberals.
At the very least, you should be teaching your child the truth from a young age, so that by the time that the school system tries to bullshit him, he’ll have a weak, but functioning, bullshit detector. Some other writers have already discussed how to instill your son with neomasculine values, such as here and here.
If you don’t have a son, then do your best to pass on red pill knowledge to young boys. Whenever I get together with my family for Thanksgiving or other holidays, I always play football with the young boys, and impart masculine wisdom onto them. One of my nephews, who I’ve been subtly implanting with red pill truths over the years, is now a total player in 8th grade; he has girls chasing after him, but prefers to go deer hunting with his buddies.
We need more young boys like this in the world, and you, my friends, have the power to create them. We must combat the school system ourselves, because nobody else will. We have a responsibility to pass down our wisdom to the younger generation, so that we may have a hope of one day reclaiming the patriarchy of our ancestors.
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Jacob Double Rifle
by Garry James – Monday, March 19, 2012
In the history of firearms, the military double rifle invented by British Gen. John Jacob of the Indian Army was probably one of the most ambitious and as the same time one of the most outlandish designs ever devised.
General Jacob was a fascinating person—one of those larger than life mid-19th century characters whose career reads more like a novel than fact. He tamed great portions of India’s wild Northwest Frontier, set up civil administrations and generally did a splendid all-around job of soldiering. A town was even named after him, which still exists in Pakistan.
As an improvement on the British-issue Brunswick Rifle, which fired a belted round ball, he devised a symmetrical conical projectile with studs that mechanically fit in the rifle’s bore, giving far better accuracy than the Brunswick. He continued his work, to include the invention of a bullet with a fulminate nose plug that exploded upon contact that was felt would be great for blowing up enemy artillery caissons at long distances. At about the same time he became infatuated with the idea of the double rifle, and figured that style would perfectly suit his rifling system and would be just the ticket to issue to his troops.
What Jacob finally came up with was a very elaborate and expensive percussion double-barreled rifle of 32 bore (0.524 caliber.) The barrels measured 24 inches and the gun’s overall length was only 40 inches. It weighed 9 pounds and sights were graduated to a very optimistic 2,000 yards. The 6-inch-long rear leaf was so contrived that to use it at an extreme range it had to be fired from the chest. He also designed an elaborate basket-hilted broadsword-style bayonet that was just about as long as the gun. The bayonets are also much sought after by collectors and are actually probably rarer than the rifles themselves.
In the mid-1850s Jacob contracted with British gunsmith Swinburn & Son to make the unusual arms. Each rifle had a special patchbox proudly engraved with the proposed unit’s name, “Jacob’s Rifles.” In 1858 he decided to raise a battalion of native riflemen to be armed with his double gun. “Jacob’s Rifles,” as the unit was to be called, would number about 1,000 officers and men, about 900 of whom would have Jacob’s very expensive and complicated rifles.
Although Jacob died of “exhaustion” on Dec. 5, 1858, Swinburn & Son fulfilled the contract; however, after his death, the rifles issued to troops were put back into stores and the troops were given more conventional longarms. Ultimately the doubles were most likely released from service and sold. The famous American surplus dealer Francis Bannerman even lists them in his early catalogs, calling them “Elephant Rifles.”
Actually, while not particularly suited to military use, they turned out to be pretty good hunting guns, and some sporters on the Jacob system were made by other firms. The explosive bullet idea even flourished for a time for use on thick-skinned game like rhinos and elephants.
The example seen here, dated 1860, is in surprisingly good condition, exhibiting about 90 percent of the original finish on the barrels, a modicum of case hardening and a perfect bore. As some of the guns saw hard use, probably as hunting pieces, it is not unusual to find them in much poorer shape. While not common, military Jacob Rifles do turn up from time-to-time. One in this shape is worth in the $5,500 to $6,500 range. Not bad when one considers the romance, ingenuity and determination involved in getting this gun built in the first place.
Gun: Jacob Rifle
Manufacturer: Swinburn & Son
Caliber: .524oio
Condition: Excellent (NRA Antique Gun Standards)
Manufacture: 1860
Value: $5,500 to $6,500
Serial Number: 251
Here is some info about the man behind the gun:
General Jacob was a fascinating person—one of those larger than life mid-19th century characters whose career reads more like a novel than fact. He tamed great portions of India’s wild Northwest Frontier, set up civil administrations and generally did a splendid all-around job of soldiering. A town was even named after him, which still exists in Pakistan.
As an improvement on the British-issue Brunswick Rifle, which fired a belted round ball, he devised a symmetrical conical projectile with studs that mechanically fit in the rifle’s bore, giving far better accuracy than the Brunswick. He continued his work, to include the invention of a bullet with a fulminate nose plug that exploded upon contact that was felt would be great for blowing up enemy artillery caissons at long distances. At about the same time he became infatuated with the idea of the double rifle, and figured that style would perfectly suit his rifling system and would be just the ticket to issue to his troops.
What Jacob finally came up with was a very elaborate and expensive percussion double-barreled rifle of 32 bore (0.524 caliber.) The barrels measured 24 inches and the gun’s overall length was only 40 inches. It weighed 9 pounds and sights were graduated to a very optimistic 2,000 yards. The 6-inch-long rear leaf was so contrived that to use it at an extreme range it had to be fired from the chest. He also designed an elaborate basket-hilted broadsword-style bayonet that was just about as long as the gun. The bayonets are also much sought after by collectors and are actually probably rarer than the rifles themselves.
In the mid-1850s Jacob contracted with British gunsmith Swinburn & Son to make the unusual arms. Each rifle had a special patchbox proudly engraved with the proposed unit’s name, “Jacob’s Rifles.” In 1858 he decided to raise a battalion of native riflemen to be armed with his double gun. “Jacob’s Rifles,” as the unit was to be called, would number about 1,000 officers and men, about 900 of whom would have Jacob’s very expensive and complicated rifles.
Although Jacob died of “exhaustion” on Dec. 5, 1858, Swinburn & Son fulfilled the contract; however, after his death, the rifles issued to troops were put back into stores and the troops were given more conventional longarms. Ultimately the doubles were most likely released from service and sold. The famous American surplus dealer Francis Bannerman even lists them in his early catalogs, calling them “Elephant Rifles.”
Actually, while not particularly suited to military use, they turned out to be pretty good hunting guns, and some sporters on the Jacob system were made by other firms. The explosive bullet idea even flourished for a time for use on thick-skinned game like rhinos and elephants.
The example seen here, dated 1860, is in surprisingly good condition, exhibiting about 90 percent of the original finish on the barrels, a modicum of case hardening and a perfect bore. As some of the guns saw hard use, probably as hunting pieces, it is not unusual to find them in much poorer shape. While not common, military Jacob Rifles do turn up from time-to-time. One in this shape is worth in the $5,500 to $6,500 range. Not bad when one considers the romance, ingenuity and determination involved in getting this gun built in the first place.
Gun: Jacob Rifle
Manufacturer: Swinburn & Son
Caliber: .524oio
Condition: Excellent (NRA Antique Gun Standards)
Manufacture: 1860
Value: $5,500 to $6,500
Serial Number: 251
Here is some info about the man behind the gun:
John Jacob (East India Company officer)
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Brigadier General John Jacob, engraving by Thomas Lewis Atkinson, 1859
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| Born | 11 January 1812 Woolavington, Somerset, England |
| Died | 6 December 1858 (aged 46) Jacobabad, modern Pakistan |
| Buried | Jacobabad, modern Pakistan |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | .svg){kind=small} East India Company |
| Years of service | 1828-1858 |
| Rank | Brigadier-General |
| Commands held | 36th Jacob’s Horse |
| Battles/wars | |
Brigadier-General John Jacob CB (11 January 1812 – 6 December 1858) was an officer of the British East India Company who served in colonial India for the major portion of his career.
He is known for the cavalry regiment called 36th Jacob’s Horse, and for founding the town of Jacobabad, where he planned and supervised the transformation of thousands of acres of desert into arable land, in just twenty years.
The scale of progress and prosperity his works brought to the region can be very well appreciated by comparing it with the contiguous areas in today’s Baluchistan which were not under his administrative jurisdiction.[1]
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Early life
He was born at Woolavington, in the county of Somerset, England, where his father the Reverend Stephen Long Jacob was incumbent.[2] His mother was Susanna, daughter of the Reverend James Bond of Ashford, Kent, England.[3]
He was schooled by his father until he obtained his cadetship to Addiscombe Military Seminary.[4] A number of the young cadets there who were his contemporaries, included such famous officers as Eldred Pottinger, Robert Cornelis Napier, Henry Mortimer Durand, Vincent Eyre and others.[5]
He was commissioned into the Bombay Artillery (Bombay Army) on his 16th birthday, and subsequently sailed for India in January 1828, never to set foot in England again.
Afghan War
After seven years employed with his regiment, he was then employed as subordinate to the collector of Gujarat. In 1838 he was ordered to Sind with the Bombay column, to join the army of the Indus at the outbreak of the First Anglo-Afghan War.
He first saw active service in the summer of 1839 as a subaltern of artillery, the force led by Sir John Keane, sent to invade the Upper Sindh.
He was given command of the Sind Horse by Sir James Outram in 1841; in 1842 he was additionally placed in political charge of the whole of the Cutchee frontier.
He saw his first major action as Brevet Captain at the Battle of Meanee, with the British force sent to conquer Sindh. He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath.
He set about to recruit a second regiment of Sind Horse, which Napier announced in a letter dated 28 November 1846 would be called Jacob’s Horse.
As Irregular Cavalry, each regiment had only three European officers, a system that Jacob argued should be extended to all Indian cavalry regiments.[6]
Both regiments were absorbed into the Indian Army in 1860 and ultimately became the 35th Sind Horse and the 36th Jacob’s Horse.
They saw active service in Northern and Central India, Persia and Afghanistan, and during World War I in France. They were amalgamated in 1921 and became known as the 14th Prince of Wales’s Own Scinde Horse.
Transforming the Village of Khangarh to City of Jacobabad[edit]
In 1847 Jacob was placed in political charge of the frontier and established his headquarters at Khangurh. At the time he set foot on there, the area was known as Upper Sind ‘desert’, littered with marauders who looted for living.
At the first place he restored peace in the area by thoroughly defeating the predator tribes. Then he started building infrastructure for the town, (at the village of Khangurh and its surroundings).
Being an architect and an engineer himself, he designed and then executed the plans of laying a wide road network around the town that measured a good 600 miles (965 km).
In that he resolved the problem of unavailability of potable water for the residents by excavating a tank that contained water brought from Indus through a canal.
His biggest and most important feat was the excavation of Begaree Canal, originating from Guddu barrage on river Indus, going round the district irrigating thousands of acres of land previously uncultivated, thereby providing means of living to thousands of people.[1]
As a Military Engineer[edit]
He wrote many pamphlets which were critical of the Indian Army as it then was, and got him into much trouble with the Government in London.
He was a scientist and inventor, developing an exploding bullet,[6] or shell, that fired combustibles up to 6 miles (9.7 km).
He believed this would revolutionize the art of war. Two good riflemen could, in his opinion, annihilate the best battery of field artillery in 10 minutes.
Further experiments made it possible to fire shells up to a range of 14 miles. More importantly, he designed a four grooved rifle and had various experimental guns manufactured in London by leading gunsmiths, and at his expense.
In April 1855 he was gazetted Lieutenant-Colonel.[6] In 1856, due to Sir Bartle Frere’s poor health, he taking leave in England, Jacob was pronounced Acting Commissioner in Sind.[6]
Persian War[edit]
Brigadier General John Jacob, CB. Marble bust at Taunton Shire Hall
At the outbreak of the Anglo-Persian War, Jacob was put in charge of the cavalry and departed for Persia.
He was raised to the rank of Brigadier-General,[7] and appointed Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria. When he arrived at Bushire, General Stalker having suddenly died, Jacob was put in charge of 3000 men.
Peace favourable to the British Government having been negotiated, Jacob was left in charge of conducting the evacuation of Bushire.
A month after the end of hostilities with the Persians, the Indian rebellion of 1857 had broken out; Jacob’s Horse remained loyal throughout.
He was anxious to return to India, as he had been selected for the command of the Central Indian Army. He was delayed in Bushire on the insistence of the British minister there, and Lord Elphinstone was unable to await his arrival; the command was given to Sir Hugh Rose instead.[8]
Jacob returned to Jacobabad where he raised two regiments of infantry. The 130th Baluchis and 26th Jacob’s Mountain Battery are named after him.
He died of ill health at Jacobabad on 6 December 1858.[6] He was buried in the town where his grave has been well-maintained by the locals for whom he retains a cult status, and, according to BBC correspondent Mark Tully locals believed he had saintlike status.[9]
Legacy[edit]
Though Gen John Jacob had undoubtedly his professional sincerities to the British Rule but his emotional links with the people and the area were deep-rooted, thereby believing in involving the locals in works of common good, a virtue not so common in the officers of British Raj.
He put those men to work, for themselves, who would prefer to starve rather than touching a spade or a hoe. His formula was simple, yet effective.
He would divide the work into small chunks and distribute it among families who, being dead sure on fair return on their hard work, completed the tasks very honestly and well in time.
Jacob noted in one of his writings that he saw the men working well into the night without any order or obligation from the authority.
Known as a man of justice, humanity, eccentricity and marvelous talents, Jekum Sahib Bahadur’ never advocated exploiting the labour by no or paltry wages. He believed it would bring nothing but chaos and ever-decreasing revenue over a certain area or headcount.[1]
It was his subjects who took to calling the new settlement ‘Jekumbad’ after their much admired ‘Jekum Sahib Bahadur.’ And Jekumbad it is even today on the lips of the illiterate.[10]
Not long after Jacob’s death the simple grave turned into a shrine for Muslims and Hindus alike for an oil lamp could be seen burning at its head.
This practice, according to Lambrick,[11] was discontinued on the orders of the Executive Engineer in the 1930s for the oil from the lamp left a messy stain on the grave.
But still, many of the Baloch villagers visit the tomb, pray for the health of an ailing child or for happiness and wealth.
Among his descendants, were Lt. Gen. Sir Ian Jacob, KBE, CB, a former Director-General of the BBC, Prof. E. F. Jacob, a historian; and Doctor Gordon Jacob, the composer.[11]
References[edit]
- ^ Jump up to:a b c http://www.dawn.com/news/720466/remembering-general-john-jacob-an-able-administrator-and-a-master-planne
- Jump up^ Dunning, Robert. “‘Woolavington’, in A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 8, the Poldens and the Levels”. British History Online. Victoria County Histories. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- Jump up^ Shand, Alexander Innes (2013). General John Jacob Commandant of the Sind Irregular Horse and Founder of Jacobabad. Forgotten Books. p. 14.
- Jump up^ Through the good offices of his cousin, Capt William Jacob of the Bombay Artillery in February 1826. His elder brother, Herbert, was then also serving out in India as a new subaltern. HT Lambrick, John Jacob of Jacobabad, reprint, Karachi, 1975, of original edition, p.7
- Jump up^ Lambrick, p.8
- ^ Jump up to:a b c d e “Jacob, John (1812–1858)”. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- Jump up^ “Papers of Brig-Gen John Jacob, Bombay Artillery 1828-58, Commandant, Scinde Irregular Horse 1841-58, Political Superintendent of Upper Sind 1847-58”. National Archives. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- Jump up^ Forrest, George W. (2011). Sepoy Generals: Wellington to Roberts. Cambridge University Press. p. 290. ISBN 9781108028530.
- Jump up^ “‘Karachi to the Khyber Pass’, Mark Tully”. BBC. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- Jump up^ http://odysseuslahori.blogspot.com/2013/07/Jacobabad.html
- ^ Jump up to:a b Lambrick, p. 5, footnote
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WWI Trench Hand Weapons
WWI Trench Hand Weapons
Karl and I recently did some work with a wide selection of hand weapons from WWI (some original, some reproductions) for a video in collaboration with the excellent YouTube channel The Great War. Have a look:
Looks pretty brutal to me!
Looks pretty brutal to me!
5th Field Artillery Regiment
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Coat of arms
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| Active | 1907 |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch | Army |
| Type | Field artillery |
| Motto(s) | “Faithful and True” |
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| Former Distinctive unit insignia |  |
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The 5th Field Artillery Regiment was constituted as part of the Regular Army in January 1907. Individual battalions have lineages that date back further. As of 2013, only two battalions are active.
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Distinctive unit insignia[edit]
- Description
A gold color metal and enamel device 1 inch (2.54 cm) in diameter which is an adaptation of the crest and motto of the coat of arms.
- Symbolism
The crest is that of the Hamilton family (Alexander Hamilton being a former commander of one of the elements of the regiment).
- Background
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 5th Field Artillery Regiment on 21 January 1924. It was redesignated for the 5th Field Artillery Battalion on 13 September 1944.
The insignia was cancelled on 19 April 1960. It was reinstated and authorized for the 5th Field Artillery Regiment effective 1 September 1971.
Coat of arms
- Blazon
- Shield: Gules the liberty bell Or between five arrows four point down in fess paleways and one in base fessways the latter broken Sable fimbriated Argent. On a chief embattled Vert fimbriated Argent a five-pointed mullet of the last (for the 12th Corps, Civil War).
- Crest: On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules, on a mount an oak tree fructed of 13 acorns and penetrated transversely in the main stem by a frame saw Proper, the frame Or (For Alexander Hamilton).
- Motto: FAITHFUL AND TRUE.
- Symbolism
- Shield: The shield is scarlet for Artillery. The Liberty Bell alludes to the Revolutionary War. The five arrows commemorate the Indian War campaign credit of old Company “F”, 4th Artillery. The broken arrow is indicative of the engagement at the Battle of the Wabash, Ohio Territory, 4 November 1791, in which all officers and two-thirds of the men of Bradford’s Company, Battalion of Artillery, were killed. The embattled partition line refers to the ramparts of Chapultapec and denotes service during the Mexican War. The star, the insignia of the 12th Corps in which batteries of the regiment served, is representative of the Civil War.
- Crest: The crest is that of the Hamilton family (Alexander Hamilton being a former commander of one of the elements of the regiment).
- Background: The coat of arms was originally approved for the 5th Field Artillery Regiment on 4 June 1924. It was redesignated for the 5th Field Artillery Battalion on 13 September 1944. The insignia was cancelled on 19 April 1960. It was reinstated and authorized for the 5th Field Artillery Regiment effective 1 September 1971.
1st Battalion
1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery traces its lineage to 6 January 1776 and is the oldest Regular Army unit on active duty.[1]
Trenton, New Jersey, 26 December 1776. General Washington here matched surprise and endurance against the superior numbers and training of the British, and the Continental Army won its first victory in long months of painful striving. Trenton eliminated 1,000 Hessians and drove the British from their salient in New Jersey.
It saved the flagging American cause and put new heart into Washington’s men. Alexander Hamilton’s Company of New York Artillery (now 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery) opened the fight at dawn, blasting the bewildered Hessians as they tried to form ranks in the streets.
The New York Provincial Company of Artillery was led first in the Revolutionary War by Captain and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States Alexander Hamilton.
The unit fought at Long Island, Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Yorktown, and New York. After participating in the final victory at Yorktown.
The unit was selected as the only Continental Army unit to remain on active duty status.
Later the unit fought in the War of 1812; and in the Miami, Creek, Seminole, Little Big Horn and Pine Ridge Indian campaigns. The unit also participated multiple campaigns in the Mexican War.
Remaining loyal to the Union, “Hamilton’s Own” fought valiantly in the Valley, Manassas, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and the Virginia 1861 Campaigns.
After earning a campaign streamer at Santiago, the 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery went to the Philippines and participated in the campaigns at Cavite, Luzon 1899, Samar 1900, and Samar 1901.
An officer of the battalion, First Lieutenant (later Brigadier General) Gruber composed the Caisson Song.
The song that was the 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery’s regimental march later became the Artillery and then the Army Song. The battalion was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division and sent to France in 1917.
The unit deployed as the 5th Field Artillery Regiment to fight at Montdidier-Noyon, Aisne-Marne, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, Lorraine 1917, Lorraine 1918, and Picardy. Captain Charles S. Chapman (Sr.) commanded the force through all 5 major battles of WW I, returning to Fullerton, California to resume civilian life.
Remaining with the 1st Infantry Division, the battalion participated in every major European campaign during World War II. Campaign credits earned were Algeria-French Morocco, Tunisia, Sicily, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe.
In late 1965, the battalion was again deployed to Vietnam. During Operation Fishhook in October 1968, Lieutenant Colonel Charles C. Rogers, the Battalion Commander, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry and leadership at Firebase Rita.
The battalion won eleven campaign streamers for their actions in the Republic of Vietnam.
Two soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment speaking with Iraqi police in August 2011
The 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery deployed in January 1991 for Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm and became the first artillery unit in the division to be credited with destroying an Iraqi tank with a Copperhead projectile.[citation needed]
“Hamilton’s Own” also participated in the largest artillery raid ever conducted. The unit earned the Defense of Saudi Arabia and the Liberation and Defense of Kuwait streamers.
The 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery deployed in September 2003, for Operation Iraqi Freedom and returned to Fort Riley in September 2004.
The battalion has participated in almost every major conflict and earning 60 campaign streamers and numerous unit citations for gallantry in battle.
Today, “Hamilton’s Own” serves at Fort Riley, Kansas and provides Paladin fire support to the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Infantry Division.
In December 2005, the battalion’s AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder Radar Section was deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 4 & 5.
The team was deployed to FOB McKynzy (Samarrah East Airfields) where they supported 1-8 Infantry, 4th ID out of Ft. Carson, CO. Some time later during the deployment the team of 7 were relocated to FOB Palawada, located near Balad east of LSA Anaconda.
After a year’s deployment the team returned home in late 2006 to support the battalion’s mission of training MIT teams to deploy to various theaters of operations.
From June thru December 2011 1st Battalion,5th Field Artillery deployed to Kirkuk,Iraq in support of Operation New Dawn at FOB WARRIOR. Leaving for Kuwait in December they were among the last U.S. troops in Iraq. Redeployed to Fort Riley mid December 2011.
2nd Battalion
The mission of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery, is to prepare for combat and, on order, deploy to a designated contingency area by air, land, and sea to provide fires in support of full spectrum operations.
The 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery was first constituted in the Regular Army as a light artillery regiment in January 1907, and was organized in May 1907 from existing units at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and the Philippines. Battery D, 5th Field Artillery was descended from Captain Alexander Hamilton’s New York Provincial Company of Artillery organized in 1776.
The 5th Artillery was therefore recognized as the only surviving Regular Army unit originating in the Revolutionary War. The regiment also accrued four Civil War battle streamers from existing units at the time of its formation.
The unit was reorganized and redesignated as Battery B, 5th Field Artillery.
It was assigned to the 1st Expeditionary Division in June 1917 and departed for France in July 1917. During World War I the unit received credit for seven campaigns and was twice decorated with the French Croix de Guerre with two palms.
After returning to the United States, the unit was inactivated at Camp Bragg, North Carolina, It was then reactivated at Madison Barracks, New York in December 1939.
In October 1940, the unit was reorganized and redesignated as the Battery B, 5th Field Artillery Battalion. It departed for England in August 1942 in support of the 1st Infantry Division. During World War II, the 5th Field Artillery Battalion as a whole saw action in eight campaigns.
The unit was redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2nd Howitzer Battalion, 5th Artillery on June 1958 and activated on 25 June in Germany as part of Operation Gyroscope, an Army experiment in rotating units from CONUS to OCONUS “in total”. It was re-designated as 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery on 25 June 1964.
The battalion was assigned to 1st Infantry Division on 15 April 1983 at Fort Riley, Kansas (reflagging the existing 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery, DS to 2nd Brigade), and then moved to Neu-Ulm, German as the DS FA BN for 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division (aka 1st ID Forward).
This movement occurred in June 1986 (trading places with 4th Battalion, 5th Field Artillery) as part of the U.S. Army’s COHORT program experiment.
In that study, 8 battalions (4 CONUS, 4 OCONUS) participated in a 3-year study to determine if the company level COHORT program could be extended to the battalion level.
Unfortunately, the same company level issues of lack of upward mobility and increased unit friction served to end the COHORT program for good.
The battalion was inactivated and relieved from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division on 15 August 1991.
Elements of this unit deployed to Saudi Arabia (without equipment) to support VII Corps’ arrival in the KTO. This mission was performed by the 1st Inf Div (Mech)(Fwd) Port Support Activity (PSA).
A brigade-level unit that consisted of two identical 725-man battalion task forces that included tankers, infantrymen, artillerymen, engineers, medics, mechanics and communication specialists from all units of the 1st Inf Div (Mech)(Fwd). Headquarters, 3rd Brigade, 1st Inf Div (Mech) was the headquarters that supervised this effort.
This mission, known as “Operation Desert Duty”, was completed on 17-18 Feb 91, and the brigade began departing the KTO on 19 Feb 91.
The battalion was reactivated at Ft Sill, Oklahoma on 16 April 1996. There it gained the distinction of having been the first battalion to equip with the M109A6 Paladin self-propelled howitzer.
In 2000, 2-5th Field Artillery executed a battery (+) deployment to Kuwait, in direct support of Task Force Garry Owen, led by the 3-7th Cavalry, an element of the 3rd Infantry Division.
There 2-5th Field Artillery fired more than 1,700 projectiles. Another deployment to Fort Knox, Kentucky resulted in a second battery (+) deployment, firing more than 1,650 projectiles for the USMA’s mounted maneuver training.
Three detachments deployed to Fort Hood, Texas, to support Ulchi Focus Lens and the 1st Cavalry Warfighter exercise. At Fort Sill, Oklahoma, 2-5th Field Artillery executed six battery ARTEPs, a battalion ARTEP and two Janus/fire simulation TOC exercises.
In April 2003 2/5 FA was deployed to southwest Asia in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Battalion was attached to 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment. The Unit conducted operations in the Al Abar province.
It was tasked with restoring order to Ar Ramadi for six months. In October 2/5 was re assigned to Al-Asad Air base also in the Anbar region. Elements of the unit trained ICDC at FOB Eden near Hit, Iraq.
On Nov 2nd 2003 The unit lost 6 soldiers when a Chinook was shot down near Fallujah. Near the end of Nov 2003 2/5 and 3rd ACR participated in Operation Rifles Blitz. 2nd Battalion 5th Field Artillery re deployed to Ft Sill in April 2004.
In 2006, the 212th Field Artillery Brigade was reorganized and redesignated as the 214th Fires Brigade, a modular field artillery brigade. As part of the reorganization, 3rd Battalion, 13th Field Artillerywas reassigned to the 75th Fires Brigade.
In October 2006, the 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery, previously serving with the 212th Field Artillery Brigade, was assigned to the 214th Fires Brigade.
Bravo Battery deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in Feb 2010, and returned to Fort Sill in 2011.
2/5 FA was deactivated in 2014, how ever it still has a small group assigned to it to complete unit level turn in of equipment.
3rd Battalion
3rd Battalion shares all of the lineage of the regiment, and served in Germany in the 1980s.
4th Battalion
The battalion was originally constituted on 13 February 1901 as the 29th Battery, Field Artillery, Artillery Corps, and was subsequently organized in September 1901 at Camp Columbia, Havana, Cuba.
On 31 May 1907 it was reorganized and redesignated as Battery C, 5th Field Artillery (Light), and on 8 June 1917 was assigned to the 1st Expeditionary Division (subsequently the 1st Infantry Division). The unit was inactivated on 1 October 1933 and activated on 5 December 1939.
On 1 October 1940 the unit was reorganized and redesignaged as Battery C, 5th Fied Artillery Battalion. It was absorbed on 15 December 1941 by Battery A, 5th Field Artillery Battalion which inactivated on 15 February 1957 at Fort Riley, Kansas.
The former Battery C, 5th Field Battalion reconstituted 26 August 1960 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Missile Battalion, 5th Artillery and the consolidated unit was designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Missile Battalion, 5th Artillery.
On 1 September 1971 the unit was redesignated (less Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Missile Battalion, 5th Artillery) as the 4th Missile Battalion, 5th Field Artillery.
On 28 February 1983 the unit was redesignated as the 4th Battalion, 5th Field Artillery, assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, and activated in Neu Ulm, Germany.
This reorganization was conducted with the soldiers and equipment of the former 2nd Battalion, 33rd Field Artillery.
It served in a DS (direct support) role with the 3rd Brigade (equipped with M109A2/3 howitzers) until relieved in position by 2nd Battalion, 5th FA, and then took over 2nd Battalion’s mission of DS to 2nd Brigade at Fort Riley, KS.
4th Battalion earned the unofficial nickname ‘Bore Busters’ as a play on the name ‘boar’.
After the ammunition platoon non-commissioned officer in charge killed an animal of the same name, with the platoon leader’s .45 service pistol at the ammunition supply point for the battalion,in Grafenwoehr, Germany training area in 1985.
A boar’s head with crossed cannons on a plaque was mounted in the Battalion HQs for many years.
The battalion deployed in January 1991 for Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm DS to 2nd Brigade, noted for being the first unit on site to secure the surrender location in Safwan.
The unit earned the Defense of Saudi Arabia, Liberation and Defense of Kuwait, and Cease-Fire campaign streamers.
The battalion was inactivated on 16 February 1996 as part of the army’s reorganization. Most soldiers and equipment were assigned to the newly activated 4th Battalion, 1st Field Artillery.
5th Battalion[edit]
5th Battalion shares all of the lineage of the regiment, and served as the Direct Support Battalion of the 187th Infantry Brigade (Separate) of the U.S. Army Reserve. Both units were inactivated after Desert Storm.
Notable members
- Robert R. McCormick, commanded two batteries during World War I
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