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For the [[War of 1812]] and the [[Mexican American War]], the army was augments by militia forces and volunteers. for the [[American Civil War]], the infantry was kept small in size and stationed on Indian control duties in the west. An entirely new temporary Volunteer Army was used to fight the war.
For the [[War of 1812]] and the [[Mexican American War]], the army was augments by militia forces and volunteers. for the [[American Civil War]], the infantry was kept small in size and stationed on Indian control duties in the west. An entirely new temporary Volunteer Army was used to fight the war.
President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] modernized the U.S. Army, with the reforms of [[Elihu Root]]. Previously it had many small garrisons scattered in the western states to control Indians (which were not needed after 1890), and small coastal defense installations near port cities (which were never used). Now it had for the first time a general staff and advanced training schools to professionalize the officer corps. Even so, the army was amazingly small in terms of world comparisons, as the graph demonstrates for 1906.
President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] modernized the U.S. Army, with the reforms of [[Elihu Root]]. Previously, the Army had maintained many small garrisons scattered in the western states to control Indians (which were unnecessary after 1890), and small coastal defense installations near port cities (which were never used). With the reforms, it now had, for the first time in its history, a general staff and advanced training schools to professionalize the officer corps. Even so, the army was amazingly small in terms of world comparisons, as the graph demonstrates for 1906.
On July 26, 1948, President [[Harry S. Truman]] signed Executive Order 9981; it began the process of ending racial segregation in the armed forces and was finally in effect in the ealy 1950s.
On July 26, 1948, President [[Harry S. Truman]] signed Executive Order 9981; it began the process of ending racial segregation in the armed forces and was finally in effect in the ealy 1950s.