Junior Officers? Quarters

Junior Officers? Quarters (HM1FTP)

Location: Rome, NY 13440 Oneida County
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Country: United States of America
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N 43° 12.639', W 75° 27.305'

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In contrast to the European military, where officer commissions were usually bought, in the Continental army it was possible to earn battlefield promotions. In this way even enlisted men could become junior ranking officers (e.g. ensign, lieutenant). Their responsibility would be to assist the company commanders in training and leading regiments.

These quarters could have housed two or three junior officers, who might have seen a military career as an opportunity for great adventure.

"I was sometimes astonished when American baggage fell into our hands . . . to see how every wretched knapsack . . . would be filled with such military works as ?The Instructions of the King of Prussia to his Generals? . . . This was a true indication that the officers of this army studied the art of war while in camp . . . the opponents . . . [baggage] . . . were rather filled with bags of hair powder, boxes of sweet-smelling pomatum, cards (instead of maps) . . . on top of all, novels or stage plays."
 ? ? ? Johan Ewald, Hessian soldier, 1778
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Date Added Saturday, October 4th, 2014 at 4:08pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 463033 N 4784308
Decimal Degrees43.21065000, -75.45508333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 43° 12.639', W 75° 27.305'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds43° 12' 38.34" N, 75° 27' 18.3" W
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Area Code(s)315
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling West
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 119-131 NY-46, Rome NY 13440, US
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