German Influence in the US Army

American Military Culture

(US National Archives)

On Sunday, 13 May 1894, eighteen men - fourteen soldiers of the US Army and four civilians - assembled under a tree near Fort Keogh, Montana, in order to sing a hymn … in German. A note pasted on the photo that captured this event described the group as a ‘singing society’ [Sang-Verein]. Thus, it is likely that gatherings of this sort took place on a regular basis.

For Further Reading:

The Paradox of the Five Paragraph Order (Encore)

Learning from the Germans

Foreign Military Studies

Foreign Military Studies (Redux)

Maneuver Warfare as a Tradition

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