"File in" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... file in this war, coming from farm, work-bench, logging-camp, or fisher's boat, had a superb physical basis for camp and field life. Used to the rifle from boyhood, they kept their powder dry and made every one of their scanty bullets ...
— History of the United States, Volume 2 (of 6) • E. Benjamin Andrews
... the Secretary of War will bring you acquainted with the condition of that important branch of the public service. The Army may be regarded, in consequence of the small number of the rank and file in each company and regiment, as little more than a nucleus around which to rally the military force of the country in case of war, and yet its services in preserving the peace of the frontiers are of a most important nature. In all ...
— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various |
