Millard Maxwell: Difference between revisions

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| party = [[Liberty Party (Newfoundland)|Liberty Party]]

| preceded = ''Office established''

| succeeded = ''[[~~Neal Taylor~~]] as [[Commanding General of the Newfoundland Armies]]''

| succeeded = ''[[George Charles]] as [[Commanding General of the Newfoundland Armies]]''

| branch = [[Newfoundland Cavalry|Cavalry]]

| appointer = [[Richard Dickson]]

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In 1822, [[Richard Dickson]] put forth Maxwell's name to be approved as the first commander of the [[Newfoundland Army]]. Richard only nominated Maxwell because he was a loyal Libertarian and wouldn't stray from the party. The Libertarian dominated senate quickly approved him and he was appointed on "Freedom Day" in 1822.

Maxwell would constantly push for a small regular army and instead rely heavily on volunteers, this small army mentality mixed with his cavalry bias would lead to the Newfoundland Army only having 1,000 regular soldiers (300 of them guards) and only able to call up a force of 13,000 volunteers, along with only one volunteer artillery regiment for the whole country. After the [[Whig Party (Newfoundland)|Whigs]] took over congress and Richard Dickson left the [[Consul of Newfoundland|Consulship]] to his brother [[Alexander Dickson|Alexander]], Maxwell was quickly ousted and replaced by [[~~Neal Taylor~~]].

Maxwell would constantly push for a small regular army and instead rely heavily on volunteers, this small army mentality mixed with his cavalry bias would lead to the Newfoundland Army only having 1,000 regular soldiers (300 of them guards) and only able to call up a force of 13,000 volunteers, along with only one volunteer artillery regiment for the whole country. After the [[Whig Party (Newfoundland)|Whigs]] took over congress and Richard Dickson left the [[Consul of Newfoundland|Consulship]] to his brother [[Alexander Dickson|Alexander]], Maxwell was quickly ousted and replaced by [[George Charles]].

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 | party               = [[Liberty Party (Newfoundland)|Liberty Party]]
 | preceded            = ''Office established''
-| succeeded           = ''[[Neal Taylor]] as [[Commanding General of the Newfoundland Armies]]''
+| succeeded           = ''[[George Charles]] as [[Commanding General of the Newfoundland Armies]]''
 | branch              = [[Newfoundland Cavalry|Cavalry]]
 | appointer           = [[Richard Dickson]]
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 In 1822, [[Richard Dickson]] put forth Maxwell's name to be approved as the first commander of the [[Newfoundland Army]]. Richard only nominated Maxwell because he was a loyal Libertarian and wouldn't stray from the party. The Libertarian dominated senate quickly approved him and he was appointed on "Freedom Day" in 1822.
-Maxwell would constantly push for a small regular army and instead rely heavily on volunteers, this small army mentality mixed with his cavalry bias would lead to the Newfoundland Army only having 1,000 regular soldiers (300 of them guards) and only able to call up a force of 13,000 volunteers, along with only one volunteer artillery regiment for the whole country. After the [[Whig Party (Newfoundland)|Whigs]] took over congress and Richard Dickson left the [[Consul of Newfoundland|Consulship]] to his brother [[Alexander Dickson|Alexander]], Maxwell was quickly ousted and replaced by [[Neal Taylor]].
+Maxwell would constantly push for a small regular army and instead rely heavily on volunteers, this small army mentality mixed with his cavalry bias would lead to the Newfoundland Army only having 1,000 regular soldiers (300 of them guards) and only able to call up a force of 13,000 volunteers, along with only one volunteer artillery regiment for the whole country. After the [[Whig Party (Newfoundland)|Whigs]] took over congress and Richard Dickson left the [[Consul of Newfoundland|Consulship]] to his brother [[Alexander Dickson|Alexander]], Maxwell was quickly ousted and replaced by [[George Charles]].