Gordon S. Wood Quote

When Elbridge Gerry proposed in the Convention that no standing army exceed three thousand men, Washington is supposed to have made a countermotion that no foreign enemy should invade the United States at any time, with more than three thousand troops.

Gordon S. Wood

When Elbridge Gerry proposed in the Convention that no standing army exceed three thousand men, Washington is supposed to have made a countermotion that no foreign enemy should invade the United States at any time, with more than three thousand troops.

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