Talk:Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts
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editWhat is a "chartered military organization"? --mgaved 17:16, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
- I have no idea! Anyone else? They claim this on their website, but it seems wrong. Certainly the Honourable Artillery Company has a Royal Charter, is a military organisation and is based in London (which last time I checked was in the Western Hemisphere)and predates the Ancients...I'm going to take that claim out of the article and see what happens! 206.195.19.58 10:08, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
- According to http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Western_hemisphere the UK is in the Western Hemisphere but not the Americas. The bit that was mentioned in the edit history about the UK being in both the Eastern and Western Hemispheres is irrelevant here; the UK *is* in both but it is *still in the Western Hemisphere*, thus I have edited to reflect this. Gruffty (talk) 08:21, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
- It doesn't seem they have a standard royal charter, but their history says "In 1637 the Company was formed for instruction in discipline and tactics. Governor Winthrop granted a Charter in March 1638" Deathlibrarian (talk) 21:53, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
- According to http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Western_hemisphere the UK is in the Western Hemisphere but not the Americas. The bit that was mentioned in the edit history about the UK being in both the Eastern and Western Hemispheres is irrelevant here; the UK *is* in both but it is *still in the Western Hemisphere*, thus I have edited to reflect this. Gruffty (talk) 08:21, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
Copyvio
editThe majority of this article appears to be copied directly from http://www.ahacsite.org/history.htm. Is anyone available to rewrite it? --Wayne Miller 15:27, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Every Battlefield
editSeems a logical impossibility to me. Can anyone name for instance a member of A&HC who was at Verdun, Mons, Dieppe, The Imjin River or Kursk? To name but a few battlefields in the conflicts listed Orangepippen (talk) 15:51, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
- I think that paragraph is badly written ... my assumption is that it is meant to convey that "members of the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company members have served on every MAJOR battlefield in the Revolutionary War (which is plausible based upon the organizations then importance in developing the militia officer corps) and members have also served in the War of 1812, the Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Desert Storm and the Iraq War. I'll do some research to see if I'm correct. A possible compromise wording would be "members of the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company members have served in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, the Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Desert Storm and the Iraq War." This is definitely accurate based on the membership rolls of that organization. Hardnfast (talk) 20:59, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
- 'Seems pretty clear that this should have read "every major battlefield on which American troops were deployed". Mons and Verdun, for example, were fought before the American entry into the First World War; Kursk, for another, was fought only betweeen Germany and its allies on one side and the Soviet Union on the other. Firstorm (talk) 15:53, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
National Guard unit?
editI remember reading in a book about the history of the US National Guard that the oldest US unit still in existence was a colonial unit form Massachusetts that had been absorbed into a NatGuard division. Is this that one? If so, that would make it easier to trace the unit's role in various conflicts. -- llywrch (talk) 16:05, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/182nd_Infantry_Regiment_%28United_States%29 182nd Infantry Regiment founded 1636 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.83.75.141 (talk) 00:21, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
Trivia
editPer trivia, these kinds of sections should be avoided. Please clean this up. -- btphelps (talk) (contribs) 15:37, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
Unclear what this body is
editI find the article a bit unclear as to exactly what this body is. It says the oldest military organisation in the US, but doesn't clearly say if this unit deploys, trains with weapons, or is part of the national guard or part of the regular army. Is it actually part of the military? It seems the majority of people who join are ordinary people (who haven't served), but do they actually do any military activiites? I don't understand. Deathlibrarian (talk) 22:01, 28 November 2019 (UTC)