Author: Clark H. Summers

Col. Clark H. Summers, (Ret.) PhD is an Assistant Professor of Government & Political Philosophy at Belmont Abbey College, Belmont North Carolina. He teaches the U.S. Constitution and American Foreign Policy, and is Director of the International Relations minor program. Clark is a thirty-year veteran of the U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard, and his continuing research explores the relationships between technologies, professional standing armies, and citizen-soldier militias.

Critical Thinking Posted on October 5, 2023October 20, 2023

Ten Rifle Companies: Why Rifles, and Not Muskets?

The official birthday of the United States Army is June 14, 1775. On that day, the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia passed the following: Resolved, That six companies of expert riflemen, be immediately raised in Pennsylvania, two in Maryland, and two in Virginia . . . as soon as completed, shall march and join […]

by Clark H. Summers