1. The Development of American Military Technology and Thought after the Civil War

2. Military Technology... Breach loading weapons Repeating weapons

3. Sharps.52 caliber rifle Winchester Model 1873.44 caliber

4. Model 1873 "Trapdoor" Springfield

5. Lever BoltPump Rifle Actions

7. Winchester Model 1890.22 caliber Colt Lightening.45 caliber

8. European Bolt Action Military Rifles, 1871-1890

9. Mauser K98 7.92 mm

10. Model 1892 Krag Jorgensen

12. Springfield M1903

13. Colt Single Action Model 1871,.45 caliber 1872 - 1892

14. Colt M1892.38 Caliber Smith & Wesson Model 3.38 and.44 Calibers (1869 – 1915)

15. Naval Technology... Steam power All-steel construction Gun turrets vs. broadside mounts

16. USS Hartford, 1st Class Sloop of War

19. USS Kickapoo

22. Emory Upton (1839-1881) USMA 1861 “boy general” The Armies of Europe qqand Asia The Military Policy of qqthe United States

23. Military Policy of the United States Recommendations: three-battalion regiments interchangeable staff and line assignments promotion based on examination establishment of a General Staff expanded military education

25. Secretary of War Commanding General Staff Departments Line President

26. Secretary of War Chief of Staff Line President Staff

27. Military Policy of the United States Civil War seen as a negative model for mobilization. Militia should be subordinated to the Regular Army. Not published until 1904.

28. Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914) Son of Dennis Hart Mahan US Naval Academy Blockade duty South American squadron The Influence of Sea Power qqon History, 1660-1783

29. Mahan’s vision... Powerful states required powerful navies. No nation had been truly powerful without a powerful navy. Navies protected trade and projected power. Steam navies needed bases, i.e colonies. Two naval strategies: – Fleet operations – Commerce raiding

30. At the end of the century... The Army was lost in nostalgia, but slowly evolving. The Navy was quickly developing... and then...