From: firstinitiallastname@texas.net   
      
   Von Fourche wrote:   
      
   > The book - From Sea to Shining Sea : From the War of 1812 to the Mexican   
   > War; The Saga of America's Expansion by Robert Leckie.  It's a general   
   > history of Americas expansion west.  It's been about five or six years since   
   > I read it, but I remember reading that one of the main problems with the   
   > Mexican Army was that it was top heavy with too many officers and not enough   
   > privates/grunts. I can't remember the exact ratio.   
      
   Very likely, the problem was the usual one of an army of soldiers, many   
   irregulars,   
   who had little real idea why they were there and less feeling that it   
   was worth dying for.   
      
      
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