The Spur Question

[JMadonna]

(02-11-2018 10:05 PM)Steve Wrote:  I've been looking into Ream's military history. He first enlisted on 27 July 1863 at age 18 and was discharged 30 June 1865, which makes his participation in all of the battles listed above (except the Wilderness) impossible. His highest rank acheived was corporal, not sergeant as claimed in the 1890 biography. So Ream definitely exaggerated his military record as a politician.

So if you and I can figure out that this guy was full of beans in a very short time, why is this piece of junk still being displayed? One would think that the Naval Academy would have historians on staff who would be somewhat curious about this artifact.

People ask in the Larry Naser case at Michigan State, how he could have gotten away with it for so long? This is an example how. A bureaucracy never investigates nor second guesses itself.