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Language and literacy in wartime America
The piece argues illiteracy hinders modern warfare with 700000 illiterate readers in the draft and notes the need to educate soldiers and the public. It cites Dr John H Finley on language teaching in cantonments and describes the 1762 General Schuyler mansion dedication in Albany marking Saratoga’s 140th anniversary and Schuyler’s wartime role.
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John H. Finley
University of the State of New York
General Schuyler
Albany
N. Y
Uocern
Whitman
Burgoyne
Saratoga
Schuyler
Schuyler Mansion