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Article: A long and proud history.(Army Reserve, history)
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- Soldiers Magazine
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- August 1, 2006
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THE Army Reserve can trace its roots as a reserve force to 1756 and the beginning of the French and Indian War. A U.S. "national" force of Soldiers fought in that war up to 1763. "Federal volunteers," as they were then known, also fought in the Civil War, from 1861 to 1865, and the Spanish-American War and Philippine Insurrection from 1892 to 1902.
Throughout this period, the central government--initially British royal and then U.S. congressional--organized and maintained a group of citizen-soldiers only during wartime.
Problems with mobilizing Soldiers during the last of these conflicts caused the nation's leaders to establish a formal structure for ...