MILITARY POLICE CORPS HISTORY

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MILITARY POLICECORPS HISTORY
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General George Patton, Jr.
Napoleon
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
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MILITARY POLICE HISTORY
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WHAT IS HISTORY?
DATES AND BATTLES
A BRANCH OF KNOWLEDGE THAT RECORDS AND EXPLAINS
PAST EVENTS
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HISTORY
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WHY STUDY HISTORY?

• NOT REPEAT MISTAKES OF PAST
• UNDERSTAND HOW THE PAST AFFECTS TODAY
• TO SEE WHERE WE ARE GOING, WE MUST KNOW WHERE WE
  HAVE BEEN

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WHY STUDY MILITARY POLICE HISTORY?

• UNDERSTAND THE ORGANIZATION/HOW DEVELOPED
• BE AWARE OF SACRIFICES OF PAST
• PRIDE

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RELEVANCE OF MILITARY HISTORY
1. VICARIOUS EXPERIENCE 2. ANALYTICAL TOOL 3.
SELF-DEVELOPMENT 4. COMPARE THEORY WITH
PRACTICE 5. BROADEN BACKGROUND 6. PROMOTE MATURE
JUDGEMENT 7. SHARPEN AWARENESS 8. HUMAN SIDE OF
WAR
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MODERN MILITARY POLICE CORPS
MULTI-FACETED ORGANIZATION

• ENFORCE MILITARY LAW
• MAINTAIN ORDER

• HUMANITARIAN AID
• STOCKADES/PRISONS

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• MOVEMENT ON BATTLEFIELD

• COMBAT

• PRISONERS OF WAR

• DEFEAT THE ENEMY

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REVOLUTIONARY WAR 1775-1783

• CONTINENTIAL ARMY- JUNE 14, 1775
• REGULARS AND MILITIA
• UNTRAINED
• UNDISCIPLINED
• DISORDERLY

DRUNKENESS BRAWLING DESERTION
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FIRST MILITARY POLICE

• JANUARY 1776-
• WM. MARONEY
• PROVOST GUARD

INVALID CORPS JUNE 1777 COL LEWIS NICOLA

• CAMP
• JAIL
• EXECUTION

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FIRST MILITARY POLICE CORPS

• MARECHAUSSEE
• (MARSHEY) CORPS,
• 63 TO 300 MEN
• LIGHT DRAGOONS

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CAPT. BARTHOLOMEW VON HEER

• PATROL CAMP
• ARREST
• PROTECT
• SUPPLIES
• PATROL FLANK
• AND REAR
• COLLECT INTEL
• RIVER CROSS

• BATTLES SPRINGFIELD AND YORKTOWN

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1784-1848

• FRONTIER-
• POLICE DUTIES

• WAR OF 1812
• PROVOST GUARD INVALID CORPS
• POW GUARDS REGT POLICE

• MEXICAN WAR
• SEPT 1847-
• 400 INFANTRY
• POLICE CENTRAL
• MEXICO
• 9 COMPANIES- DRAGOONS
• ENFORCE MARTIAL LAW

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AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

• SUMMER 1861- PROPERTY THEFT
• GEN. IRWIN MCDOWELL- REGIMENTAL PMS
• GEN. GEORGE MCCLELLAN EXPAND TO DIV/CORPS/ARMY

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• PROVOST GUARD- CONTROL THEFT
• STRAGGLERS, LAW AND ORDER
• APPREHEND DESERTERS
• MAR 63-APR 65 76,000 OUT OF 200,000
• ESCORT POWS TO PRISONS

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PROVOST MARSHAL CORPS

• AUG 61- BG ANDREW PORTER
• PM OF ARMY OF POTOMAC
• REGIMENTS DETAILED
• BATTLES
• SEVEN DAYS
• ANTIETAM

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OCT 62 BG MARSENA R. PATRICK
BATTLES
FREDERICKSBURG GETTYSBURG COLD HARBOR PETERSBURG
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INVALID CORPS/VRC

• APR 63- INVALID CORPS
• GUARD, ESCORT AND POLICE
• APR 64- 24 REGTS/ 188 COS
• SKY-BLUE UNIFORM

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• IC INSPECTED/CONDEMNED
• MAR 64-
• VETERANS
• RESERVE
• CORPS
• (VRC)

• OCT 64- 28,000

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U.S.PROVOST MARSHAL
BG JAMES FRY 1863 UNION DRAFT RIOTS-NYC 5 DAYS
WITH 100,000 TROOPS
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MEDAL OF HONOR
1ST LT. WM . MCCAMMON, 3 OCT 1862- CORINTH,
MISS. SGT ANDREW BRYANT, 23 MAY 1863-NEW BERN,
N.C. SGT WILLIAM WRAY, 12 JUL 1864- FT.
STEPHENS WASHINGTON, D.C.
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CONFEDERATE PMS

• PM WITH EACH CORPS/ARMY
• PROVOST GUARD- EACH
• TOWN AND RAILROAD DEPOT
• INVALID CORPS GUARD
• COMMISSARIES/QTR-MASTER
• DEPOTS/HOSPITALS AND
• ESCORT POWS

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SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR

• FEB 15, 1898-USS MAINE SANK
• TWO-FRONT WAR--  CUBA/PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

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• 1 JULY, 1898-
• INVASION
•  REVOLUTION
• 1899-1905
• DEAD
• 4,000 AMERICANS
• 16,000 FILIPINOS
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• 1901- CONSTABULARY EST.
• AMERICAN/FILIPINO
• CHIEF- BG HARRY ALLEN
• DEPUTY- COL. HARRY H. BANDHOLTZ

•  FIRST CALLED--MILITARY POLICE

• 1907- BANDHOLTZ PROMOTED TO BG
• CHIEF OF CONSTABULARY