Month: August 2007

Von Heer’s Provost Corps Marechausee: The Army’s Military Police An All Pennsylvania German Unit

David L. Valuska, Ph.D., Von Heer’s Provost Corps, “Marechausee” In July of 1776, as General George Washington rode into the camps of the fledgling American army he was struck by the lack of military discipline. He quickly discovered that few gave orders and few obeyed. The militia men paid little heed to their officers and…

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