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  BIBLIOGRAPHY
James C. Stevenson, "The Roundheads, A Condensed history of the Noted Regiment, etc." James Stevenson served in the regiment for four years in Company E. After the war he became the very active secretary of the "Society of the Roundheads." His history was published in New Castle in Stevenson's publication entitled the "Volunteer".
Young Pettit was a prolific writer and left behind a large collection of letters giving details of the movements of the regiment during the period.
Pettit's letters are in the Civil War Times Illustrated collection at the archives in Carlisle.
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  Pettit, Oklahoma - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Pettit, Oklahoma   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Pettit, Oklahoma - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Pettit, Oklahoma.
Pettit is a census-designated place located in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, USA.
Pettit is located at 35°45'20" North, 94°56'57" West (35.755558, -94.949116).
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Pettit-Oklahoma.html   (430 words)

  
 Pettit (Lunar crater) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Pettit (Lunar crater)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Pettit (Lunar crater) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Pettit (Lunar crater).
Pettit is a lunar impact crater that lies near the western limb of the Moon.
In this location the crater is view nearly from the side by observers on Earth, and visibility can be significantly affected by libration effects.
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Pettit-Lunar-crater.html   (327 words)

  
 History of Jewettsville, Town of Hounsfield, Jefferson Co., New York
Pettit was a millwright and built many of Sacket Harbor's first wharves, the military village being in its early history the center of a vast amount of shipping.
He served in the Indiana legislature, was a member of the House of Representatives from 1843 to 1847, of the United States Senate from 1853 to 1855, a member of the constitutional convention of Indiana for 1850, judge to the Indiana Supreme Court, and Chief Justice of Kansas in 1859.
Pettit was a Democrat and took a prominent part in the stirring days of Congress just before the beginning of the Civil War.
www.usgennet.org /usa/ny/county/jefferson/hounsfield/jewettsvillehist.html   (914 words)

  
 WOW Philippines :: Explore Philippines :: Famous For   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
These barracks had been occupied by the American Forces under General C. Bates after their capture of the city on November 16, 1899.
The site was named Pettit Barracks in honor of Colonel James S. Pettit, 31st Infantry US Forces Volunteer Commanding Officer of the Second Military District, who was later promoted to the rank of General and became the Inspector General and In-Charge of Civil Affairs of Zamboanga.
Pettit Barracks is roughly a five-minute walk from City Hall.
www.tourism.gov.ph /explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=famousefor&province=99   (744 words)

  
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At the northern side of the barrack compound, at the rear of barrack 1 (the opposite side to the door) you'll see a road with a brick wall on one side and guards patrolling east and west, overlooked by a tower.
He is being held in a room on his own in the western side of Barrack B (which is to the north of the courtyard, next to the Mess Hall).
Head down to the southeast corner of the yard and enter Barrack A. You'll recall the entrance to the Library is in the southeast corner of the hallway.
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 Encyclopedia: Zamboanga-City
Prior to World War II, Zamboanga was the center of commerce, trade and government in Mindanao, being the capital of Mindanao province and Zamboanga province.
Zamboanga was the location of Pettit Barracks, where part of the US Army's 43rd Infantry Regiment was stationed.
After the successful invasion of the Philippines, the Japanese occupying force landed at Zamboanga on March 2, 1942, and formed a defense headquarters in Zamboanga, which was taken by US forces in 1945.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Zamboanga_City   (1931 words)

  
 Sun.Star Zamboanga - Where are city's famous spots?
In answer to the clamor of the old folks here, it is worthwhile to make a close scrutiny and verification of the present status of Pettit Barracks, once the city's famous landmark, and named after US Army Capt. Pettit during the American Occupation era in the early 1900s.
Pettit Barracks is a certain parcel of the public domain of the city that claims the more than 52 hectares or a total of 524,981 square meters under Presidential Proclamation Number 69 during the Ramon Magsaysay administration.
The stricken past at Petit Barracks used to be one of the recreational sites of promenadors those days in the city.
www.sunstar.com.ph /static/zam/2005/09/08/feat/where.are.city.s.famous.spots..html   (637 words)

  
 Other Quartermaster Support
The council accepted this offer and made the department responsible for the operation of the bridge and for the payment of a rent of 700 pounds a month, which was to be collected from private users of the bridge according to a schedule of fees set by the council.
Duer apparently acted as Mifflin's superintendent for building the barracks in New York, which, according to instructions received from the Quartermaster General, were to be "calculated for 2,000 men." Washington was then too preoccupied to give attention to either the construction or the precise location of these barracks.
If any barrack utensils were to be supplied on a regular basis when the troops were in winter quarters, the demand, he pointed out, would be so great as to occasion considerable expense.
www.army.mil /CMH-pg/books/RevWar/risch/chpt-5.htm   (14393 words)

  
 Sun.Star Zamboanga - It's Pettit Barracks for merchants
ALL traveling merchants in the vicinity of the old City High School Complex are being relocated to Pettit Barracks.
The choice of Pettit Barracks came amid the failure of the City Government to look for a better place to locate the merchants.
Mario Yanga, city police chief, suggested the CDCP area because it is fenced and opposed the use of the open Pettit Barracks for security reasons.
www.sunstar.com.ph /static/zam/2003/09/25/news/it.s.pettit.barracks.for.merchants.html   (158 words)

  
 Pettit Barracks : BYAHILO: Ito ang Trip ko!
Pettit Barracks : BYAHILO: Ito ang Trip ko!
The Pettit Barracks, located in Zamboanga City, Philippines along with the Camp John Hay in Baguio City, was the location of the US Army’s 43rd Infantry Regiment.
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 BBC NEWS | UK | England | Essex | George Medal for Iraq war hero
RSM Pettit's citation says sustained courage and coolness were "of the very highest order".
On Friday RSM Pettit, a married father-of-three who already has the Queen's Medal for Gallantry, was playing down his bravery.
The announcement of the bravery awards at Wimbish Barracks was tinged with sadness as they remembered two colleagues who did not come back from Iraq.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/england/essex/3654447.stm   (390 words)

  
 Reflexion 3
The brother and sister were unusually handsome people, as was Pershing's legitimate son, Warren, with whom I had shared "honors" at the CMTC camp at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, back in 1926.
Pettit Barracks in Zamboanga was a very small military post.
It was somewhat amusing to me when an officer from the U.S. Army Inspector General's office in Manila made his annual inspection of Pettit Barracks.
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 Sunset Village History
The Board of Education persisted and ultimately convinced the Attorney General that the Board did indeed have the authority, but valuable time was lost while the parties established their legal positions.
But by the summer of 1950, all units were again occupied by families, and the college abandoned plans to convert village units to other kinds of housing.
Pettit investigated the finances of Sunset Village and found that the capital costs had long since been amortized; rent from the village was essentially underwriting bonded indebtedness of the college dormitory system.
www.library.uni.edu /speccoll/bh/bhsunset.html   (2448 words)

  
 Philippine Scouts Heritage Society   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Recruited from Filipinos residing throughout the islands, the majority of its officers were Regular Army officers, originally, soldiers from the disbanded U.S. Volunteer regiments who were granted commissions in the Philippine Scouts.
The last pre-war scout regiments to be raised were the 91st and 92nd Coast Artillery, formed at Fort Mills, Corregidor Island, in 1924.
Most of the Scout units were surrendered in stages to the Japanese — at Bataan on April 9, 1942, Corregidor on May 6, 1942, and Mindanao on May 10-12, 1942.
www.philippine-scouts.org /Articles/insignia.html   (2343 words)

  
 Pettit Barracks - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Pettit Barracks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Pettit Barracks - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Pettit Barracks.
Here you will find more informations about Pettit Barracks.
The orginal Pettit Barracks article can be editet
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Pettit-Barracks.html   (103 words)

  
 Pettit Barracks - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Pettit Barracks - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Pettit Barracks was located in Zamboanga City (Mindanao, the Philippines) and, along with Camp John Hay, was the location of the US Army's 43rd Infantry Regiment (PS).
This page was last modified 08:10, 11 Mar 2005.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Pettit_Barracks   (81 words)

  
 BBC - WW2 People's War - A WAAF in Brussels, VE Day 1945 - A2746695
This story was submitted to the People's War site by Elizabeth Perez of Stockport Libraries on behalf of Mary Blood (née Pettit) and has been added to the site with her permission.
We all went across from the office to Curly's friends to listen to the wireless as it was rumoured that Churchill was going to speak.
I was back in the barracks by 4.30pm with time to get ready to go out to meet an airman friend of mine.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A2746695   (1583 words)

  
 Death sentences in Morocco terrorism cases
RABAT, Sept 26 (AFP) - Moroccan courts have sentenced two Islamic fundamentalists to death for murder and preparing terrorist acts, and passed heavy jail sentences on two fundamentalist preachers said to be the brains behind suicide attacks in May.
Abdelouahab Rabii and Hamid Slimani were sentenced in Rabat late Thursday for preparing acts of terrorism, murdering an official, and stealing weapons from an army barracks.
The prosecution said Rabii had admitted to strangling a justice ministry official with Slimani's complicity, and to participating in theft of weapons from a barracks in the town of Taza with the aid of a soldier who had allegedly taken seven Kalashnikov rifles for use against "Jewish interests."
quickstart.clari.net /qs_se/webnews/wed/bi/Qmorocco-attacks-justice.RYch_DSQ.html   (450 words)

  
 Philippine Forts
The "Mile-Long Barracks" and the Parade Ground were on "Topside".
The wharves and docks, and the mining facilities were located on "Bottomside".
Pettit Barracks (1905 - 1941), located at Zamboanga.
www.geocities.com /naforts/pi.html   (1315 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | England | Essex | George Medal for Iraq war hero
A soldier from Essex who fought in Iraq is to become one of the most decorated men in the army since World War II.
Royal Engineers' Regimental Sergeant Major Nicholas Pettit, 40, is to be awarded the George Medal.
In darkness he crawled across the minefield, clearing a lane to the stranded Land Rover and carried an injured man to safety.
news.bbc.co.uk /go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/1/hi/england/essex/3654447.stm   (390 words)

  
 PIA News Releases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Under the terms of agreement, the Zamboanga City government shall provide a 1,200 square meters of land situated at Pettit Barracks, this city, upon which the LBP, through a Build Operate Transfer (BOT) scheme shall construct its three-storey building that will house its offices.
The opening of the LBP regional office is the realization of positive transformation taking root as the site on which the Land Bank building in Pettit Barracks used to be a dumping ground for the bodies of those suspected to have been summarily executed.
In fact, when the foundations of the LBP building were being dug, human bones were found and consequently, the building was blessed twice.
www.pia.gov.ph /news.asp?fi=p041006.htm&no=3   (436 words)

  
 OUR OSBURN FAMILY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
He is buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.
When Daniel married Naomi Ruth Pettit, she brought with her 3 children from her marriage to Robert Cheatham.
Delsie Viola Osburn, daughter of Daniel Washington and Naomi Pettit Cheatham Osburn, was born 14 April 1904 in Cleburne, County, Arkansas and died 23 August 1984 in Van Buren County, Arkansas.
www.geocities.com /osburn_30205/osburn.html   (2275 words)

  
 About Zamboanga Province, Philippines
Plaza Pershing is a quaint remnant of a typical Spanish square, renamed in honor of a former American Governor of the Moro Province.
Pettit Barracks was established by U.S. Occupation Forces in 1899 and named after its commanding officer.
The major natural attraction is Great Santa Cruz Island, which is known for its pinkish sand beach.
www.islandsaccommodations.com /places/zamboanga.htm   (416 words)

  
 Welcome to Pesocard.Com - Always There For You!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
After its capture by the Americans on November 16, 1899, the Fort came to be known simply as Fort Pilar.
Pettit Barracks (One-minute walk from Lantaka Hotel, N.S. Valderrosa Street).
Occupied by the Japanese Forces in 1942-1945, it was recaptured by the US Force of Liberation on March 10, 1945, and turned over to the Republic of the Philippines on July 4,1946.
www.pesocard.com /provinces/region9/zamboangadelsur/travel.html   (1952 words)

  
 Zamboanga Arts and Culture IcelleARTicles - Trees and Tell
The century old Acacias along the Fort Pilar and the Pettit barracks, were planted by our Spanish forbears.
There are 67 Royal Palms along Valderroza St., 21 Acacias along Pettit Barracks, 9 along R. Lim Boulevard, and 1 at the City Hall.
These trees are left to care for themselves, in their poor and lamenting status of neglect with the ugly cracks on our pavement and pedestrian areas, for concreting the roots!
www.zamboanga.com /arts_and_culture/IcelleARTicle_trees_and_tell.htm   (957 words)

  
 Mindanao Travel Spots
Built in 1635, abandoned in 1663, rebuilt in 1718, it has been a bastion through the centuries against Muslim, Dutch, British, and Portuguese attacks.
With the occupation by the Americans in 1898, it became Pettit Barracks.
Built into the eastern wall is the open-air shrine of the patron saint of Zamboanga, the Lady of Del Pilar.
www.seasite.niu.edu /Tagalog/Mindanao_Culture/mindanao_travelspots.htm   (1720 words)

  
 USAFFE in the Philippines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The largest part of these troops were assigned to quartermaster and medical units, stationed at the various posts on Luzon, and at Pettit Barracks in Zamboanga (Mindanao).
A military police company, the 808th, was stationed in Manila, as were the headquarters of the Philippine Department and of USAFFE.
The largest part of these troops were assigned to quartermaster and medical units, stationed at the various posts on Luzon, and at Pettit Barracks in Zamboanga
c.1asphost.com /scanhead25/usaf.htm   (1326 words)

  
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At the northern side of the barrack compound, at the rear of barrack 1 (the
Barrack B. Now you're inside Barrack B - but in the wrong room.
courtyard to Barrack B in the north side of the east part of the yard.
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 Old Salt Marines Roster/Locator
Did you stay at the barracks up from the train station?
The Yemassee Historic Association is looking for stories from Marines who came through Yemassee.
And would like to let you know that they are trying to purchase the old barracks and move back to its original spot.
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 Balita - Linking Filipinos worldwide with news since 1994
The prime choice of property was sold to the Central Bank for only P10 million during the time of the late Mayor Cesar Climaco and has been idle all these years.
Parts of Pettit barracks are now occupied by several city government buildings, the Land Bank of the Philippines, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Regional Office and the Philippine National Red Cross.
The site used to be occupied by the Zamboanga City High School main, but that school has been forced to transfer to Tetuan because of the sale of the site to the central bank.
news.balita.ph /html/article.php/20051018191714799   (1204 words)

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