It was the Navy’s most valuable contribution during the Philippine Insurrection. Using sailors as infantry ashore was what the Navy’s primarily did during the Seminole Wars and the War with Mexico. Sailors performed as infantry a lot: at least 66 landings and operations ashore on distant stations during the 19th century 136 instances in the Caribbean and Central America during the first three decades of the 20th century numerous times on China Station and elsewhere.Everyone in the Navy accepted that the use of sailors as infantry was a required Navy’s competency. ![]() ![]() The debate centered on how to best use “our officers and men as efficient infantry and artillerymen,” not around the desirability or utility of use of sailors as infantry. Use of sailors as infantry was part of the late 19th century great debate by naval reformers over the direction of the Navy.Marines were a minority and landings were generally a ships company evolution, i.e., involving both marines and sailors. Likewise, landings and operations ashore were normal. The use of sailors as infantry (and as artillerymen ashore) was common during the 19th century. ![]()
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