Good Soldier Shweik
Private
- Joined
- Oct 17, 2018
- Location
- on a volcano
I have been reading a biography of Thomas where he used black troops to guard prisoners, and the prisoners objected. Appearatly Thomas went up to them and explained that black troops were all they had left to guard them. their bad luck. Einhof, the Biographer, seems to feel that Thomas had them guarded by black troops deliberately. And bad cess to them.
Question... there were no Geneva conventions back then. How much back chat would the troopers be obliged to tolerate before getting out the bayonets and/or shooting the prisoners? Or were there other ways of quelling aggravating prisoners?
This is not to excuse the behavior at Ft Pillow by any stretch, but obnoxious and recalcitrant prisoners need some chastisement, I am sure
Question... there were no Geneva conventions back then. How much back chat would the troopers be obliged to tolerate before getting out the bayonets and/or shooting the prisoners? Or were there other ways of quelling aggravating prisoners?
This is not to excuse the behavior at Ft Pillow by any stretch, but obnoxious and recalcitrant prisoners need some chastisement, I am sure