- Joined
- Feb 20, 2005
- Location
- Near Kankakee
Manufacturing establishment. That is a good'n. That could be a smithy or a grist mill. Or maybe not.
In those days, not everyone could grind his own meal. So they took a few bags of grain to the local miller and got it turned into flour. And they gave a portion of that to the miller to pay for his services. And the farmer might also have dropped off a small bag at the smithy to pay for that set of horseshoes.
So is the miller or the smithy a manufacturing establishment?
Militarily, I suppose both were. If the miller could make flour that could make bread that could feed a reb, burn the mill. If a smithy could make shoes for horses that could pull or run or otherwise provide for a reb, destroy the forge.
Nobody said war was like playing tag or hide-and-seek. If you can't carry it, burn it.
In those days, not everyone could grind his own meal. So they took a few bags of grain to the local miller and got it turned into flour. And they gave a portion of that to the miller to pay for his services. And the farmer might also have dropped off a small bag at the smithy to pay for that set of horseshoes.
So is the miller or the smithy a manufacturing establishment?
Militarily, I suppose both were. If the miller could make flour that could make bread that could feed a reb, burn the mill. If a smithy could make shoes for horses that could pull or run or otherwise provide for a reb, destroy the forge.
Nobody said war was like playing tag or hide-and-seek. If you can't carry it, burn it.