The Army's Historic Black Bicycle Corps, 1896-97
by
Kay Moore
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016
In 1896 Lt. James Moss, second lieutenant at Fort Missoula, Montana, had a revolutionary idea: that bicycles, a relatively new innovation, could be employed by the military to replace cavalry horses for certain operations. Bikes did not need food, water, or rest; they would not die; they would never...