The word to fill in the blank: MILITIAS
George Washington's letter was addressed to John Hancock, who was then the President of the Second Continental Congress. (Yes, the John Hancock who is famous for the size of his signature on the Declaration of Independence.) Washington's letter advocated the importance of a regular army of trained troops, rather than dependence on militias of men called out of their regular, daily life into short-term military service.
In the letter, dated September <u>25</u>, 1776, Washington wrote (with spellings as he used): "To place any dependance upon Militia, is, assuredly, resting upon a broken staff. Men just dragged from the tender Scenes of domestick life—unaccustomed to the din of Arms—totally unacquainted with every kind of Military skill, which being followed by a want of Confidence in themselves when opposed to Troops regularly traind—disciplined, and appointed—superior in knowledge, & superior in Arms, makes them timid, and ready to fly from their own Shadows."
Washington also added: " To bring men to a proper degree of Subordination is not the work of a day—a Month— or even a year—and unhappily for us, and the cause we are Ingaged in, the little discipline I have been labouring to establish in the Army under my immediate Command, is in a manner done away by having such a mixture of Troops as have been called together within these few Months."
Answer: 34 to 36 million
Explanation: HIV/AIDS has shaken the already weak economic and social infrastructures of many developing countries. While the majority of infections occur in young adults, children have been affected in numerous ways. Almost three million children younger than 15 years of age are estimated to be HIV-positive, with the vast majority of infections occurring in developing nations (1). As home to 10% of the world’s population but 70% of HIV infections, Sub-Saharan Africa carries the largest disease burden (2). Thirteen million children younger than 15 years of age have lost one or both parents to AIDS, with the number expected to rise to 25 million by 2010 (1). In several African countries, 15% of children are expected to be orphaned by the end of this decade (1).
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Mali ruled differently from Ghana by having more responsibilities to do, such as governing more people, territory and trade.
