Answer:
1. Yes, only because the has checks and balances which did not give the commander and chief complete and ultimate power.
2. No, the government should control the military because the civilian populace is what maintains the military.
3. Don't understand question
4. If they have significant military experience and or their overturn is to have a chance of saving lives.
Explanation:
Their thoughts can't be hundred percent sure without the diaries but they had thoughts on how much hardship they would have to go through the trip across mountains and rocky paths, they also had to survive with minimal resources, so their thoughts on this was probably brave and rough trip, they had no clue if they were gonna survive or what was gonna happen, they territory was unknown.