I should have looked at my event definition first - I did not change at
all. Mine read: "He served in the military as a private with the United
States Army" or "He served in the military as a Captain with the United
States Navy". If you have no detail perhaps: "He served in the military
as a member of the uniformed services during World War I" It is also
best to spell everything out as there are many individuals who have
service with foreign services such as the Royal Flying Corps (England),
Canadian Flying Corps I, etc. in WWII or perhaps the foreign brigades in
Spain during their Civil War. My wife has an English ancestor who served
as a Lt. with the German army in the early 1800s. To avoid any confusion
always spell everything out.
Tom........
----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Daily" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 9:27 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Military Service event - description field
Thanks for responding, Tom. I should have noted that the event
sentence definition is:
"[HeShe] served in the military [Desc] [onDate] [inPlace].[Sources]
[Notes]"
Perhaps I should simply remove "in the Military" then from the default
so it will read as you describe below?
Susan
On 7/7/05, Tom Montgomery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Why not say he "served as a private with the United States Army"? You
can word it anyway you like to make it read properly (I may have made
a
slight modification to the event default, can't remember). If it is a
Civil War service, and I know the unit, I might record "served as a
sergeant with Company C, Third Louisiana Infantry Regiment,
Confederate
Army". Other services and units have similar situations and same type
of
wording can be used for any conflict.
Tom M.....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Daily" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 7:45 PM
Subject: [LegacyUG] Military Service event - description field
Hello LUG,
I looked through the Archives and scanned the tips but didn't see this
question asked before. I am running Windows ME and the older version 4
Feb 2005 build.
I am entering an individual's military service and trying to figure
out how to use the Desciption field so that it reads correctly in a
report. I suppose I can redefine the sentence globally, and I may just
do that, but I thought perhaps I'm not putting the correct item into
the field. I was placing rank and unit in Description, but then it
reads "He served in the Military Private US Army." Very awkward.
How do you use that field? Have you redefined your sentence structure
for the event?
Thank you,
Susan
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