shafter

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1. shafter - Noun

2. Shafter - Proper noun

Meaning

Shafter

A city in Kern County, California, United States.

shafter (plural shafters)

One who or that which shafts.

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A group of concerned officers of the American army chose Theodore Roosevelt to draft a request to Washington that it withdraw the Army, a request that paralleled a similar one from General Shafter, who described his force as an "army of convalescents". Source: Internet

Fortunately, by the time this message reached Washington, Shafter changed his mind, and instead renewed siege operations after demanding the Spanish surrender the city and garrison of Santiago. Source: Internet

Early life Shafter was born in Galesburg, Michigan on October 16, 1835. Source: Internet

Interstate 980 (Williams Freeway) begins its eastbound journey at I-880 in Downtown Oakland before turning into State Route 24 (Grove Shafter Freeway) at I-580. Source: Internet

In January 1900, Shafter offered the following opinion on the war in the Philippines : "My plan would be to disarm the natives of the Philippine Islands, even if I have to kill half of them to do it. Source: Internet

Originally, Shafter planned to lead his forces from the front, but he suffered greatly from the tropical heat and was confined to his headquarters far to the rear and out of sight of the fighting. Source: Internet

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