But it was urged, that it would be dangerous to let him command in person, without any restraint, as he might make a bad use of it. The consent of both houses of Congress ought, therefore, to be required, before he should take the actual command. ..…
Douglas MacArthur, relieved of his Far East command by President Harry S. Truman, bade farewell in an address to Congress in which he quoted a line from a ballad: “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.” . 1987 . ..…
From the evidence available, it appears that the Framers vested the in President because experience in Continental Congress had disclosed the inexpediency of vesting command in group and because the lesson of English history was that danger lurked in vesting command in person separate from..…