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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I thought cavalry was the sort of position where people had to buy their way in through a commission.

[–] laverabe@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

I believe that was the British until the 19th century. I could find of no such thing for US commissions, although I am not all that versed on the history.

I mostly just picked the poster because it looked neat ;)