Talk:Wham Paymaster robbery

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Change in Army Procedures.[edit]

Did the army change its procedures following the robbery ? If so, what were the changes ? 31.69.69.106 (talk) 08:52, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

While researching the article I found no indications of the U.S. Army changing its procedures due to this robbery. The eleven man escort was stronger than normal procedures called for at the time (I am unable to relocate the supporting source, but a nine man escort was considered normal at the time). It was also standard procedure to keep the time and route used to transfer the payroll secret but the limitations of geography (there was only one road through the pass along the direct route between Ft. Grant and Ft. Thomas) and events such all the soldiers at Ft. Grant suddenly having money clearly allowed the robbers to make a fairly accurate guess as to when and where Major Wham would make the transfer. One change that did occur a year or two after the robbery was combining paymaster operations in the District of Arizona and Department of New Mexico. The change appears to have been a cost savings move as it allowed for all troops in the combined area to be payed with only five instead of six paymasters. --Allen3 ^talk 10:33, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Questioning May 11 as the date[edit]

this newspaper account says that on the 12th, they hadn't yet been robbed. Toddst1 (talk) 16:08, 22 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

That article is dated May 12, and it says, "It was at this point, three miles north of Cedar Springs, in a deep narrow gorge, that Major Wham was yesterday attacked." Thus, May 11 is correct. —howcheng {chat} 20:47, 8 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... are perhaps the longest I've seen on Wiki. Should be broken up into smaller ones. - HappyWaldo (talk) 04:47, 16 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. (But not my gnomish interest at present.) Re-assessing article as C class. – S. Rich (talk) 03:18, 2 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Use of material in other Wikipedia articles[edit]

Material from this article was used in the article on Sgt. Benjamin Brown. Sean Barnett (talk) 01:21, 27 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]