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For more than 100 years before the [[base exchange|post exchange]] system was created, traveling merchants known as [[sutler]]s provided American soldiers with goods and services during times of war. Sutlers served troops at Army camps as far back as the [[French and Indian War|French and Indian]] and [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary]] wars.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Habgood |first1=Carol |last2=Skaer |first2=Marcia |page=1 |date=October 1994 |title=One Hundred Years of Service: A History of the Army & Air Force Exchange Service |url=http://www.aafes.com/Images/History/Exchange100YearHistoryBook.pdf |publisher=Army & Air Force Exchange Service |isbn=9995489228}}</ref> | For more than 100 years before the [[base exchange|post exchange]] system was created, traveling merchants known as [[sutler]]s provided American soldiers with goods and services during times of war. Sutlers served troops at Army camps as far back as the [[French and Indian War|French and Indian]] and [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary]] wars.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Habgood |first1=Carol |last2=Skaer |first2=Marcia |page=1 |date=October 1994 |title=One Hundred Years of Service: A History of the Army & Air Force Exchange Service |url=http://www.aafes.com/Images/History/Exchange100YearHistoryBook.pdf |publisher=Army & Air Force Exchange Service |isbn=9995489228}}</ref> | ||
Complaints of sutlers charging premiums for substandard merchandise were widespread during the | Complaints of sutlers charging premiums for substandard merchandise were widespread during the Civil War, and in 1867, the War Department created the post trader system. While intended to prevent the unscrupulous practices of sutlers, the post trader system still subjected troops to over-inflated prices and was rife with bribery and corruption.<ref>{{cite journal |date=September–October 1966 |title=Post Exchange System |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gWafisFNex8C&q=%22abuses%22&pg=PT254 |journal=JAG Law Review |volume=VIII |issue=5 |page=21 |access-date=5 September 2017 }}</ref> | ||
On 29 November 1880, Col. Henry A. Morrow, seeking to quell disciplinary problems resulting from troops visiting disreputable places of amusement in nearby towns, established the first American military canteen at [[Vancouver Barracks]]. There, troops were provided newspapers and magazines, played billiards and cards, and could obtain light food and drink without leaving post. | On 29 November 1880, Col. Henry A. Morrow, seeking to quell disciplinary problems resulting from troops visiting disreputable places of amusement in nearby towns, established the first American military canteen at [[Vancouver Barracks]]. There, troops were provided newspapers and magazines, played billiards and cards, and could obtain light food and drink without leaving post. | ||