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A Resource Guide Bicentennial of the Constitution: Supplement II: 1989 - Establishment of the Government and National Defence. This booklet highlights the First Congress, established on March 4, 1789, the Office of the President and the President's constitutional role as commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. The twenty-three Soldier-Statesmen of the Revolutionary War who helped frame the constitution established the precedent that the military, subordinate to civilian authority, would be the servant of the republic. Thirty Soldier-Statesman President of the United States have upheld this legacy that remains the underpinning of the proffesional identity and loyalty of the American service man and woman.