| David Bartley | |
| Fictional Character | |
| 1632 series POD: May, 1631 | |
| Appearance(s): | Grantville Gazette I, Grantville Gazette III, Grantville Gazette VII, Grantville Gazette XIII, Grantville Gazette XIX, Grantville Gazette XX, Grantville Gazette XXIV, Ring of Fire II, 1635: The Eastern Front, 1636: The Saxon Uprising, Grantville Gazette 35, "1636: The Viennese Waltz" |
| Nationality: | United States of Europe (born in the United States) |
| Religion: | Methodist |
| Date of Birth: | 1985 |
| Parents: | Lamar Bartley, Ramona Higgins (mother), Karl Schmidt (step-father) |
| Relatives: | Delia Higgins (grandmother), Donnie Higgins (half-brother) |
| Affiliations: | SoTF National Guard, Other People's Money |
David Bartley was part of the group known as the "Sewing Circle", and later became CEO of the finance company Other People's Money. As CEO of OPM, he was approached by the Treasury Secretary of the CPE when Amsterdam was put under seige by Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria. The worry that the Dutch guilder would fail was stalled in the short term, when David spent millions on the guilders, along with Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein, when news of the seige became known. David later participated in a 'trade mission' to Don Fernando with Prince Karl, Fletcher Wendell and others, to allow the Dutch bank to continue operations, even while under siege, by moving a portion of the reserve to Antwerp.
He was a lieutenant, and later a captain, in the SoTF National Guard and part of Mike Stearns' immediate staff assigned to work on logistics. Around the autumn of 1634, he was a lieutenant in supply at the Saalfeld training ground.
In October 1635, while attached to the Third Division of the USE Army in Poland, he was promoted to captain, and assigned to form an Exchange Corps, which was given the task of enabling the division to obtain supplies from the local population without completely ticking them off.[1]
In the winter of 1636, he helped design the winter gear that the Third Division would use on its campaign against Johan Banér, based on what he could remember of World War II-era Soviet winter gear. He also devised a detachable ski rig which could be attached to a volley gun carriage and which allowed the skis to be lowered into place when the guns needed to move over snow.[2] These "Bartley rigs", as they became known, allowed the volley gun units to play a significant role in the Battle of Ostra.[3]
References[]
- ↑ ''1635: The Eastern Front, ch. 26
- ↑ 1636: The Saxon Uprising, ch 36.
- ↑ ibid., ch. 46