Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1895-02-22
WASHINGTON IN CAMP
QUAINT OLD MANUSCRIPTS AND
ORDERS.
First Year of the Continental Army
General Washington's First Instruc-
lions to His officers and Enlisted
Mcn-AEainst Waste of Powder.
Record of pailx Life.

There are in the possession of David
Prescott Hall. of the New York bar, q
series of quaint old manuscript volumes
which look as if they had seen rich SER
vice. As they were written in the camp
Of the Continental army during the war
of the American revolution, sometimes on
the knee of the writer, sometimes on a
d%runlhead; as they We're carried about
from place to place, borne off i'll hasty
retreats OF iii forced marches, it must be
confessed that their looks do not belle
them. Nevertheless. the clever eleven
short, stout, sturdy books are i'll n very
fair state OF preservation and are easily
iegible. save occasionally at the corners.
which are in some places frayed and
worn. When I add that these orderly
books contain the general orders of Wash.
ington to his arm it will be seen that
| their interest and value are very gfcat.
| These orderly books are i'll the hand
writing of Colonel Grosvcncr.
On their yellow. tialc-stained pages one
can trace the record of W~ashiigton's
daily struggles to organize and discipline
the army. from the day when he first
took command of it under the spreading
elm ut Cambridge. They. abound with
the most minute details of tho situation.
and give US n Photographic picture of the
army and it's surroundings, all i'll the
quaint language and peculiar spelling of
that bygone time. One cannot help smil-
ing at these at tines, but ii hardly
knows whether to smile or weep at the
forlorn condition of our little army, which
is here so wildly revealed.
The loftincss and nobility of Wash
i~nytor's character shine out IN these
pages. But he oftan gives expression to
his surprise and sometimes to his just
Indignation ut tho conduct OF officers and
.uen, who found Il 4ery difficult and dis
tasteful to submit to discipline.
W%ashinRton's carly experience as a
soldier lad taught him the absolute ne
cessity Of discipline and obedience, and
he gradually enforced both in the little
army of raw militia. who had to learn
that bravery 10 not the only qualification
necessary for q soldier.
wuslinEton's Fret Order.
"Headquartc-s. Cambridge. July the
Cd, 1875.
Parole lookout.
"Counters;gn sharp.
"Field officer for the day o-morrow
Colonel Gerry.
"Field officer Of the maingnard to-1nor
row, Major Poo..
"Adjutant Of the day, Gibbs.
General orders Of his E2ccllcncy Gen
eral Washington, esq.,, cOmmander-in
chief of the forces Of the united colonie.
in North America. That the colonel o.
commanding officer Of each regiment j.
ordered forthwith to make two return.
of the number of men in their respectiv,
regiments, distinguishing those who ar
sick. wounded, Or absent on furlough, ant
also the quantity of ammunition each reg
iMcnt has"
orders was given.
officers of all military and other stores
including working tools of all kinds
tents and camp kettles"
The wise father OF his country thu
urged upon his troops the laying aside o
all sectional spirit:
1.-THE Continental Congress havin,
now taken all the troops of the seyera
colonies which have been raised an
which may be hereafter raised for til
support aud defense of the liberties o
America into their pay and service, the
are now the troops of the United Prov
!nccs of North America, and it is hope
that all distinctions of colonies will b
laid aside so that n and the same spiri
may animate the whole and the only cor
test be who shall, on this great and tryin
occasion. be of the most essential SCI
yt.c to the great and common cause j
which we are all engaged"
Tho seventh order of this days serie
urges the officers to keep their men i
good condition. :
"Ail officers are required and expecte