The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-14
HE,p QRs,. VALLEY foE1E
- March i1s-.
Coo. ,'IIy. LEWIS.


At this date the iong.terrible winter nj Val.
ley Forge had worn peirly To an end. The
quarters erected fol the shelter Of the starved
soldiers OF the PARROT army. to which they had
marched. Leaving tho track OF their naked feet
in bhcoi upon the SHOWS OF Pennsylvania, were,
thr III ~ reforms accomplished In tho COM
nis-ar!lt, beginning 10 be more tolerable.
Provisions long DELAYED upon the road, that,
scart and poor as they were. seemed to the
tronps the contents OF q orn'of.plenty. had
arrived. The capture of supple intended for
the British In PHILADELPHIA had further re.
3oirad the patriots. In response to Washing
tons earnest and repeated appeals. Congress
had appoints I'd n Commit Of Arrangements.
consisting OF Gen. Reed. Nathaniel Folsom.
Francis Dana, Charles Carroll. and Gouverneur
Morris, tn assist The Commanding General in
dsvising a new system for the administration
OF the troops. Their report 10 Congress OF tho
p!tiahle distresses OF the army had apparently
borne continuing good results. In the writ.
ing' ot Washing ION" edited by Worthington
Ciauncey Ford, may be found n valuable and
Interesting copy from the original, In IIamll-
toms %ndwriting. as n,de.de.camp. OF wash
%fngton's report prepared for the &c
concerning The actual condition OF the army
at this critical moment Of the war. In the
concluding paragraph occur these words: THE
diSh-reeahlo picture I have given OF the wants
and snferings OF the army and the dlscon-
tents rciening among the officers IL a Just rep
70 S~entatlon OF eslls equally melancholy and
'h'pu'.""'' "u"' unieA'' encc'un' remeu'es 10
applied without loss OF time, the most alarm
mH 'o'' Consequences "o W Appro-
aus
~" m'oN' oei'' Nv aa'e o 'he letter 70
He""' "~'n"E,oh " i'u"u occasion 10
Con. Parsons of Connecticut. who. ms events
proved r"Nha'hoa IN lis pos''ioh 10 succeed
oo"' fu'h"" 'hi''"' anu III i'oo occaH.e a
H"io,,"ehorai' su''i'ihu tue war 10 oe uit'-
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