The sun., 1897-01-17
1TyAILEY FORGE IN TIT.
,,,,,sr,y ,yron THE DIAn1 OF ONE
'1s'ItnMr tnMr SURGEONS THERE

,,.,.J Adiutant-The Boston
An u,e.pected Furiougb.
sr,, winter passed In Valley Forge was ' .no
,.n,,., period Of the war ihe m,h ,,..,o 49,
ss.u,,ed in cold. comfortiess nuts WIN i.uo
s.S =, clothing Barefooted' thes ieis ON 'n,
70 stound their tracks IN o'oou' ns
,,.a,,.,. and straw could not % oo's'nsu'
o'nA, a.. way tho histories speak or the
....',l, winter OF l777-'s; ana thanks 70 our
"r,lV "r,e.I,ing "yalley Forge" 10 synonymous
early 'IA'. '.,,,.,s with sufYcrings nobly borne
om'a .,oa cause. Exactly what won't on at
v.,lev Forge we donot inquire "o "A' INV
,,',",y .. ,or fact, and let the rcst slide.
history ~ w., %snnor may be gathered from the
Mn'. u a. Valley Ecrso by DIR. Albisence
waldo. attached TO Connee,ieus retmen"
NAuO, man Of education and OF high profess
rno rn.,I,ny and 40 was able TO set down tho
r0n.a.nIn,, r0nM while other mon had 10 suffer
"a, s,tI Dr. Albisence Waldo was man OF
. snu ~ d.,con,. a. his name shows, and IL
%.,dlv he doubted that he came Of Hugue-
eA,' ...,.,ry. lie WAS born Fob. 81. 1850. At
n,,,, nv conn jolned the Eleventh Connecti-
p.,,mont Of militia in 1875, serving for
Wv .,,,,. married q relative f"Old Put"
W. W. Ala Ian. %. 1894. at Poinfret He left the
a, many another Revolutionary soldier
-, =, not because ho wanted to. but
S.s,r,, no had to. In the draft OF petit
~, a the Connecticut Legislature. drawn
:. Altar the war. wherein he prays
=. ,.,sased from certain dsbts-to be declared
'h.,t,upt. ptactica!ly-he sets forth that before
,.hsslnnps OF the war he had Joined, as nom
..nmi.sloned osiccr, a body of light horse COM
,,,a,d by Capt Mcclellan. Ho won't with his
,-,A.-. % ~ am bridge after the battle Of Lex
80 ,,a in the autumn OF 1875 Joined Col.
ing'on' Anu ~ I,..a, ~ -. r,,., snrg.on,. Mai.
n m. autumn and winter OF l7T6-77 he was
-. ,b. .hI, Cromwell. By appointment mt
surgeon oI '"e 'u' ,n.s I..,h,n Th.n
:. van, back TO the regiment, joining early in
~ "a ,.-,,py pntil Oetober. 1870. He SAYS,
III, anu 'e'' 80, a.. ..,,r,.n, ,n ,1-o
when your p LETT the reRimchs In if's'
a, ,u,lough. with the firm intention of return
y" .,,..I.,.. ho tou,l nj. tamiiv op tho
hgin ,n,'o us ~ ,,.,,s 80. .n, =, ,ood "a
point Of famlshlng with nero want OF iooo anu
.,.,v other necessary. The Continental money
rs' h,1 nr.viouslv receiyed for the sale
Jcur P hah previously roVo".u 'or 'no 's'o
Of . little possession, and all the wages he
Wv" ,O' 81. t,,n,,v wsr. bv aenrecia,ion. re.
dss.d Ss iU to a tribe, and now wholly gone. Your
p .t,pek 10 the heart BY the horror, OF un-
......s Irdi,.nce IN. .,,,nt slvh, OF n worthy
wife. the looks OF a tender onsprng, the do'etni
-..,..o,. a, r,vs and staryation. and n half
p'"''N ,., ,, ~. .,,,..,.
broken constitution ufoppeu tno 'otu.i
eockAle; and with It dropped the heartfelt
49,, ,,d hA. ny rrea, exertion.. protected
WI .u- ...,. -.
them rom the lhsolence Oh pro''.as mn
The doctors pay was three months In arrcart
vA,nh r.arncd. The payma,ter settled with
AeI w -, t.
him In Cont'nehtai money passou NJ 40"
rate and tae whole barely paid an nttornc,
....,. .,h,-,v.hl ling heht"
49,
Dr.. Walios early death was due 10 hls SUI
t.tlngs nj Waller Forge; a. he says, "a numb
,.o,u.l.,,h az, ali. and ,hIsh vas nartl,
h''' W Ne e,' ny 'u, 81,
translated to his lungs and he never recovered
Hsdsry At Valley Forge begins on Nov. 10
49,. e.. .,-;,aI ~ S,.n, Ia, NJ tns Iiyh
n'"0' '
. Dsaxoona with Capt. Nichols a. prisoner
-IheArd Capt. Nichols observe that one hou
,.,,,. ,.L., n. h.a IN. fol,ovinx rr
es'''0 NV "as s~ss" Az - 49,
fections: HIS Majesty mas made mo com
uAndes OF a fEe ship-a packet, too; need no
-s.,, ...in, o.. 40 h,, ,,an.nor
"s Isn@ hA'e no'nuk 70 ou'
sroOd intsrest nj home. and what II above all
L, ,u. 10, ,ronhl.d 1, ~,
an AsreaoIe 'amlS. Ah MOI '''uoieu IA ."
:, MIDI In short. Fvenothinr TO mako mo un
~ ea,y and believe I am the happiest nan In tn
~. - 49,. -.. ~ 80 ,or ,ha
". wauo Sios LII LIN 'N "
H9.A' oes. u,nnes , M Mo,,, call,
NOV isth 49, - MOUNT monI . cor,
om ~, = : p ntue M1uht nish sLo 80, nrono,
So0 :, reasno saao niitsgSmnsS n tSs,s,n ear In;
Soa OF hAhds9ne women tnereh' Yea, W ~
IoWn, In WOOD, n Hcrmet mas uWel