Newark post., 1910-11-02
A Day At Valley Forge--The
Historic Camp Ground

| grave. Our guide repeated its story.
a number OF years ago workman
digging to move the fence posts, dis
covered the skeleton Of a man In
qulry identified him as Revolutionary
private who had been shot at the OF
hcers command for the offense oi milk
ing nelghbor's cow--a starving SOL
! dier and army discipline
hen the high ground again and the
birthplace OF that army discipline. The
held on which Baron Steuben drilled
those ragged men and changed them
from band OF straggiers into spien-
dldly organized body for our defense
lay before us, Right lack OF this field
the site Of the suits can be traced. The
hollows in the ground point to group
ings OF four The whole encampment
seems to have been laid in streets
FROM this point we again drove.
passing many of the officers headquar-
ters, the house i'll which was planned
the infamous Conway Cabal, the one
in which Martha Washington dined
with her husband Ga rare occasion
during the war). the bill of fare con
slsting OF roast potatoes and chest
nuts
The land on the opposite side of the
Schuylkill stretched before us. The
home OF Audubon the naturalist was
mostly hidden by the large buildings
OF girls school. One large building
III particular attracted the attention oi
all. Tins is a pslatial home, belong
ing to family by the name of Vaux.
During the Revolution it was occupied
! by Frenchman who proclaimed him
sell neutral. 1t bears the distinction
OF having entertained the generals oi
opposinb armies there on the same
day = Cornwailis breakfastng and
Washington dining with the same host
only few hours later The halls are
OF marble, and the knobs of the forty
rooms are OF solid silver the whole
seeming intent on upho'dng the dis
tlnction to which it has fallen heir.
Last we came to the headquarters.
where Washington spent the six
months OF this distressing period.
his building was erected by Isaac
Potts in 1850. and when selected by
General Washington for his headouar-
ters was the home Of his son. Isaac.
the proprietor of Valley Gorge.
ne whole horse from garnet to ce, :.
lar is IN good preservation and TODAY
1t appears mucl, as in the DAYS whei,
Washington was domciled within il,
The dors, with their bolts and locks
are the same his hands have opened
and CLOSED; the floors with the ex
ceptlon OF one room, are those over
which he r.cy have paced some weary
hour away; the window glass is the
same as that through which he has
anxiousy peered upon the little huts
IN the ilidst of the world of ice and
snow.
The place is near the river. and in
the early times was connected with
the stream by tunnel as a precaution
III case of Indian attack. And so il
was in the days OF Washington. AT
present the visitor may follow the pas
sage for short way. the greater part
OF II however, has been walled off.
\ good hot dinner awaited lis in an
inn which is built over the spot on
which the ovens baked meagre sup
ply OF bread for he army OF old
All too soon we had left the hallowed
ground. Although there had been much
unseen, we had remained long enough
to catch something of the spirit of
the man around whom il all centered
and carry lesson with us which shall
ever remain fixed in our thoughts. +