Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-05


II was well for AmerIc, ~.
While Iec MAS urging tas ~ VI
accept his plan a little thIn. ~ I'D
In London that was of NONE. .ii,'ned
portance To the struggling MIN
tails. Lord George Germa,n en
order 10 Howe 10 send an
the Hudson 10 reinforce ~ m
Burgoype was bringing az M,
Canada. The clerk who wra,ee AZ,
patch was not neat penm,n L.
lordshlp ordered the dispatrb Slis
ten. Before the new draft W. ~
his lordShip had TO leave for :.
try To keep social appolntmer.A-
he returned to town the r,n,,"e II,
rewriting OF the order to Howe 4. ~
ped his memory and the rs
somehow got buried beneath ~
papers. 1t was not discovered flet
months, and then his lordsh,r -,
care To let the fact be Lrss7k 4,
Burgoync, without receiving m
expected from Howe. had ~
whclmed at Saratoga ana ~ -
surrender his whole army anS h
with no orders from London ~
reinforcements to Burgoyne. h,Sei
ed his attention 10 an attack - -.
ndclphia, move that was ~
value to the British and whls. =
matcly proved disastrous. =
LEE FREE AGAIN
Lee was released on parole a.
20. 1i71. and allowed the IN.
New York. Two months later ~
u $500 prize In a lottery ana
In March. 1873 was transforr
Philadelphia. His parole wns 60
so .n9t ne was permitted to ysHs
american camp and go to the !
sions Of Congress. In York. p,
conway cabal had raised c.
Gates as rival of Washinetos
there was Il bitter struggle on
tween the two factions. Lee u..l
the influence at his command =,
Gates.
On April Il he was exchanrsa
General Prescott and a month Ia,..
joined the army at Valley Forve I,
no longer was popular hero. He I
bombarded Washington and Conc,
with letters while prisoner and I
insisted that a commission he
from Congress TO confer with him
"a very important matter" I'M
this very important matter was
never explained. but he was ag,r;l
ed that his request was not ~,
piled with.
When the British evacuated Phi,
delphla and began their march ac,,
New Jersey Washington called a con-
ell of war to consider the ouF,,l
of rlsklng a general engagement
nearly twenty generals, all but IL
Wayne and one other. voted agaI
1t, but Washington decided II wa
necessity, He thought the rear guD
of the British could be cut on !
captured. Lee considered the idea
surd, but after Washington had !
out his plan Lee insisted on his n,
TO command the first division Of
army In the battle OF Monmouth I
had 5000 men. The British forcs
came In collision with numbered d
Wayne, whose men formed the RI,
wing of Lees force. drove the Bril-
back when they attacked and /
them In disorder. He sent a request
Lee to hurry reinforcemcnts 10 b
so he could press his advantage.
Instead of supporting Lee ordered
retreat.
II the British had taken full
vantage OF the confusion that res,
ed from the muddlc that follow
through the tangled orders that
gave the whole of Lees dIyis
would have been captured. As one
the officers put 1t. "wc fed from
shadow" 1t was at the height
disorder that Washington arrived
had received word while seye
miles away that Lee was In retr
and had raced over to ascertain
cause. Every American school-l
has read how he rebuked Lee. how
reformed the dlsordered lines, a
how the two armies fought drs
battle the rest of that terribly
day. They tell. too, how the Bit
He'd In the night toward Sandy Ho
DISHONORED.
Lee was tried by court martial
three charges: Disobedicnce OF
ders' mIsbehavior before the enemy
making an unnecessary retreat I
dlsrespect to the commander-ln-ch
On all three charges he was foI
guilty. He was sentenced to be s
pended from the army for one ye;
No one can read the proceedings
that court martial without gettIn,
high opinion of Lees talent as
lawyer. His argument In his own
half was mastery But what can
thought of the effrontery Of the m;
Less than is months before this Il
he had betrayed the country.
papers proving his treason were
General Howe's possession. II the n
In his army whose lives he had pl
ed In Jeopardy by his conduct
Monmouth had a suspicion Of 4
treason or that his action IN the b
tie was designed by him to dest
that army. he would have ham
from the first tree they could Il
But throughout. the trial he condu
ed himself as IL grave injustice =
being done to him When he :
found guilty. however, he broSc loo
For some Of the outrageous. things
said about Washington he vas eh
lcnged by Colonel Laurens. In
duel Lee was severely injured. III
Lee made an attack on Congress
was expelled from the army
DIseraced. dlSgusted ami dispIrlt
he retired to his estate In
Shenandoah Valley. lie had been
free drinkor all his lifo and he 81
fered a GOOD deal from the go
Now he drank more aud he sutef
more, His restless spirit would
permit him to remain at home. so
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