Bisbee daily review., 1913-04-27

NETWEFTW M F -TIETN WfTfEV TTiF ffIT ,sll lifted after lie had lpasseds Is was good to have such a man ride. iail the 1pen way from Philadelphia ito Cam bridge in sight of the people to as- sume commnnd of the peoples army.
 it gave character to the. thoughtsl If all who saw him. y5 Fi
 Matters had not stood still before Boston 10 await commander sent by congress.
 While Washington waited for his commission and made ready for his journey there had. been fighting done which was to simplify his task.
 General William Howe had reached Boston with achievements On the 18th of May. and quite ten thousand roops held the city while a strong feet of men-of-war lay watchfuIly in the harbor
 The British Hesitate.
 There was no hurry. it seemed. about attacking the sixteen thousand -aw provincials, whose long lines were irawn loosely about the town from Charlestown Neck to Jamaica Plain But commanding hills looked across he water on either hand-in Charles own on the north and in Dorchester on the southeast t-and itwould be well. Howe saw. to, secure them. lest they should be occupied by the insur- gents.
 On the morning of the 17th of June. however. while leisurely preparations were a-making in Boston to occupy the hills of Charlestown. it was dis covered that the provincials had been beforehand in the project. There they were in the clear sun working dill gently at redoubts of their own upon the height
 At a Fearful Cost.
 Three thousand men were put across the water to drive them of. Though they mustered only seventeen hundred behind their unfinished works. there were several assaults and the loss of thousand men was the cost of dislodging them.
 They withheld their fire till the req coats were within ffty--aay. thirty yards of them, and then poured out deadly, blazing fire which no man could face and live. They were oust- ed only when they failed of powder and despaired of endorsements.
 Veteran officers who had led the sG ggaiJ declared .as res4la1's uf ET1--.e were not more formidable shsr s15ss militia D,eu. Tdon thsy had 5cgrise5 ae raw peasants.
 Thers --g nc desire to buy anothaa- An eriran position nj that price; and Washington had tiuc enough fer tue complimentary receptions and cc dresses and the elaborate parade of escort and review that delayed bis Journey 10 headquarters.
 He reached Cambridge on the zd of July. and bore himself with co straightforward and engaging a cOuT- tesy ia taking command that the off cers he superseded could not but like him jealousy was dissrmed
 Not Ideal Soldiers.
 But hsr found neither the prepaT- ations nor the spirit of the army to his liking. His soldierly sense of or der was shocked by the lose discip- line. ard his instinct of command by the free and easy insoIence of that ir- regular levy; and his authority grew stern as he labored to bring the mot. ley host to order and effective organi- ration.
 "The people of this government bava ob4a{pad . nh,racfarB ,fg no,f dential letters declared, which they by no means deserved-their officers, generally speaking, are the most in- different kind of people ever saw. I dare say the men would fight very well If properly oficered), although they are an exceedingly dirty and nasty people. 7. It is among the most difficult tasks I ever undertook in my life to induce these people to believe that there is, or can be, danger till the bayonet is pushed at their breasts. Not that it proceeds from any uncom- mon prowess. but rather from an un- accountable kind of stupidity in the lower class Of these people, which, be- lieve me, prevails but too generally among the officers of the Massachu- setts part of rhe army. who are near ly of the same kidney with the pri- yates"
 improve on Acquaintance.
 HeNhad seen like demOralization and slackness in the old days at Winches- ter on the wild frontier. but he had expected to find a better spirit and discipline in the New England ievies.
 His first disgust. however, soon wore of. He was not slow to see how shrewd and sturdy these uncouth, fn- tractable ploughboys and farmers could prove themselves upon occa- sion.
 Material for Good Army.
 T have a sincere pleasure in ob- serving" he wrote to congress, that there are materials for a good army, a great number of able bodied men. active. zealous in the cause, and of