The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-06-06

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There was sons.s,.
ington that ouIets
a crowd at the 80.
awed them. that a.. =
were a sort Of voIes ~ !. g.
DIRE dren desired SIGHT y ! s''
felt lifted after he -.
good to have such ! M
open way from phII.s'
bridge in sight Of ~
sumo command Of NJ ~
1t gave character . ~, !,
of all who saw him " Y
Matters had not ,,o..
Boston to await a Cor, 49, z
congress. a1te
While Washinp,o,
commission and made -.
journey there had BE-, = !.
which was 10 simplify ~
General William How =
Boston with reinforcsns.'..
2'th Of May. and quI,s =
troops held the city. WA.
fleet OF men-Of-war lay -.
the harbor.
The British H..,,.
There was no hurry.
about attacking the si,,.'
raw provincials. whose Io..e
drawn loosely about ths
Charlestown Neck to -
But commanding bills 49,.
the water on either hsns-s
town on the north and /,
on the southeast-and A.
well. Howe saw. to seem. =
they should be occupied J, !.
gents.
On the morning Of the IN !.
however. while leisursly d.
were Amazing in Boston
the hills OF Charlestovn
covered that the provincial. y
beforehand in the project \,
were in the clear sun. vo,I-
gently at redoubts OF thai, !.
the height.
At a Fearful Coz
Three thousand men ~
across the water to driu 4.
Though they mustered oulv =
hundred behind their -
works. there were seven :
and the loss Of a thousand :
the cost of dislodging then
They withheld their Ere n
coats we're within fifty-nr
yards of them. and then pou,s
deadly. blazing fire which :
could face and live. They n
ed only when they failed 4
and despaired OF reiniorcenem
Veteran officers who had u
salllt declared the regslan {
were not more Formidable On
militia-men, whom they had
as raw peasants.
There was no desire 10 buy 3
American position at that pf
Washington had time enoah +
complimentary receptions &
dresses and the elaborate zz
escort and review that deaM
Journey to headquarters.
He reached Cambridge o. 4
July, and bore himself - /
straightforward and engaging !
.esy in taking command thar 4
,ers he superseded could nd b
him: jealousy was dlsarmed
Not Ideal soldlsn
But he found neither The =
atoms nor the spirit Of the ~
lis liking. His soldierly sean
Ter was shocked by the loR i
inc, and his instinct Of conf
he free and easy insolence Il q
'egular levy; and his authchH !
tern as he labored TO bring D /
ey host to order and effective q
alton.
"The people Of this gusE
lave obtained a character" y
lential letters declared, "vhin
~ no means deserved-theli
generally speaking. are the -
lifferent kind of people ] ever =
Iare say the men would hss
veil Of properly Offered, q
hey are an exceedingly arg
TASTY people. II is among =
tasks I ever underiool !.
ife to induce these people o
hat there is, or can be, DANCE
,ayOnet is pushed at Their
Got that it proceeds from anl
non prowess. but rather ron Z
accountable kind Of stupldiq
over class of these people VI
ieve me- prevails but 100 -
the officers Of the -
etts part Of the army, who -
Y of the same kidney WIN
-ates."
Improve on Aequalnsaa''
He had seen like demOrallis.-
lackness in the old days a. =
er. on the wild frontier, pl' |.
to find a better
discipline in the New Engian- .
His first disgust. hoVe's1
vore off. He was not Glow . 2
and sturdy these un's 4.
ploughboys ana
Gould prOva Themselves lfe-