The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-31

July, ana pore himself with so
straightforward and engaging : oour-
tesy In taking command that the ON
GERS he superseded could not but like
him: jealousy was disarmed.
Net Ideal Soldiers. II. ssS: e.
But he found neither the prepar-
atoms nor the spirit Of the army to
his liking. His soldierly SENSE OF or.
der WAS shocked by the lose discip-
line, and his instinct Of command by
the free and easy insolenoe Of that IT.
regular levy: ana his authority grew
stern as he labored to bring the mot
10y host to, order and effective organt.
cation. :.
1.-THE people ot this ;. government
have obtained character" his conf
Dental letter. declared, (which. they
by no; means deserved their officers,
generally speaking. are the most in.
different Kind q people / ever saw. I
dare say the men would fight very
we'll Qf properly oficered), although
they are an exceedingly dirty and
nasty people. 1T IL among the@most
difficult tasks I ever undertook in my
life to- induce these people to. believe
that there 10, or can be, danger till thu
bayonet IL pushed their breasts.
Not that It proceeds from any ,lncom-
mon: prowess, but rather from an un4
accountable kind ST stupidity In the
lower class Of these people, which, be.
|ieve me, prevails but too generally
among the officers sof the Massachu.
setts part OF the army. who are near
y Of the same kidney with the pri.
tates." -. !. ..S S% ": = IT.: > !
Improve on Acquaintance. .
He had seen like decentralization and
slactness IN the old days at Winches-
ter, on the Wild frontier but he had
expected to find T. better spirit, and:
discipline In the New England levies.:
His first disgust, however, soon,
wore of. He was not slow to see how
shrewd and sturdy these urlcouth, In
sractable ploughboys and farmers
could prove themselves upon occa-
sion.
"~HSss~s WI q 1OOO @Tn1ys
Il have q sincere pleasure in OBJ
serving" he wrote to congress-; "that
there are materials for a good army,
great number Of able-bodied men,
active, Jealous in the cause, and of
-aaquestionable courage"
There was time enough and to spare
In which to learn Ills army's quality.
j.. "Our lines Of defence are now com
pleted," he could tell Lund Washing
ton on the Goth Of August, "as near so
at least as can be-we now wish them
to come out as soon as they please;
but they discover no inclination to
quit their own works Of defense; and
as 1t Is almost impossible for US to
get at them, We do nothing but watch
each others motions all day at tho
distance Of about q mile"
An Immense Correspondence.
He could even turn away from
military affairs to advise that "spfn-
ming Should 90 forward with all pos
sible despatch On. the estate 1t home,
and to say, ~ much approve OF your
sowing wheat in cfean ground, al
though you should ;bs late in doing
It," 49, -.r. 20, -.
Once more he settled to the old ia
miliar work, this time upon d great
scale, Of carrying difficult enterprise
forward BY correspondence. Letters
to the Continental Congress at Phila-
dephia, letters to the provincial con-
crosses Of the New. England colonies,
letters to subordinate (sometimes in
sbordinate) officers at distant posts,
letters to intimate friends and in
f1uentia1 men everywhere, setting
forth the needs and situation Of the
army, advising measures Of organiza-
tion, supply. and defense, pointing out
means that might be used and mis-.
takes that must be avoided, command
ing, dissuading, guiding, forecasting,
poured steadily forth from those busy
headquarters, where the commander
;tn-chief was always to be found, in
tent, deeply employed, calmly i1npera-
tive, never firing, never hesitatink,
never storming, d leader and master
Of men and AFFAIRS.
Washington was In tis prime, ana
all the forty-three years Of his strenu.
Gus life he had been at school to learn
how such a task as this was to be per
formed.
He had found the army not only
without proper discipline ana equip
:ment, but actually. without. powder;
and the winter had come and was
passing away before even that pri-
mary and perilous need could be sup.
piled.
The men of that extemporized army
had been enlisted but for q few
months service. When their brief
terms Of enlistment ran cit they I'll.
continently took themselves OF; and
Washington's most earnest appeals to
the continental and provincial con.
gresses to provide for longer enlist
rnehts and an adeqtats system Of re.
cruitment did not always sudace to
prevent hts force from perilously
dwindling away under: his very eyes.
Providence Favors The Patriots. I
It was q r1erciful provid Hence that