The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-06-05

Take that, me smart lad. it's fe
good luck she answered.
GAS l left her / was In doubt of thu
meaning of her generosity. Soon
opened the needle book and found II
DIX of its pockets a piece of thin pa
per rolled tight. On 1t I found thu
information that Howe would be leav
Ing the city next morning with fv,
thousand men, and baggage wagons ant
thirteen cannon and eleven boats. Thu
paper contained other details OF tn,
proposed British raid. l rode post t(
headquarters and luckily found the
general in his tent. On the way I ar
rived at a definite conviction regard.
ing the plans of Howe. / was eager
to give it air, having no doubt of it,
~soundness. The general gave me re-
spectful attention while l laid the facts
before him. Then I took my courage
in my hands and asked:
General, may I venture to express
an opinion?"
Certainly he answered.
cit is the plan of Howe to cross
liz z dIC Ia lie bOdlo ~ us "
make us believe that he is going to
New York. He will recross the river
above Bristol and suddenly descend
upon our rear
washington sat, with his arms
folded, looking very grave. but made
no answer.
"In other words, again I presented
my conviction.
"Still he was silent and / q little en-
barrassed. In half a moment l ven-
tured to ask:
General, what is your opinlonf
"He answered in a kindly toner
Colonel Irons, the enemy has no
business in our rear. The boats are
only for our scouts and spies to look
at. The British hope to fool US with
them. Tomorrow morning about day
light they will be coming down the
Edgely Bye road on our left
HE called an aid and ordered that
our front be made ready for an attack
in the early morning.
II left headquarters with my con-
ceit upon me and half convinced that
our chief was out in his Judgment of
that matter. No like notion will enter
my mind again. Solomon and have
quarters on the Edgely Bye road. A
little after three next morning the
British were reported coming down the
road. A large number of them were
killed and captured and the rest rough
~ handled"
Snow and bitter winds descended
upon the camp early in December. 1t
was a worn, ragged, weary but devot-
ed army of about eleven thousand men
that followed Washington into Valley
Forge to make a camp for the winter.
OF these, two thousand and ninety
eight were unfit for duty. Most Of the
had neither boots nor shoes.
They marched over roads frozen hard,
with old rags and pieces of hide
wrapped around their feet. There
we're many red tracks In the snow In
he Valley of the Schuylkin that day.
Hardly a man was dressed for cold
weather. Hundreds were shivering
and coughing with influenza.
when I look at these men / cannot
lelp thinking how small are my trou-
Jack wrote to his mother. 81
will complain of them no more. Solo
non and I have given away all the
we have except those On our
,acks. A fercer enemy than the
British is besieging us here. He is
There are many here who have
.othing to wear but blankets with
rmholes, belted by a length CT rope.
are hundreds who have no
lankets to cover them at night. They
ave to take turns sitting by the fire
lille others are asleep. For them a :
lights rest is impossible. Let this let +,
ar be read to the people of Albany :
nd may they not lie down to sleep !,
ntil they have stirred themselves in -,
ur behalf, and if any man dares to :
ray to God to help us until he has :
iven of his abundance to that end
nd besought his neighbors to do the /
anne, l could wish that his praying c
-ould choke him. Are we worthy to 5
e saved-that is the question. If {
e expect God to furnish the flannel I
nd the shoe leather, we are not. That '
our part of the great task. Are we '
ping to shirk it and fail? '
1--WE are making a real army. The
who are able to work are being
trained by the crusty old
aron Steuben and a number of
rench officers"
That they did not fail was probably A
lie to the fact that there were men
the army like this one who seemed
have some little understanding of
e will Of God and the duty of man. Y
nis letter and others like it, travelled a
+ and wide and more than a million OF
lnds began to work for the army.
The Schuylkill was on one side of o.
e camp and wooded ridges, protected n