Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-05-27
George EsskiExfOs's Soldiers ps-
EeEbsre1 On NeEorSss DAY.

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than t1aS rrsbs.s . tboss Isyzd As.ssses,f
WIG ssss l5elf Hges L. tie ezsse ~
~hicA bs fought
TEis ME - - the Elore necssksry
acoE51as q ne Ualae6 Seales Ceoee
Washiastoa Bles11snnisl CoEauiassso. T.
cause q the eDsioas historical fad thss so
scgEsts rsSors sss eTer nasde. esther eur-
isE tie Rssoa8ts0s. q after il. a The
pstri0ea she Sls1 - srzSon. ia shesr oou.,-
tips struggle sos Is6epen8ence- wzsA-
ton kBrSs1ly gathered ard sasrsfreS zsruy
had % fseiatiea fss the payer ssr1 TIA,
has bsoo1s Al eisborste festuse u sus,osrs
military seasoos-
Fer ezsmpas. % cO1nf of the Aueziesn
dead mas cOls 6ows 70 rs fso-s eve- 80
a. important ~ enssseDeat a. The action
- Pnacston. shseh ensbses Mashinx.oa
% GEAR the Beitlsh cut Of New Jersey.
The beH asth0rily % the sutsecs con,esas
himself with repairing the Btisiss loss a.
n0ore than one beadse1. sad TIE American
loss ~Dpeb Less
One bist0ie fscs does sharpsy-Naad sst
boNeveT, as 20 pstsiof losses Is bsstle.
That is. Shese Martinique bilnseif reports
them. they are accurate e0ogsa. and rtess
s1nsiiDeas Indicates With What ec0oo1ny Of
men be accomplished bis epsch-1nsEins
results. For exsmp1e. be birnseH records
that 10 lhe sieSs II Yorktown. tie action
that decided the Rssol8tion. there we're
but fvesty-thrss 81 his officers and men
killed. Al Klssis Aonatsin. ss0thef piv.
oEal engagement. the British loss was
severe. but again the patriots lost bgt few
The bsule 81 TrentOn. 70 fight shich
Wssbi1stos made bic famous cruising Of
the DeisSsre. and yhieh saved tn PATROL
cause from going on the rock u pablis
spastlz. was bought AZ the cheapest psice
Of 81. Two pstfiot sol6iers were killed
and Tree officers ~OuDded-oDe u these
was LisuteBsnt James Monroe Afterwards
Pfesidsnt " the United States.
TIE ses; count no~ possible b. military
experts gives Washington total enlisted
militsfI force Of $4,000. but be never had
these sahered together a. any enc time
owing tetbe IsDses and Oyer-lsopines d
eniistmelis. and at critical times his forces
sank 70 1000 The most accurate counI
possible odsy, covering the number Of
patriots aa0aiiy shot and killed in battle
fixes their number at 4.O44.
Again TIE Revolutionary army cou,t
make no Effort 70 mark The burial p.sce,
Of the dead, as is the modern rnililar,
practice. and the sacred places where thess
heroes lie will never be known. Amos
the only knosH graves Of Reyolgtionarl
soldiers are tbOss who survived the va
and we're buried ia private burial grounds
Nothing remains. Therefore. Of those VIII
gave tbeirliyes in the making Of the U1ltec
States except the memory Of their hefoism
Il Is the greater reason why on Aemons
Day. IN this year Of tibUte 10 CeOre'
Washington. the United States should civ,
athousht 70 these eIf-eiyins men who oiec
that their country might live.