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Show H SUFFERING AT H VALLEY FORGE H 'i General Howe, having- sallied forth H J from Philadelphia, where ho had cs- H I tnlitlshcii his headquarters, several H I'' times luring the early part of Do- ' ecmlicr to glvo battle to General H Washington, hut finding the lattcr's H ii forces were too formidable, Howo fin- ally decided to go into winter quar- tern In Philadelphia on December 9. and Washington, seeing that tho H campaign on the part of Howe would H linrdly bo resumeil before spring and Jl not having an army formldablo H f' enough for attack, decided to go In- H U to winter quarters himself. Ho so- H "! lected Valloy Forgo about thirty H V miles northwest of Philadelphia. H Washington and his army arrived H thcro on December 11, 1777 and at H .' on co began the erection of huts. H f They were arranged in streets, glv- H Ing tho place the appearance of a H city. H Although the winter was Intensely H rold, the men were obliged to work H ) at tho buildings, with nothing to sup- H port Hfo but Hour mixed with water, H which they baked Into cakes at tho H open fires. Tlio horses died of star- H I vatlon by the hundreds, and tho men H were obliged to haul their provisions H and firewood. Sickness pread rap- H idly. 'Tho unfortunate soldiers," H j,i wrote Lafayet In after years, " wo are H in want of everything; they had nel- H M thcr coats, hats, shirts, nor shoes; H their feet and their legs froze until. H tlioy became black and amputation H was freiiucntly necessary,'' H ', , It was when tho army at Valloy H Forgo was at Its worst condition B ' Karon Steuben, an accomplished f Prussian olllccr, arrived in this conn- IiiH try, and went to tho camp. Ilo bcI to work ami as fast as possible ho brought order out of chaos. |