Show au LAT vrrserwwrs L-AT VAIiLKY FORGE FORGEi i WHLRB WASHI 4OTON8 ARMY SUFFEnCD IN 177 1 laep rtf teedlllsn of time Arnr lial tented I A < upon > mm the llrltlli lino lIe Illitnrlo Men I look Tu Inytlatminateas ltetgnarln llrl aa and veil InJiml was the march of the inlrlutli army from the tolls ul fiorrnnntown to Hit forge t within the mllvy twenty hullo away lull r the cold and lounrlng Dovomlicr aka l II o rtijiKw in pO rtlnjln ngnlnt niimitn hit al opprnMlon trudge wtnrll tOHnnl tliolr nlnhna home I whore naught of cheer nwultwl them and whero no Imbtntlun yet existed for their real nllil I comfort where for niiKlittlioj know Din wolf of hunger and tlio itlii nf front might and their iluj na surely a + tho hum ot llrltUh tenth or tho thrimt ot llrltUli toot Su It woe that aililnRton anti hit I lOn iiiurxlinl to taint place known In sung and story nt Vulloj forgo Ar rltlng Ihrroon Deoamlnr 17 1777the wcnrlnl fninUliod troops went forced to liraxo Iho wlntrj bl iitn In fonts until 1 un-til they could foil the trace rout which to construct fie rulo log lint In wlilih thy were to emend tho winter months Jhla nonMin had ulene < l with imiisunl cvorllj Iho crotuul waainen with ice Dud anon and tho lino of march unit nmrkeil lip l Mom lain from tho feet of many n gallant fellow whoso ithooi hind lir > n worn out on other fold wlillo MIng M-Ing to lung nnl onrniMllj far limo I cause nf Hlxtrty IlntloK roitlom hungry and cold thin Immortal hind net to work lo jiroxldu lnOtrr for I IhllllOlo Not n man Alnilivil not I ono flilrkwl hlo duty I lime nick and roralj wounded fount I toinHirurj nholur 111 lost l they mtil > t nmong Ihu filmier In tho nelrjhbar I i I liixxl A mI of log huU iijiran up alone tlio lilllldo In dl of tliomi lam < llolllnl fiiurtven fnol by nix tot n scarcely I ly it enough to permit ono to aland upright clnyiluulwil and Illloil wilt root of slab und fireplace of loge and inorlur tneho oMkr or lommliilonod nllUora were iimr tercd A hrliadlur or other general i I oDIccr enjoyed tho luxury ot a whole hut to hliiKclf nnd the ammo war ul lowed to the ntuflof mill lirlgado and regiment lie huts of rank IInl 1 lllo i rontcil nn utrwln whllo tho olllrora qunrli formed n lino In tha pair tho general nrraneoment being not unlike tlio modern ramp of our mllllln Scarcely had tho men Uxun their work ashen DerxmlKr P rourlcra brought news that tho oncinj hAd mllilo n fOrtlo toward Chester with the ovl shunt Intention of nlumUrlnff tho I Cranarlon rollura ana hen roo U of I thin farmer thereabout It war to irocnt Just ouch attempt that tho patriotic array bail lingered near tho city Instead of KcUIn croutur comfort com-fort and Immunity from oorvlco by retiring to the Interior Iho rumor fortunately jiratcd to IHJ nnfoundoil but tie uciporato rondltton I of the troop won forcibly rollcctod In Iho ro pile of mho two generals lfunllns1 ton and arum whom the commander com-mander ordered to march against the cnoinj Fighting will bo fur pro forablo to starving wrlto llnntlny 1 ton My brl ado arc out of provision pro-vision nor can tho commtisary obtain ob-tain any moat It In I D very rlcus tog clixiimttanro to tho dliUlon under my command write Varnum that tier la I a roliablllt of tholr march lag fwo day wo Unto boon ontJroly without moat II Hilt wan Vullcj Forgo nt Christ ma 1777 bach nan tlio oxtramlty i to which win roduoixl at that time tho army which montunlly aerostat I thin nilglity nation of our from tho I gruapof a moninary noulluia monarch I mon-arch Wlien I vlnHod tho forgo allY a I writer In lllua mil Craj ulthotiju Novcmlwr tho ground w a s jot cov erod by hot rich groan relies nnd a I few leaxoit still Illlgerod on tho truon around as If unwilling toelto up their rule to winter win I I Taiiln Iort Konnslj n litho lag hut comes Into night whom it Is cnlil II III j I llaron bloubcn blood MoMng over and beyond thlaunwo upproaeli tho bcadquartor he a steep couo ihaiod I hill whleh wan Known us tho Star Hiilonlit II This commawls tho her eroisln nail mark tie bullion lolay by no effort of tho goicrnmont ob llgiitod no Jnimcnflurobly to that trtl blror iatrlot band of starving heroes who were quartered there but by tho nrovldcnoo of lTnxrl lmllo nature Immwtlately l opmiiito 1 I tide point stood an urthiirJ under lie hale of which tradltlou uya many inuu woro male lixluy It he I goon IInl thorn remains no sign to mark the spot where our fallen horooi deep I was told that as recuntly ii ten year no bone wi ru turned up 1 by thin plow iharo which has taken poMouInn of all but tho grounds Immediately surrounding sur-rounding CcDorul ftsliliijtona hoaj quurtcm limo headquarters surrounded by I nlwut two acres Is enelofod by u com mon slob fence Approaching from limo west or main ontranco Immediate Immedi-ate before the door Is an old Iron cannon captured from tho llrltloh which bears tho royal coatof arms and tho monogram Initials of George III nturlnf is I a wldo hall about ought feet aeroo Into which the door from lx > th sides of Imo hone I open Thin gun loaning nji ngulnit II the wall It an old and rusty flintlock jet In a good state of jiro eratlon It was presented to tho nioclutlon which ought the building by I C Bone of 1blludelphla and he I said to halo loon currloj through tho entire war by a oluntocr I named Mol thorj rA Ioi i lli 1robably I the most Interoitlng room I la oho building le I tho kitchen at It i hoade to the secret tunnelttme per 1 I 1010 of which hat puzzled to many I Hilt room h I rrull and list a flreiliir a Hourly Ile entire width Pie room Itwlf opens Into H liy hut which WM uenl M a wool house anl In It the Met tunnel opened Pho tunnel in I nearly flllcil up and its coarse in the river la entirely out off lij tho railroad mhnnkmont althou > h It In I nalil that the water from the river uernl to rush In ant rendered Ita filling neecaanr flue abet iiliuiallilo rolulon na to tho object of thl tunnel la I that It win for enapa from Indian In care of n nurprlan and Wilt Intndnl for tho UM of the Poll fninlh llio log wool Louse does not rtnain lilt another bias lioinurxitil In tho HMualnMon to mark tho phone where It ntood In 1 the south I aland tho house In nhleh General athlng tons gallant holy was nheltertxl |