Show I Lord Cornwallis Army Disorderly on Surrender At the surrender of Lord Corn Corn- Corn waUla his British 1 soldiery presented a 11 brilliant contrast to the Ameri Ameri- Americans Americana cans cana Cornwallis had ball ordered thata that a 11 new uniform be Issued to each man and that In marching out or of orthe the spacious field fiehl at Yorktown each company conduct Itself In strictest order even eyen to the humiliating end when the arms were to be ground ground- grounded grounded grounded ed Doctor Thatcher a surgeon In Washington's army wrote of that October October 19 19 HI 1781 But la to their lino or of o march we remarked a disorderly conduct their step was Irregular and their ranks frequently broken But It was In the last t act net of the drama that the spirit and pride or of orthe the British soldiers were put to the severest test here test here their mortification mortification tion could not be concealed Some Someo ot of the platoon officers omeera appeared to tobe tobe tobe be exceedingly chagrined when givIng giving ing lug the word Ground arms anns and andl andI an lI l I am witness th that t they performed that duty In a very like Uke manner and that many of the sol sol- soldiers diera BOI-diera diers manifested a sullen tem temper throwing their arms on the pile pile with violence as If determined to to k render rend them useless This Irregularity was checked by order of Gen General ral Un Lin Lincoln coIn coln The latter had bad been dele dele- delegated dele dele- delegated delegated gated by Washington as the Ameri Ameri- American American can enn In ID charge ot of o the The Americans Doctor Thatch Thatcher r related though not Dot all la In unIform nor their dress BO IJO neat yet exhibIted exhibited an erect soldiery air all and nd every countenance beamed with eat cat and joy j y |