| Show VALLEY FORCE the wonderful of cold silk agry soldiers but whether due to military ekpo expo drency or not the stoby of VI bialy ar forge Is au a u epic of 0 slow suffering 1 l bently borne of patient and of a very bright and triumphant outcome when the gray da dais a the long nights and the biting frost fled together sa OB a scribner s the middle of december in the north american woods no shelter no provisions no preparations preparation such were the conditions of valley foige when ben the Ameil Ame itcan can army arst came caine two weeks of hard work and huts built and arranged in streets this vork cork was done on oa a diet of fl fi mr ur in mixed axed with water and baked in calces cakes with scarcely any mat or bread at night tho the men huddled around the fires to keep from freezing row rew blankets few co many soldiers ft tilt hout shoes wading naked ln in december De ember a abow such euch were the tha attributes of valley forge by the tha new year the huts A were ere done the street laid out and an aimy housed with some thiea ehtee thousand men tor for duty frostbitten sick and hungry they had si shelter belter but that was wac about all the country had been swept so BO bare by the passage ot of the contending armies that ei ein en straw to lie on vas v as hard to get and the tha old unco uncovered ground often had to serve for a sleep bleed ing place provisions were scarce and hunger was added to the pain of cold sometimes the soldiers eold lers went zor tor days without meat sometimes without any food la lafayette bayette tells telle us qt aa the endurance and courage of tho the mer men there la Is often in the th camp writes 11 hamilton amIlton a num man net given em to exaggeration oration 4 |
