Show washington the B absy f ya the lever I 1 the soldier and the statesman sinan by F A OUR author of if alic IT at als in ill etc etc Copy M IT by tho the author CHAPTER XV COMM iada it II IN t lillor it was wag at the ins of fit the hasa ha sa chu setti delegation delegation led ly tit the ardent and eloquent jolin john adam that colnel col nel caige washington wa of nii was called to the position of cou mandel in chief of tile tho continental continent or national albiny than balding tho britons ut tit bay III ii boston town tofu III hi fania it seems I 1 iad had I 1 p I 1 va through throughout ont the countey but not dun ilumin tins wis was it a me measure aquire of politic politer 4 in I 1 t the 0 appointment the shrewd ind and fr fir i aceino adan dad seen that suite tilli light so be far i a a mass maiss busett le hay day affair in or r to nationalize it lie he must interest of tile colonies in tile there was abundant ma ilia in III the amz laar indeed there was I 1 alt lindy beady a liora born of f geu genei vial ils but it waa as eskary to give supreme coin maud to i a native of tile muth As ag it happened w i the man inan of 0 for this high tiu tins lint but it was not solely because of a his fame or supposed acquire ments let iti that lie ho was hosen ile he elf doubted doubled that ing abilities told and expert cures heip equal to the extensive and important brur yet he accepted it bone atly believing it his hig duty so todo to do however in whatever manner tile the appointment POI D had come coma about thero is no ile doubt that eliat it was wag the very best that could have bave been mide although still a young man mall at least 25 of his 43 heirs it had d bee been passed in active a duties that had peculiarly equipped him for tin this the gre greatest a test t task a sl r of if his life a quarter parter century of preparation in ill the school of lit experience first as tit an explorer aud and surveyor of wild lands second no aa a 1 frontier fighter 1 blought iu in contact with a wily foe and implacable conditions of man and nature third as a t statesman n in a small way heu hen cle dunne dig 15 years he was waa acquiring a knowledge of legislation and c civil ia afT feairs airs fourth as manager ot of I a C vast st estate and rupla la fortu fort fortscue cue 30 which had developed him im on oil tile the economical and business side nde and gave him that attention to audil which stood flood bili iiii i aud and the country in cell gool good stead during the poverty cLon period a few years later 1 he e was preeminently pre eminently the man for the occasion and the position many sided broad minded of command nig per bonal presence and mental poise nature had and endowed him with all the qualifications for a 1 leader of men his 1119 own energies ener sieh harl had super superadded added mental mid and moral discipline rigid military drill an acquaintance with men aud and affairs and thoroughness of administration even its as tiia the colonial wars had bad d destroyed the arci ligo of the british soldier and had shown the superiority of the pio provincial dacial in ill these new conditions so the same conditions had operated to produce the tape of american which the cell country gitry needed in ill this emergency in this struggle straggle for its life two happy attended the opening of congress and the appointment of the commander in chief on oil the very day that congress assembled the strong british fortress at oga surrena surrendered ered to brave ethan all alien and ins his green mountain Moun taia boys 1 I in D the name of the great jehovah and tile the continental congress I 1 I 1 closely following came the taking of crown pol point nt and from both places placed arms aud and ston were obtained which were extremely opportune the second coincidence or favorable augury N tras the issuing of NV ashing comillis sion on the tha very flay day of that victorious defeat at bunker banker hill june 17 1775 of thi this latter event rear readied lied him birn is as lie ho was wag on lna his way to ti take commance comman ct of the army benoto bet to ton n ile ha arrived at cambridge on tile the ad of july anti and next luy lay command com mind ortho of tho lorce force gathered to heard beard the british lion in big chosen stronghold hold liia ilig headquarters wre were established iu ill tow colonial irwAn sion made fati famous aa 88 tho of the poet lo 10 longfellow n and there after tb the summer was p pt part t faid it becala certain that winter woold wear away ditoro tho british cou could ld bo be dislodged lio was wag join oin fd ed by lii who made tho long jour ney bey front from bount vernun in ht her r own 1 chari chariot ct dran dra mi liy by four spirited pi bays and arrived on in it i eid DLe di cember ember day had d nobly to tile dill call to arin arms and i ilk gilr mm inari acro tit in the field but enany of thin them had li stud listed for a short period only anal more had bad lot liot at t all consequently anva abington soon 3 follia confronted with oue one if cf tile gravest rivest of proul lenn nih writing to in 11 january 17 76 ho sayf baja I 1 i it 14 i biot it in tho h im lh ct cf I 1 astory to furnia ii sh a ca cae 0 o llo jl oars conr to a post within mulct mu lct shot of the enemy for six RIX months together without alabau 1 on oud odd ut lit the sine line tulle time to disband it 0 one e iriny army wd another within that dis distance of twenty odd cad british reg jq i ibok possibly poh sibly than was aver but bill if wo we succeed in ebo I 1 last ast aa well ag aio no bave heretofore iu in the alist I 1 shall thinly it the meet fortunate event of my iny whole life I 1 wai alack of everything powder wag vw so scarce that barrels of sand were daily belled lolled into ramp tit in order to deceive the lie caldieri col them nile 1 1 11 P 1 I 1 V V R Q S IN 1 1788 1706 BY sit arpi arsh eulves and prevent them f from roin knowing the poverty in this respect A provincial colonel wrote about ling time the baylss liny is still till open thaws except old put pur lie he iq 19 still as liard hard as ever crying out powder PON powder yo ya gods gin sue 0 us pow powder derl cut but at last the deficiency wm wag supplied one of our privateers captured a british ordnance ship aadla with laili mili tuy tair stores so completely adapted to the wants of the american army that lint had con congro gres ai itself made out cut the involve a better awen could not have been procured during tho the winter brave colonel knox arrived with 43 42 sit filed d loida of stores aud and great guns from ticonderoga and crown point aud and again from dareff bermuda earno came a supply of powder sent seat by tile the inhabitants who were nt at thit that time we well 11 disposed toward the colon colonies leg and on the ath of march utter atter dorchester bay had frozen over and everything wai wag ready the cie brej of the commander told him tuat that now if ever success shot should d crown their efforts the ice was crossed cro sped aud and ing as by were thrown up those dorchester breastworks in a single night which commanded t alie lie town of completely and rom compelled pOled tile tho astonished ariti h to evacuate alio place on oil tile the letb of march the rod redcoats coats watched marched out and on oil tile the 2011 washington and his provincials marched in not a shot was fired not dot a building destroyed yet was new england freed at one stroke from the hateful presence of the tha enemy tto BE |