Show f saved continental army A striking illustration of the chances of war Is found in the fact that the Amerl american cai army at cambridge during the war of the revolution would have been left without ammunition but to or the provision of john brown a mer chant of providence R I 1 and ono one of the family who gaye gave name to the university at the place drown brown was a very wealthy merchant and was the first of the rhode island merchants to send his bis ships to china and the east indies anticipating the war he instructed truc ted hla his captains on the return voyage to load their ships with powder which he furnished to tile the army when its supply had been restricted to less leaa than four rounds to each man |