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Show Showing General Knox in Diplomatic Light One thing about the World war: liltle or nothing has been said about the soldiers going hungry. In this department, at least, the old hardships hard-ships seemed to have been successfully success-fully eliminated. In contrast, one recalls Washington at Valley Forge. The plight of the Continental army became so desperate that Washington finally sent General Knox and Captain Sargeant to explain ex-plain their condition to congress. It will be remembered that General Gen-eral Knox was very generously proportioned pro-portioned and it happened that Captain Cap-tain Sargeant was far from wearing tatters. One member of congress noted this and remarked that in spite of the tale of starvation and rags he had seldom noted a gentleman gentle-man so fat and one so well dressed. "It is true," said General Knox "for out of respect, the choice was made of the only man who had an extra ounce of flesh and the only one who had a whole suit of clothes." |