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Show valley Fonoe. The WomWrral rnrlunmcs el Cold, fttt.1i, llunur- Nol.lUra. Hut, whether duo to military expediency expe-diency or not tho story of Yt.l!iy Forge Is an eplo ot alow sutterlng silently si-lently borne, of patient heroism, and of a very bright and triumphant outcome, out-come, when tho gray days, ths long nights and the biting frost fled together, aaya Berliner's. Tho middle ot December Decem-ber In tha North American woods; no shelter, no provisions, no preparations; such wer tho conditions ot Valley Forgo when tho American army first came there. Two weeks of hard work and huta were built and arranged In streets. This work waa done on a diet ot flour mixed with water and baked bak-ed In cake, with scarcely any meat or bread. At night tho men huddled around the fires to keep from freeilng. Few blankots, ftw covering, many soldiers without shoes, "wading naked In December's snows" euch wero ths attributes ot Valley Forgo. Dy tht new year ths huts were done, the sttwt laid out and an army housed, with some three thoussnd men unlit for duty, frostbitten, alck and hungry. They had shelter, but that rai about all, Tbs country bad been swept so bars by tho passage ot ths contending armies that oven straw to Us on was hard to get and tho cold, uncovered ground often had to serve for a steeping steep-ing place. Provisions were scarce and hunger waa added to tho pain of cold. Sometimes ths soldiers went for dayt without meat sometimes without any food.Lafayetto tells us, marveling at the endurance and courage ot ths mem, Thero Is often famine In tbs camp, writes Hamilton, a man not given ts exaggeration, 1 |