Show a jk ah I 1 A 9 4 A 5 96 6 xa A 4 D ZI x WA I 1 Z ly g W R M 0 qt 0 KA YX ad wo to 1 a 9 ic I 1 hilin HI lin is Is im no finer example in A kiei ican y of faith and pluck that than that which L was vas niti e v at valley fol le liy jy afie army aimy un tin deri liei its ts comin ander in chief y geoge washington in t the vu ter tel of 1778 it Is doubtful whether the sacr illee of the ContInent nI army lias has per ever tisou been adequately realized arthur vi valler all writes elites in tile national il republic alair krecl ill vlad poor li 11 lichti red i cil and in gibat peril not lidin tile the 1 pins ings ot of houger find but also aiko froidl f 1011 enami its ahr huddled about their Ps tile the ia r tinder lord howe nt at the rebel lehel capital of philadelphia jt i 1 1 f az tracked march of troops by blood at ins of feet on ground f the tuning ing of it nth th dances and other gala events in marchalls marshalls Mar aul washington we and this at no period of f the war had the american army been reduced to a st E buntion tun tion of grcar peril than during the winter nt valley forge sio than once they were without food what hardships were ere under pone gone can call ho be deduced fi from om the fact that only ja out of the who encamped there in december for that winter were alt for active duty cloth ins ing no less lhnn food was scarce men I 1 wore each kotlic ru uniforms in or der cler that the naked could be clad and tak tal beir their turn nt fit fictive active duties orte account tells tell of washington one ine cold morning ine meeting eting ills his ns tit commander loft left if headquarters ead quarters tilt the bott house housa the sentinel was m jing vigorous movements with hl his so bands and leps legs in order to keep warm noting tills this asked illin afi 1 he fill had avid hn his breilh breakfast ast upon ro re belving celli ig ii if negative rep reply ly washington hurried tile the sentinel inside the libuse ond while lie ho was wa b heang in se served r ve d a break rast f by mrs washington toli george wash aniton wath tit alie gun stood guard outside outs llo his fils own hou house c until tit the e j sold soldiers lers cretu return rn U J r C stra also of the conditions 1 in the c camp amp nt at beautiful A yet et t traffic ic vill ley for row e so clore to I 1 chilita hi lIta nai hla so near the P la Is the aceRit account nt of wishing tons visit alt to a detachment 0 of f his own men UP had been keeping it hit I 1 s oye eyes on the tha ground apparently noting so something liftig interesting there on the snowy slopes slope 6 upon drawing near to tit ohp c chief ill ef officer of the detachment washington quietly returned the salute then abruptly abrupt iv asked how comes it sir that I 1 have tracked the march of your troops by the bloodstains of their feet upon the frozen ground were there no shoes in stores to this tile the officer replied that his detachment was one of the last to re belve shoes hoes also that the supply shortly after his detachment was reached had been exhausted washington listened in silence but his deep sighs showed with what emotion he heard this report turning to |