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Show 13 deserted. There were no uniforms and oil! cere were distinguished by means of various colored rllibous called for In general orders of July 14, 23, 24. while on August 7, the troops were advised to procure Indlun boots or "leaglngs" as more durable than stockings, and that the troops were to be uniform, "especially as In hopes of prevailing with the Continental congress con-gress to give each man a burning shirt" On July 22, the orderly's entry reads : " . . . the General finds It Indespensably necessary without waiting wait-ing any longer for dispatches from the General Continental Congresa Immediately Imme-diately to form the army Into three Grand Divisions and Dividing Each of those Grand Divisions Into Brigades Bri-gades . . This Is the first attempt at-tempt to set up a uniform system of military establishment recorded In the history of this nation. On July 15 officers and men are renrlmanrieri for frntsriiiXtio miih a,. enemy and again on Augtst 22. for certain Indiscretions In the river. Thii order rend: "These Indescretlons have occurred near the Bridge in Cambridge. Also the General does not mean to Disco-rogue Disco-rogue the Practice of Bathing while the weather is war me enough to Continue Con-tinue It . t ." On July 18 came an expression of warning mingled with confidence: "... if after whut has happened the Kneiny In Revenge of their Late losses should dare to force out lines, the army may be assured thnt Nothing but their own Remlsness can give the least hope of Success to so rash an Knterprlse." The final entry concerna a court-martial and was made on Sop temper 2. signed Montague, the day Benedict Arnold visited headquarters en route to Quebec with 1,000 men. Boston Herald. FAME AS WELL AS SHAME IS ARNOLD'S Brave Soldier and Patriot Before Be-fore Infamous Act of Treachery. Benedict Arnold's treachery occupies occu-pies so much space in Revolutionary history that little attention is given to his bravery. Yet Arnold was brave before he became a traitor. After the battle of Lexington he raised a company of volunteers and marched to Cambridge where he proposed pro-posed an expedition agulnst Fort Tl conderoga. Though commissioned a colonel to head this project, he gave up command to unite with another force. Returning to Cambridge, he was given command of barely 1,000 men to help capture the great stronghold strong-hold of Quebec. Arnold fought valiantly vali-antly and was wounded In the leg. I-ater he was made a brigadier general. At the head of 800 men, Arnold went to the relief of Fort Schuyler (or Stan-wlx) Stan-wlx) on the upper Mohawk and played a prominent role In the defeat of Bur-goyne. Bur-goyne. Here he was again wounded In the same leg and was Invalided for severnl months. His service brought him command of Philadelphia, where he married the daughter of a Tory, who later became chief Justice of ruiaskrg Burial flace Matter of Controversy There are two stories purporting to describe the death, October 11, 1770, of Count Pulaski, Polish offl-cer offl-cer who aided the Colonies In their fight against the Brlilsh. Both agree that he fell during an engagement at Savannah. Ga., but his whereabouts following his Injury and the subsequent subse-quent disposal of his body remain 8 subject for controversy. One of these accounts holds that Pulaski was taken aboord Jh. Unit ed States brig Wasp, his right tliltih being badly wounded by a canister shut. While on the ship, which was unable to proceed out of the Sn vnnnnh river, he died despite the attendance of the most skillful sur geons In. the French tieet. The officer of-ficer In charge. Colonel Bentalon. found It necessary to consign bis corpse to a watery grave. The other Rtory contends tlwt Pulaski Pul-aski was carried from the battlefield to Greenwich where he passed away and was buried In a private cemetery. ceme-tery. His ashes, the story continues, were exhumed 75 jears later and pluced In a special receptacle beside the corner atone or the muniiment which has been erected In Savannah In his Imnor. Del roll News. Saratoga Battle Monument Has an Empty Niche for Arnold's Statue. Pennsylvania. Convicted of shady transactions, he was reprimanded by-General by-General Washington and this was the spark which kindled a desire to betray his country. That, being a familiar part of American history, we need not rehash. In the old chapel . at West Point is a blank plate on which Arnold's name would have been Inscribed had he not become a traitor. The Saratoga bat tie monument erected at Sclmjler-vllle, Sclmjler-vllle, N. Y., in 1878, has four niches. Three of them contain statues of Ar nold's comrades before he became a traitor. They are those of Gates. Schuyler and Morgan. The fourth-Intended fourth-Intended for Arnold remains empty What a lesson In patriotism I Ii might have been better to bury there the leg of Arnold, which was twice wounded In his service for the cause of liberty. Pathfinder Magazine. |
