| William Spohn Baker - 1892 - 444 halaman
...unless some great and capital change suddenly takes place in that line [the commissary's department], this army must inevitably be reduced to one or other...to obtain subsistence in the best manner they can." — Washington to the President of Congress. Notwithstanding this deplorable condition of the army,... | |
| William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1898 - 556 halaman
...to cover them, and it became evident that unless a change quickly took place the army must either ' starve, dissolve, or disperse, in order to obtain subsistence in the best manner they can.' In three weeks of this month the army, without any fighting, had lost by hardship and exposure near... | |
| George Washington Greene - 1900 - 626 halaman
...that a full supply might be had for the use of the army if some person was sent there to seize." l A severe commentary this upon the Commissary department,...revolved all these things 1 Greene Papers, January, 1778 2 Sparks, Washington, vol. vp in his mind he tells us himself, in a letter of January 3d to his... | |
| New York (State). Governor - 1900 - 964 halaman
...add, that I am now convinced beyond a doubt, that, unless some great and capital change suddenly takes in that line, this army must inevitably be reduced...to obtain subsistence in the best manner they can. Rest assured, Sir, this is not an exaggerated picture, and that I have abundant reason to suppose what... | |
| New York (State). Governor (1777-1795 : Clinton) - 1900 - 968 halaman
...add, that I am now convinced beyond a doubt, that, unless some great and capital change suddenly takes in that line, this army must inevitably be reduced...order to obtain subsistence in the best manner they cau. Rest assured, Sir, this is not an exaggerated picture, and Hint I hare abundant reason to suppose... | |
| Worthington Chauncey Ford - 1900 - 378 halaman
...Congress : " Unless some great and capital change suddenly takes in that line [commissary's department], this army must inevitably be reduced to one or other...to obtain subsistence in the best manner they can. Rest assured this is not an exaggerated picture." Mutiny among the troops was an ever-present contingency,... | |
| George Washington - 1908 - 500 halaman
...add, that I am now convinced beyond a doubt, that, unless some great and capital change suddenly takes in that line, this army must inevitably be reduced...to obtain subsistence in the best manner they can. Rest assured, Sir, this is not an exaggerated picture, and that I have abundant reason to suppose what... | |
| Josephus Nelson Larned - 1911 - 328 halaman
...wrote, "that, unless some great and capital change suddenly takes [place] in that [the commissary] line, this army must inevitably be reduced to one...to obtain subsistence in the best manner they can. . . . Yesterday afternoon, receiving information that the enemy in force had left the city [Philadelphia]... | |
| Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1916 - 760 halaman
...yesterday, fresh and more powerful reasons oblige me to add, that I am now convinced beyond a doubt, that, unless some great and capital change suddenly takes...to obtain subsistence in the best manner they can. Rest assured, Sir, this is not an exaggerated picture, and that I have abundant reason to suppose what... | |
| George Rice Carpenter - 1916 - 798 halaman
...yesterday, fresh and more powerful reasons oblige me to add, that I am now convinced beyond a doubt, that, unless some great and capital change suddenly takes...to obtain subsistence in the best manner they can. Rest assured, Sir, this is not an exaggerated picture, and that I have abundant reason to suppose what... | |
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