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... troops to accept pay on a calendar month basis he had not solved this problem entirely . In order to induce the soldiers to re- enlist at the end of 1775 he found it necessary to grant them furloughs in which to visit their homes . He ...
... troops to accept pay on a calendar month basis he had not solved this problem entirely . In order to induce the soldiers to re- enlist at the end of 1775 he found it necessary to grant them furloughs in which to visit their homes . He ...
Page 248
... Troops raised in the more distant states spent months in reaching the scene of war ; some of them never did so during their term of enlistment . Even those near to the scene were sometimes useless . A Connecticut colonel whose return ...
... Troops raised in the more distant states spent months in reaching the scene of war ; some of them never did so during their term of enlistment . Even those near to the scene were sometimes useless . A Connecticut colonel whose return ...
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... troops . On July 4 , 1775 , the day after he took command of the army , his general orders exhorted the soldiers to remember that they were " the Troops of the United Provinces of North America ; and it is hoped that all Distinc- tions ...
... troops . On July 4 , 1775 , the day after he took command of the army , his general orders exhorted the soldiers to remember that they were " the Troops of the United Provinces of North America ; and it is hoped that all Distinc- tions ...
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