 That the troops may have an opportunity of attending public worship, as well as to take some rest after the great fatigue they have gone through, the general, in future, excuses them from fatigue duty on Sundays, except at the ship-yards, or on special...  Life of George Washington - Page 177by Washington Irving - 1857Full view - About this book
 | Robert Walsh - American literature - 1835 - 582 pages
...severely punished and dismissed from the service with disgrace.* " From the Orderly Book, August 3d. — ' That the troops may have an opportunity of attending...General in future excuses them from fatigue duty on Sondays, except at the ship-yards, or on special occasions, until further orders. The General is sorry... | |
 | Robert Walsh - American literature - 1835 - 568 pages
...style in this species of composition. They were issued in '76. " From the Orderly Book, August 3d.—' That the troops may have an opportunity of attending...General in future excuses them from fatigue duty on Sondays, except at the ship-yards, or on special occasions, until further orders. The General is sorry... | |
 | Edward Charles M'Guire - 1836 - 432 pages
...may incline the Lord and Giver of victory to prosper our arms." From the Orderly Book, August 3d.— "That the troops may have an opportunity of attending...General, in future, excuses them from fatigue duty on Sunday, except at the shipyards, or on special occasions, till further orders." In a Circular from... | |
 | Francis Lister Hawks, Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - 1837 - 520 pages
...may incline the Lord and Giver of victory to prosper our arms.' " From the Orderly Book, Aug. 3d.—' That the troops may have an opportunity of attending...General, in future, excuses them from fatigue duty on Sunday, except at the shipyards, or on special occasions, till further orders.' " In a Circular from... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1845 - 900 pages
...we are indebted for every late happy success over the common enemy in Canada." "August 3, 1776. — That the troops may have an opportunity of attending...fatigue duty on Sundays, except at the ship-yards, and on special occasions, until further orders. The general is sorry to be informed that the foolish... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1863 - 896 pages
...defending the dearest rights and liberties of his country." In his orders of August 3rd 1776, he says : " That the troops may have an opportunity of attending...General in future excuses them from fatigue duty on Sunday, except at the ship-yards, and on special occasions." Again, in his orders to the Brigadier... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - United States - 1855 - 608 pages
...soldier, defending the dearest rights and liberties of his country." — Orderly Book, July 9th, 1776. " That the troops may have an opportunity of attending...occasions, until further orders. The General is sorry to be in-1 formed, that the foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing, a vice heretofore... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1869 - 636 pages
...kindness and goodhurnor to each other. If there be any officers or soldiers so lost to virtue and a lovu of their country, so as to continue in such practices...on Sundays, except at the ship-yards, or on special occasibns, until further orders. The general is sorry to be informed, that the foolish and wicked practice... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1869 - 640 pages
...general order is apparent in that early period of our confederation, when its various parts had not HS yet been sufficiently welded together to acquire a...opportunity of attending public worship, as well as to hike some rest after the great fatigue they have gone through, the general, in future, excuses them... | |
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