...an expert soldier. General Washington, in one of his letters, says, that the making of a soldier ' is not the work of a day, a month, or even a year;' and most military works lay it down as a principle, that two years of assiduous and severe apprenticeship...

...unbounded freedom and no control, cannot brook the restraint which is indispensably necessary to the goad order and government of an army; without which, licentiousness...is not the work of a day, a month, or even a year: «nd, unhappily for us and the cause we are engaged in, the little-discipline I have been laboring...

...indispensably necessary to the good order »nd goTerntnent uf an army-, without which, licentiousness •ml every kind of disorder triumphantly reign. To bring...is not the work of a day, a month, or even a year: •nd, unhappily for us and the cause we are engaged in, the little discipline I have been laboring...

...»rd every kind of disorder triumphantly Teign. To bring men to a proper degree of subordination *ls not the work of a day, a month, or even a year; and, unhappily for us and the cause we are en. gaged in, the little discipline I have been laboring to establish In the army under my immediate...

...on any terms, as not only the most powerful and certain, but the most economical means of defence. "To bring men to a proper degree of subordination, is not the work of a day, a month, or a year ; and unhappily for us and the cause we are engaged in ; the little discipline I have been laboring...

...the like spirit in others. Again, men accustomed to unbounded freedom, and no control, cannot brook the restraint which is indispensably necessary to the good order and government of an trmy ; without which, licentiousness and every kind of disorder triumphantly reign. To bring men to...

...the like spirit into others. Again, men accustomed to unbounded freedom and no control, can not brook the restraint which is indispensably necessary to...subordination, is not the work of a day, a month, or a year; and unhappily for us, and the cause we are engaged in, the little discipline I have been labouring...

...unbounded freedom, and no control, cannot brook the restraint which is indispensably necessary to the goo-1 order and government of an army ; without which, licentiousness...subordination, is not the work of a day, a month, or a year ; and unhappily for us, and the cause we are engaged in, the little discipline 1 have been la...

...accustomed to unbounded freedom, and »<' control, cannot brook the restraint which is ii.dispensably necessary to the good order and government of an army...subordination, is not the work of a day, a month, or a year ;, and unhappily for us, and tho cause we are engaged in, the little discipline I have been...

...the most shameful and scandalous desertions. Again, men accustomed to unbounded freedom, cannot brook the restraint, which is indispensably necessary to...licentiousness and every kind of disorder triumphantly reign." Such were the unpromising materials, out of which these able officers were compelled to fashion an...