 | Larkin Dunton, Augustus Hill Kelley - English language - 1911 - 356 pages
...from fatigue duty on Sundays, except at the ship-yards, or on special occasions, until further orders. The General is sorry to be informed that the foolish and wicked practice of profane swearing — a vice heretofore little known in an American army — is growing into fashion. He hopes... | |
 | William Jackson Johnstone - History - 1919 - 332 pages
...them from fatigue duty on Sundays, except at shipyards, or on special occasions, until further orders. The General is sorry to be informed that the foolish...fashion; he hopes the officers will by example as well as inAge 44] 83 upon 'Parson Johnes' at his home. These two men were no strangers to each other; neither... | |
 | World War, 1914-1918 - 1920 - 194 pages
...spirit did General Washington issue to the Colonial Army, August 3, 1776, the following general order: "The General is sorry to be informed that the foolish...wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing, a vice hitherto little known in an American Army, is growing into fashion. He hopes the officers will, by... | |
 | Eugene Ernst Prussing - 1925 - 244 pages
...opinion of profanity is on record — it appears in "General Orders" under date New York, August 3, 1776. The General is sorry to be informed that the foolish and wicked practice of profane swearing, a vice hitherto but little known in an American army, is growing into fashion. He hopes the... | |
 | New Jersey Historical Society - New Jersey - 1926 - 674 pages
...he may read this general order of 1776, which is in possession of the War Department at Washington : "The General is sorry to be informed that the foolish...men will reflect that we can have little hope of the blessings of Heaven on our arms if we insult it by our impiety and folly. Added to this, it is a vice... | |
 | Archibald Williams Patterson - Dueling - 1927 - 108 pages
...practice under threat of court-martial proceedings, he issued a General Order in July, 1776, as follows: "The General is sorry to be informed that the foolish...He hopes the officers will, by example as well as by influence, endeavor to check it, and that both they and the men will reflect that we can have little... | |
 | Joseph Dillaway Sawyer - 1927 - 668 pages
...nation. "Grant out supplication, we beseech Thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen." THE GENERAL ORDER "The General is sorry to be informed that the foolish...practice of profane cursing and swearing — a vice little known heretofore in the American Army — is growing into fashion. He hopes the officers will,... | |
 | United States - 1927 - 1086 pages
...hitherto-unpublished general ordf which was issued by Washington in New York in 1776 to his army. "The Genert is sorry to be informed that the foolish and wicked practice of profane swearinj a vice heretofore little known in an American army, is growing into fashion. H hopes the officers... | |
 | Pennsylvania - 1928 - 446 pages
...however, I find an injunction against profanity from the General's Orderly Book for August 3, 1776 : "The General is sorry to be informed that the foolish...and the men will reflect, that we can have little hopes of the Blessing of Heaven on our Arms if we insult it by our impiety and folly ; added to this... | |
 | George Washington - Government publications - 1932 - 636 pages
...from fatigue duty on Sundays (except at the Ship Yards, or special occasions) until further orders. The General is sorry to be informed that the foolish,...the officers will, by example, as well as influence, endeavour to check it, and that both they, and the men will reflect, that we can have little hopes... | |
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The General is sorry to be informed, that the foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing, a vice heretofore little known in an American army... 
