Sammy Tenney > Status Update

“When I look down and see the prodigious fleet they have collected, the preparations they have made, and consider the vast expenses incurred, I cannot help being astonished that a people should come 3000 miles at such risk, trouble and expense to rob plunder and destroy another people.”

“The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army.”

“George Washington was not fond of ‘stretching’ his powers, and such sensitivity to and respect for the political ramifications of his command were exactly what made him such an effective political general.”

One of the early struggles of the US army was the lack of discipline in the troops and officers and the diseases that came about from not keeping simple things clean like utensils and clothes. Dysentery and typhoid were common. Drinking was another big problem. But, at least they had plenty of food to go around.