Washington, the man of action . WASHINGTON friend had hopelessly embittered anddiscouraged him, but he laid asidehis personal feelings, and takinginstant measures to protect thethreatened fortress, calmly continuedhis interrupted plans. Indeed it issaid that from that day forward hediscouraged even the mention ofArnolds name in his presence andit is certain that the most painfulact of his official life was his ap-proval of the verdict by which thegallant young Major Andre wascondemned to death. Then the old struggle to spurCongress into the performance of its 265 WASHINGTON duties was renewed,
Washington, the man of action . WASHINGTON friend had hopelessly embittered anddiscouraged him, but he laid asidehis personal feelings, and takinginstant measures to protect thethreatened fortress, calmly continuedhis interrupted plans. Indeed it issaid that from that day forward hediscouraged even the mention ofArnolds name in his presence andit is certain that the most painfulact of his official life was his ap-proval of the verdict by which thegallant young Major Andre wascondemned to death. Then the old struggle to spurCongress into the performance of its 265 WASHINGTON duties was renewed, for no effectivecooperation with the French couldbe had unless the army was in propercondition, and through official mis-management the troops were notonly poorly supplied with arms andammunition, but their pay was con-stantly in arrears. Indeed their con-dition was such that some of theregiments actually mutinied and, hadWashington not handled the situa-tion with astrong hand, their examplemight have had a fatal effect uponth
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