A history of the American people . im; and I do -^/-4j-co^^- that I will, to the ut- moft of my power, fupport, maintain and defend the faidUnited States againft the faid King George the Third, hisheirs and fuccefiTors, and his or their abettors, affiftants andadherents, and will ferve the faid United States in the office offrft^i i-*~ (ftsytt^+JL which I now hold, with hdelityyfcccfrdwig to the beft of my /kill and underftanding. benedict Arnolds oath of allegiance upon whom Washington and his generals dependedwere paid in continental paper money, which, by1780, had grown so worthless that a
A history of the American people . im; and I do -^/-4j-co^^- that I will, to the ut- moft of my power, fupport, maintain and defend the faidUnited States againft the faid King George the Third, hisheirs and fuccefiTors, and his or their abettors, affiftants andadherents, and will ferve the faid United States in the office offrft^i i-*~ (ftsytt^+JL which I now hold, with hdelityyfcccfrdwig to the beft of my /kill and underftanding. benedict Arnolds oath of allegiance upon whom Washington and his generals dependedwere paid in continental paper money, which, by1780, had grown so worthless that a bushel of wheatcould scarcely be had for a months pay. Wholesaledesertion began. Enlisted nign by the score quit thedemoralized camps. It was reckoned thai as manyas a full hundred a month went over to the enemy, ifonly to get food and shelter and clothing. Thosewho remained in the depleted ranks took what they310 THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE needed from the farms about them, and grew sullenand mutinous. Promises of money and supplies. ^.ts^ntrt^ l;l T ARNoI I) proved as fruitless as promises of reinforcements fromFrance. Even deliberate treason was added. Benedict Arnold,3ii A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE whom every soldier in the continental ranks deemeda hero because of the gallant things he had done atQuebec and Saratoga, and whom Washington hadspecially loved and trusted, entered into correspondence
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