Valley Forge, a chronicle of American heroism . n of Independence, were now largelyreplaced in Congress by those of smaller calibre and less exalted ideals. Regardingthem, Livingston wrote in this severe strain: I am so discouraged by our publicmismanagement, and the additional load of business thrown upon me by thevillainy of those who pursue nothing but accumulating fortunes to the ruin oftheir country that I almost sink under it. Clearly, Congress was afraid of Washington and the shadow of his dominantfigure in the field. It was urged by some that there should be thirteen armies,each to be
Valley Forge, a chronicle of American heroism . n of Independence, were now largelyreplaced in Congress by those of smaller calibre and less exalted ideals. Regardingthem, Livingston wrote in this severe strain: I am so discouraged by our publicmismanagement, and the additional load of business thrown upon me by thevillainy of those who pursue nothing but accumulating fortunes to the ruin oftheir country that I almost sink under it. Clearly, Congress was afraid of Washington and the shadow of his dominantfigure in the field. It was urged by some that there should be thirteen armies,each to be responsible to and look out for its own State. Both in the civil service and the army there were many who at this time,impressed by the seeming invincibility of the enemy, were chiefly occupied withthe question of their personal safety and the protection of their property when thenational project came to its impending end. In one of his letters to Congress fromValley Forge Washington called! attention to the fact that within a half year not 45. The Site of the Star Redoubt (Where Carriage Stands) less than three hundred officers had resigned and gone home. These men were,doubtless, largely influenced in their action by the manifest inability of Congressto extend that efficient support to the army necessary to its existence. There weremen holding high commissions in the service who engaged in private negotiationswith the Peace Commission which, coming from the King, expended severalineffectual months in their efforts to undermine the army and purchase therepresentatives of the people. Notwithstanding the suffering, there was much boisterous fun in the camps,for the American soldier must laugh sometimes, and there seems to have been thepopular rage for the lottery, which was then a government institution. Immediately after Steuben began his task he formed one picked company,as already stated, and drilled them as a model for the others, laboring under thegreat disadvantage of a la
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