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Page 377
... officers which unavoidably would follow short good pay . This will induce gentlemen enlistments , I took the liberty , in a and men of character to engage : and , long letter , ( date not now recollect- till the bulk of your officers ...
... officers which unavoidably would follow short good pay . This will induce gentlemen enlistments , I took the liberty , in a and men of character to engage : and , long letter , ( date not now recollect- till the bulk of your officers ...
Page 380
... officers ( and more than a suffi- nearly completed upon Long Island . ciency of them ) were all upon the Nor will less pay , according to spot , we found it a work of such my judgment , than I have taken the extreme difficulty to know ...
... officers ( and more than a suffi- nearly completed upon Long Island . ciency of them ) were all upon the Nor will less pay , according to spot , we found it a work of such my judgment , than I have taken the extreme difficulty to know ...
Page 381
... officers of the army . I ask pardon for taking up so much But what can be done , in the mean- of their time with my opinions . But while , towards the arrangement in I should betray that trust which they the country , I know not . In ...
... officers of the army . I ask pardon for taking up so much But what can be done , in the mean- of their time with my opinions . But while , towards the arrangement in I should betray that trust which they the country , I know not . In ...
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