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] REORGANISATION OF THE ARMY. 273 as infamous, and said that no man was secure in his effects, and scarcely in his person. The pro perty of loyalists was seized without remorse, and there were several instances of people being frightened out of their houses, under pretence that the buildings were ordered to be burnt, and of their goods being then carried off. The Commander-in- Chief confessed his inability to stop this " lust after plunder, " as he called it, and lamented the want ol laws by wh...ich such crimes might be punished. * An army is a terrible instrument under the best of conditions : if not subjected to rigid government and the stringency of martial law, it will soon be a greater terror to its friends than to its enemies. The insubordination of Washing ton s regiments had its serious and its ludicrous aspects. Among the former were the robberies, the acts of violence, and the bad conduct in the field, which have previously been described. Among the latter may be mentioned an incident that moved the indignation of Joseph Reed, the Adjutant-General.
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