Ceremonies At the Dedication of the Equestrian Statue of Major-General Anthony Wayne
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On the sixth of June he rather overdid himself, writing: "Far less regularity and economy has been made use of in the subsistance of your troops than I could have wished. * * * I find one pound and a quarter of beef and one pound and a quarter of rice is a sufficient ration for any soldier * * * both men and officers should be allowed a reasonable subsistence, but noth- ing is more pernicious than indulgence." In one sense no letter was ever more happily conceived. It called forth and secured f...or our benefit a pen sketch by Anthony Wayne of one of his campaigns, which is a contribution to historical literature. In response W^ayne said : "I have received yours of the 6th inst. on the subject of rations and economy.
* * * I am extremely obliged to you for the anxiety you express for every part of my conduct to appear in the most favorable light.* * * On the 19th of January we Ceremonies at Dedication of Statue. 51) passed the Savannah river in three little canoes, swimming the horses; that by manoeuvres we obliged the enemy to aban- don every outpost and to retire into the town of Savannah ; that we found the country a perfect desert, neither meat or bread kind except what was within the influence of their arms; that notwithstanding this circumstance and sur- rounded by hostile savages we subsisted ourselves from the stores of the enemy at the point of the sword until with the assistance of a few reclaimed citizens, artificers and slaves we built a number' of large boats and rebuilt twelve capital bridges for the purpose of transportation, and three respecta- ble redoubts to enable us to hold the country, without any other expense to the public than a few hundred bushels of rice and beef in proportion, which beef as well as at least one- third of all that has yet been issued in this army cost the Uni- ted States nothing except the lives of three or four men ; the very salt we used was made by ourselves, and the iron, etc., with which our horses were shod, boats built, wagons re- paired, espontoons made and every kind of smithwork done were also procured without any cost to the public except for a very small proportion for which, as well as the labor, we were necessitated to barter some articles of provisions.
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On the sixth of June he rather overdid himself, writing: "Far less regularity and economy has been made use of in the subsistance of your troops than I could have wished. * * * I find one pound and a quarter of beef and one pound and a quarter of rice is a sufficient ration for any soldier * * * both men and officers should be allowed a reasonable subsistence, but noth- ing is more pernicious than indulgence." In one sense no letter was ever more happily conceived. It called forth and secured f...or our benefit a pen sketch by Anthony Wayne of one of his campaigns, which is a contribution to historical literature. In response W^ayne said : "I have received yours of the 6th inst. on the subject of rations and economy.
* * * I am extremely obliged to you for the anxiety you express for every part of my conduct to appear in the most favorable light.* * * On the 19th of January we Ceremonies at Dedication of Statue. 51) passed the Savannah river in three little canoes, swimming the horses; that by manoeuvres we obliged the enemy to aban- don every outpost and to retire into the town of Savannah ; that we found the country a perfect desert, neither meat or bread kind except what was within the influence of their arms; that notwithstanding this circumstance and sur- rounded by hostile savages we subsisted ourselves from the stores of the enemy at the point of the sword until with the assistance of a few reclaimed citizens, artificers and slaves we built a number' of large boats and rebuilt twelve capital bridges for the purpose of transportation, and three respecta- ble redoubts to enable us to hold the country, without any other expense to the public than a few hundred bushels of rice and beef in proportion, which beef as well as at least one- third of all that has yet been issued in this army cost the Uni- ted States nothing except the lives of three or four men ; the very salt we used was made by ourselves, and the iron, etc., with which our horses were shod, boats built, wagons re- paired, espontoons made and every kind of smithwork done were also procured without any cost to the public except for a very small proportion for which, as well as the labor, we were necessitated to barter some articles of provisions.
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