Author: Merle Vernon

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-03

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13: 9780267643226

Excerpt from Washington: The Soldier and the Christian To train and prepare men for the field, without which no exertion in the moment of action will avail much; to supply their necessary wants, so far as circumstances will permit; to restrain licentiousness; to support the honor and dignity of the corps to be attentive to the clothing, seeing that it is always in place, in order, and well put 011, without which a soldier in rags and a soldier in uniform differ little in appear ance; to have the arms and accouterments always in order; in a word, to abide strictly by military rules, regulations, and orders; these constitute the essence of a soldier and are characteristic of good officers. Without these, no service can be well conducted, and every service must be dis agreeable, sluggish, and expensive partak ing more of the nature of militia, than the regularity of well organized troops, which may and ought to move like clock-work, where the component parts discharge their respective duties with propriety and exact. Ness. I entreat you to communicate what I have said to the gentlemen of the line, and at the same time to assure them of my warmest esteem and best wishes for their welfare and success. Jan. 9, 1777 I earnestly recommend to you to be circumspect in your choice of officers. Take none but gentlemen; let no local attachments influence you; do not suffer your good nature, when an applica tion is made, to say yes, when you ought to say no; remember that it is a public, not a private cause, that is to be injured or bene fited by your choice; recollect also that no instance has yet happened of good or bad behavior in a corps in our service, that has not originated with the officers. Do not take old men, nor yet fill your corps with boys, especially for captains. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.