WASHINGTON TAKES COMMAND OF THE ARMIES.-SKETCH OF GENERAL LER. CHARACTERS OF THE BRITISH COMMANDERS, HOWE, CLINTON, AND BURGOYNE. SURVEY OF THE CAMPS FROM PROSPECT HILL.-THE CAMPS CONTRASTED.-DESCRIPTION OF THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY.-RHODE ISLAND TROOPS.-CHARACTER OF GENERAL GREENE.-WASHINGTON REPRESENTS
THE DEFICIENCIES OF THE ARMY.-HIS APOLOGY FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS TROOPS.-GOVERNOR TRUMBULL.-CRAGIE HOUSE, WASHINGTON'S
N the 3d of July, the morning after his arrival at Cambridge, Washington took formal command of the army. It was drawn up on the common about half a mile from head-quarters. A multitude had assembled there, for as yet military spectacles were novelties, and the camp was full of visitors, men, women, and children, from all parts of the country, who had relatives among the yeoman soldiery.
An ancient elm is still pointed out, under which Washington, as he arrived from head-quarters accompanied by General Lee and a numerous suite, wheeled his horse,