That the troops may have an opportunity of attending public worship, as well as to take some rest after the great fatigue they have gone through, the General, in future, excuses them from fatigue duty on Sundays, except at the shipyards, or on special... Life of George Washington - Stran 319avtor: Washington Irving - 1869Celotni ogled - O knjigi
| Robert Walsh - 1835 - 582 strani
...August 3d. — ' That the troops may have an opportunity of attending public worship, as well as to take some rest after the great fatigue they have gone through,...General in future excuses them from fatigue duty on Sondays, except at the ship-yards, or on special occasions, until further orders. The General is sorry... | |
| Robert Walsh - 1835 - 568 strani
...August 3d.—' That the troops may have an opportunity of attending public worship, as well as to take some rest after the great fatigue they have gone through,...General in future excuses them from fatigue duty on Sondays, except at the ship-yards, or on special occasions, until further orders. The General is sorry... | |
| Edward Charles M'Guire - 1836 - 430 strani
...August 3d.— " That the troops may have an opportunity of. attending public worship, as well as to take some rest after the great fatigue they have gone through,...General, in future, excuses them from fatigue duty on Sunday, except at the shipyards, or on special occasions, till further orders." In a Circular from... | |
| Francis Lister Hawks, Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - 1837 - 522 strani
...Aug. 3d. — 'That the troops may have an opportunity of attending public worship, as well as to take some rest after the great fatigue they have gone through,...General, in future, excuses them from fatigue duty on Sunday, except at the ihip yards, or on special occasions, till further orders.' "In a Circular from... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1845 - 900 strani
...3, 1776. — That the troops may have an opportunity of attending public worship, as well as to take some rest after the great fatigue they have gone through,...fatigue duty on Sundays, except at the ship-yards, and on special occasions, until further orders. The general is sorry to be informed that the foolish... | |
| 1863 - 896 strani
...he says : " That the troops may have an opportunity of attending public worship, as well as to take some rest after the great fatigue they have gone through,...General in future excuses them from fatigue duty on Sunday, except at the ship-yards, and on special occasions." Again, in his orders to the Brigadier... | |
| Marcellus F. Cowdery - 1855 - 236 strani
...SWEARING. — That the troops may have an opportunity of attending public worship, as well as to take some rest after the great fatigue they have gone through,...cursing and swearing, a vice heretofore little known in the American Army, is growing into fashion ; he hopes the officers will, by example as well as influence,... | |
| George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1855 - 608 strani
...9th, 1776. " That the troops may have an opportunity of attending public worship, as well as to take some rest after the great fatigue they have gone through,...occasions, until further orders. The General is sorry to be in-1 formed, that the foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing, a vice heretofore... | |
| Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1856 - 878 strani
...month after this, in the order of the day, Washington issued the following notice to the tf oops : "The General is sorry to be informed that the foolish...wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing, a vice hitherto little known in an American army, is growing into fashion. He hopes that the officers will,... | |
| John (pilgrim, pseud) - 1863 - 110 strani
...and act as becomes a Christian soldier defending the dearest rights and liberties of his country." " The General is sorry to be informed that the foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing—a vice hitherto little known in an American army-—is growing into fashion ; he hopes the... | |
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