...my opponents, they may have heard insinuations and misrepresentations that they too easily credited. The truth is, I never opposed the raising of men during...States, where they imported, from Ireland and Germany, so many transported convicts and redemptioners, it was possible they might obtain some. Let them try....

...to Washington, 3 March, 1776. " The truth is I never opposed the raising of men during the war. . . But I contended that I knew the number to be obtained...than double the wages, in safety, not exposed to the sickness of the camp, would bind themselves during the war ? I knew it to be impossible. In the Middle...

...service was too new ; they had not yet become attached to it by habit. Was it credible," he asks, " that men who could get at home better living, more...than double the wages, in safety, not exposed to the sickness of the camp, would bind themselves during the war ? I knew it to be impossible. In the Middle...

...for it. The utmost of Washington's ambition was 'a permanent standing army,' and John Adams wrote, ' Was it credible that men who could get at home better...comfortable lodgings, more than double the wages in safety . . . would bind themselves during the war ? I knew it to be impossible.' ' To the shame of America,'...

...living, more comfortable lodgings, more than double the wages, in safety, not exposed to the sickness of the camp, would bind themselves during the war...I knew it to be impossible. In the Middle States, since they imported from Ireland and Germany so many transported convicts and redemptioners, it was...

...(Ford), vol. 3, pp. 191, 22i. 2 Journals of Congress, December 26, 1775. [28] The Origin of the Army long periods, as yet. The service was too new ; they...themselves during the war? I knew it to be impossible." 1 This is the view of a shrewd observer of New England character, a politician who, it may fairly be...

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...tradesmen's sons, and farmers' sons, or we should be without defence; and such men certa1nly wouid not enlist during the war, or for long periods, as...States, where they imported, from Ireland and Germany, so many transported convicts and redemptioners, it was possible they might obtain some. Let them try....

...of John Adams, vol. 3, p. 48: "The truth is I never opposed the raising of men during the war. . . . But I contended that I knew the number to be obtained...than double the wages, in safety, not exposed to the sickness of the camp, would bind themselves during the war? I knew it to be impossible. In the Middle...

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