[Leica] Washington's losses

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

> Mark writes:
> "Washington had lost 90 percent of his army.
> 
> Think of that when you look at a dollar bill."
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> But not to casualties. Short term enlistments (many as short as 3 months)
> were the primary problem. Many men simply tired of army service in the cold
> winter with scanty supplies and simply went home.
> 
> Larry Z
> 


And they  may have missed a few paychecks.
Combination of cold and broke never a good thing.
And lack of normal military discipline which they didn't get till way later
at Valley Forge.

Mark William Rabiner


"To see the men without clothes to cover their nakedness, without blankets
to lie upon, without shoes...without a house or hut to cover them until
those could be built, and submitting without a murmur, is a proof of
patience and obedience which, in my opinion, can scarcely be paralleled."
George Washington at Valley Forge, April 21, 1778