[Footnote 4: _Mass. Hist. Soc. Pro._ Vol. XII, p. 257, footnote, and Ford, _Writings of Washington_, Vol. III, p. 3.]
[Footnote 5: Ford, _Writings of Washington_. Vol. III, p.11.]
[Footnote 6: Lyman, _Journal_, (Nov. 17, 1775.) p. 126]
[Footnote 7: Force, _American Archives_, Ser. 5, Vol. III, Col. 593.]
[Footnote 8: Quoted in Trevelyon, _American Revolution_, Vol. I, p. 324.]
[Footnote 9: Ford, _Writings of Washington_. Vol. III, p. 11.]
[Footnote 10: Trumbell, _Journal_. (Sept. 19, 1775), p. 146]
[Footnote 11: Dr. Waldo was a surgeon in the continental Army, 1775-1777.]
[Footnote 12: Poem by Dr. Waldo in _Historical Magazine_, Sept. 1863, p. 270.]
[Footnote 13: Lyman, _Journal_, (Oct. 16, 1775). P. 121.]
[Footnote 14: Chastellux, _Travels in America_, p. 104.]
[Footnote 15: Lewis, _Orderly Book_, (Aug. 18, 1776), p. 78]
[Footnote 16: Chastellux, _Travels in America_, p. 104.]
[Footnote 17: Thacher, _Military Journal_, p. 181.]
[Footnote 18: Greene, _Life of Greene_, Vol. 2, p. 185.]
[Footnote 19: Thacher, _Military Journal_, p. 181.]
[Footnote 21: Greene, _Life of Greene_, Vol. 1, p. 538.]
[Footnote 22: Greene, _Life of Greene_, Vol. I, p. 528.]
[Footnote 23: Thacher, _Military Journal_, p. 155.]
[Footnote 24: Chastellux, _Travels in America_, p. 202.]
[Footnote 25: Thacher, _Military Journal_, p. 155.]
[Footnote 26: See Chastellux, _Travels in America_, p. 302. Greene, _Life of Greene_, Vol. I, p. 538 and Thacher, _Military Journal_, p. 155.]
[Footnote 27: Thacher, _Military Journal_, p. 155, and _American Hist. Mag._ Vol. 3, p. 157.]
[Footnote 28: Greene, _Life of Greene_, Vol. II, p. 160.]
[Footnote 29: Chastellux, _Travels in America_, p. 66.]
[Footnote 30: Chastellux, _Travels in America_, Vol. II, p. 160.]
[Footnote 31: See, Thacher, _Military Journal_, p. 176, Trumbell _Journal_, Aug. 7, 1775; Waldo, _Journal_ (Nov. 29, 1777.), p. 130.]
[Footnote 32: Squir, _Journal_, (Sept. 13, 1775), p. 13.]
[Footnote 33: Lossing, _Life of Washington_. Vol. VI, p. 572.]
[Footnote 34: Waldo, _Journal_, (Dec. 1777.), p. 131.]
[Footnote 35: Fitch, _Journal_, (Aug. 20.) p. 46.]
[Footnote 36: Greene, _Life of Greene_, Vol. I, p. 570.]
If the problem of housing was a serious one and one which caused a great amount of suffering the question of food was even more serious. The theory of getting the food for the soldiers was all very simple, but not so simple in practice. According to theory the various colonies were apportioned the amount they were to supply and were to deliver their portion to the camp which might be designated by the commander-in-chief. The lack of authority of congress which played havoc so many times with the smooth running of affairs also played havoc in the commissary department.