Statistics for occurrence #1 of “George Washington” in entry logan-john-alexander of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
... make any army a mob, and the commanding general a laughing-stock.
It would authorize every officer, down to the lower officers in rank, to determine how and when they would act under orders.
George Washington , who is not yet forgotten in this country as a leader of an army, issued the following order to his army, and until now I have never heard its correctness disputed by any military man:
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