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Life-guard, Washington's

A corps, varying at different times from sixty to 250 men, was formed in the spring of 1776. The men, not less than 5 feet 9 inches nor more than 5 feet 10 inches in height, were selected from the Continental army for moral and personal perfections, to protect the person, baggage, and papers of the commander-in-chief. The last survivor, Uzal Knapp, of Orange county, N. Y., died in January, 1856, and was buried at the foot of the flag-staff in front of Washington's headquarters at Newburg, on the Hudson. See fac-simile signatures on pages 392 and 393.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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