I’m tired of this never ending pain. Those are the words that a soldier would say at Valley Forge because of the terrible conditions the soldiers were in at camp. The huts at Valley Forge were 16 foot by 14 foot and housed 12 troops. Other than that, the British colonies were currently losing the Revolutionary War. General Washington’s Chief of Engineers wrote that “There was a hundred times more enthusiasm for this revolution … in Paris than there is in all the United States together”. On top of that, Washington’s own position as General is being questioned by the members of Congress, making it uncertain. Some of the men in Philadelphia welcomed the British and a few young women developed scarlet fever, meaning that they were fascinated…show more content… in Phil Roden’s essay, he said that “Some members of Congress did not trust him (George Washington)”. This shows that some of Congress was doubting their decision on making George Washington the General of the Continental Army (Roden 141). Phil Roden also wrote that “Washington was having trouble keeping his soldiers”. This information is significant because it shows that even the soldiers of Washington’s own army probably didn’t trust him (Roden 141). On the engraving that William Henry Powell created, the soldiers seemed angry at George Washington for bringing the committee of five Congressmen to help. This shows that Washington made a mistake with bringing the committee specifically (Powell 149). Again, from Dr. Waldo’s diary, he saw “A general cry … ‘No Meat!’”. This shows that the general was unable of keeping rations so that the meat would last. This reason is causing me to not reenlist because I wouldn’t want to be led into death by a poor leader. Those are all of the reasons for not reenlisting. On the other hand, Others may say they want to reenlist. This point of view may make sense because it is said in Paul Roden’s document that word reached camp that the French were joining the Americans in the War. However, That was not known until approximately one month after your decision to reenlist or not to reenlist (Roden 141). Therefore, I would not reenlist into the Continental
