Soldier+Life

= **So, You Would Like to Be a Part of the Continental Army Would You?** =

Being a soldier is not all that easy; you have to march many miles sometimes, and fighting in battle is always tiring, yet also envigorating. You will bring your own food with you on short expiditions, and if we go on a longer one, we will provide free food and shelter for you. As a soldeir, you have to be very disiplined, and have to obey orders given to you with no questions asked. If you don't do as you are commanded, and disobey an order, then you will be punished accordingly (up to 100 lashes). You will be provided all the equipment needed to do this job, such as clothing, a musket, and a sword by the state. Also, you will be working with men from all of the colonies, so you'll know many men from all around; about 139,000 men to be exact. Standing guard is a very important job done by the soldiers in an army. You will need to be very alert for danger, and there is NO sleeping, snoozing, or sitting down on the job. But, that's not all there is to the life of a soldier, there is much more when you're not fighting battles. The life of a soldier is hard, but there is a certain satisfaction in knowing that what you are doing for your country is right, and noble, and brave. **//"... they are now become a formidible enemy." --Hessian Soldier//**
 * //"... yet they possess some of the requisites for making good troops, such as extreme cunning, great industry in moving ground and felling of wood, activity and a spirit of enterprise upon any advantage." --Colonel Williams Harcourt//**
 * //"a regular Army, and the most masterly Discipline because.... Without these we cannot reasonably hope tobe a powerful, a prosperous, or a Free People." --John Adams[[file:Apparts 1.doc]][[file:Apparts 2.doc]]Rachel Malcolm Period 6//**