...a people unused to restraint must be led, they will not be drove.
" ...a people unused to restraint must be led, they will not be drove. "
George Washington to Major General Stirling | Sunday, January 19, 1777
Editorial Notes
Washington regularly struggled to discipline and train the Continental Army. He believed the harsh discipline methods used in the British or Hessian forces would be counterproductive in an American establishment.
George Washington to Major General Stirling | Sunday, January 19, 1777