I do not understand much of the refined art of War: it is said to consist of " strategem and deception." -- (General George Clinton to John McKesson, " Camp near the White Plains, October 31, 1776.")

6 Colonel Robert H. Harrison to the President of the Congress, " White- " Plains, October 31, 1776 ;" Letter from a Gentleman in the Army, dated " Camp near the Mills, about three miles North of the White- " Plains, November 1, 1776," published in The Pennsylvania Evening Post, Vol. II., No. 280, Philadelphia, Thursday, November 14, 1776 ; Jlfemoirs of General Heath, 80 ; etc.

7 Lieutenant-colonel Gist to the Maryland Council of Safety, " Camp "before the White-Plains, 2 November, 1776."

8 Vide page 230, ante.

* " His," [General Washington's,] " apprehensions are exceedingly " great lest the Army should suffer much for want of necessary supplies " of Provisions, especially in the article of Flour. From the best in- " telligence he iB able to obtain, there is not more in Camp and at the " several places where it has been deposited, than will serve the Army " longer than four or five days, provided the utmost care and economy " were used in issuing it out ; but, from the waste and embezzlement, " for want of proper attention to it, as it is reported to him, it is not "probable that it will last so long."-- -(Colonel Robert H. Harrison to Colonel Joseph Trumbull, CommisBary-general of Provisions, " White- " Plains, November 1, 1776.")