American army, wholly composed of militia, 21 call for 30,000 under arms, 22 officially recognized, 32 its strange experience, March 2, 1776, 75 occupies Boston, March 17, 1776, 80 begins its first campaign, 83 April muster, 1776, 87 August muster, 1776, 101 September muster, 114 85 regiments authorized, 116 its condition, Sept. 10, 1776, 119 October muster, 122 its lack of discipline, 123 Lee’s grand division, 135 special muster ordered by Washington, Nov. 23, 1776, 136 its condition, Dec. 30, 1776, 147 parades in Philadelphia, 183 August muster, 1777, 184 condition at Valley Forge, Dec., 1777, 205–6 at Newport, 1778, 242 assignments of divisions, 1778, 247 fixed at 80 battalions, 252 at Philadelphia, weakened in discipline, 252 its condition, Dec., 1779, 269 its condition, Nov. 7, 1780, 296 reorganization proposed, 298 new basis, of 36,000 men, 299 divisions again assigned, 300 its condition, 1781, 306 mutinous elements noticed, 307 at the South, 315–317 at Peekskill, 1781, 333 before Yorktown, 1781, 356 by States (Appendix A), 377 American Civil War referred to, for comparison (Preface), vii policy defined, 91 commissioners appointed in the interests of peace, 115 cow-boys near New York, 255 speculators feed the British, 306 Americo-Spanish War of 1898 illustrating the principle of “Strategy and Statesmanship in War” (Preface), x, xii ANDRÉ, JOHN—_Br._ major, _sub._ asst. adjt.-gen.; _b._ 1751, _d._ 1780. taken prisoner, at St. John’s, 62 arranges _fête_ in honor of Howe, 215 at capture of Charleston, 275 his antecedents noticed, 289 former relations to Miss Shippen, 289 executed as a spy, 290 his fate regretted, 290 exchange for Arnold morally impracticable, 291 ANGEL,—col. at Fort Mercer, R.I., 201 at Battle of Springfield, 283–4 ARBUTHNOT, MARIOT—_Br._ admiral; _b._ 1711, _d._ 1794. arrives at New York, 261 relieves Sir George Collier, 261 fights a French fleet, 326 Armies of modern times, 370–1 of the Revolution as given by the British authority, Stedman (Appendix D), 386 Arms from France, 164 ARMSTRONG, JOHN—brig.-gen.; _b._ 1758, _d._ 1843. at Brandywine, 186 on the Schuylkill, 192