Committee  to  Greene.  — ■  Greene's  Position  strong.  —  Wins  over
the  Committee.  —  Insulted  by  Treasury  Board.  —  Hamilton
consulted.  —  Appeal  to  Congress.  —  Unsatisfactory  Report.  —
The  Committee  at  Work.  —  Congress.  —  French  Fleet. —  New
System.  —  Inside  View  of  Congress.  —  Side  Lights.  —  Plan  of
Campaign.  —  Greene  at  Work.  — •  Letters.  —  Resignation.  —
Committee  and  Washington  appeal  to  Congress.  —  Conduct
as  Quartermaster-genpral  approved  by  Washington.  —  Pettit
remains  in  Office.  —  Pickering 283

CHAPTER    XI.
Right  to  Command.  —  Gloomy  Aspect  of  Public  Affairs.  —  Reed
to  Greene.  —  Rumors.  —  Greene  applies  for  the  Command  of
West  Point.  —  Letters.  —  Enters  on  his  Command.  —  State  of
the  Post.  —  Sets  himself  to  put  it  in  Order.  —  Letters.  —  Ques-
tions from  the  Quartermaster-general's  Department.  —  Ques-
tion of  Discipline.  —  Various  Applications.  —  Estimates.  —
Danger  in  the  North 343

-      CHAPTER    Xn.
General  Belief  that  Greene  would  be  appointed  to  succeed  Gates.
—  Washington's  Opinion.  —  Pettit  to  Greene. — Washington
to  Greene,  appointing  him  to  the  Southern  Army.  —  Greene's
Acceptance. — Preparations.  —  Congratulations. — Letters     .  366

CHAPTER    Xin.
Influence  of  Domestic  Feelings.  —  Greene's  Letters  to  his  Wife.
Expects  her  at  Camp.  —  Correspondence.  —  Disappointment.
—  Sets  out  for  Head-quarters.  —  Goes  to  Philadelphia    .        .  381

APPENDIX.
Letters 395

The  Bancroft  Controversy 416


BOOK    SECOND.  -  (  Oontinued.)


CHAPTEK  XXVI.
Conway  Cabal  the  Subject  of  Camp  Talk.  —  Greene's  Opinion  of
Washington's  Strategy.  —  Lay  and  Professional  Critics.  —  Bitter
Attacks  on  Washington.  —  Members  of  Congress  join  in  the  Cen-
sure. —  Circumstances  favor  the  Censurers.  —  Character  of  Gates.
