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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Washington Crossing the Delaware + +Author: Henry Fisk Carlton + +Editor: Claire T. Zyve + +Release Date: February 27, 2009 [EBook #28205] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE *** + + + + +Produced by Colin Bell, Joseph Cooper, Diane Monico, and +the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at +https://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + +</pre> + + + + + +<p class="title"><i>DRAMATIC HOURS IN REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY</i></p> +<hr style="width: 33%;" /> + +<h1> +Washington<br /> +Crossing the Delaware</h1> + +<p class="title"><small>BY</small><br /> +<br /> +<big>HENRY FISK CARLTON</big><br /> + +<br /><br /> +<i>Edited by</i> CLAIRE T. ZYVE, <span class="smcap">Ph.D.</span><br /> +Fox Meadow School, Scarsdale, New York<br /> +<br /></p> +<hr style="width: 33%;" /> +<p class="title"><small>BUREAU OF PUBLICATIONS<br /> +TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY<br /> +NEW YORK CITY<br /></small> +</p> + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h3><i>HOW TO BE A GOOD RADIO ACTOR</i></h3> + +<p>The play in this book has actually been produced on the radio. Possibly +you have listened to this one when you tuned in at home. The +persons whose voices you heard as you listened, looked just as they did +when they left their homes to go to the studio, although they were +taking the parts of men and women who lived long ago and who wore +costumes very different from the ones we wear today.</p> + +<p>The persons whose voices you heard stood close together around the +microphone, each one reading from a copy of the play in his hand. +Since they could not be seen, they did not act parts as in other plays, +but tried to make their voices show how they felt.</p> + +<p>When you give these plays you will not need costumes and you will +not need scenery, although you can easily arrange a broadcasting studio +if you wish. You will not need to memorize your parts; in fact, it +will not be like a real radio broadcast if you do so, and, furthermore, +you will not want to, since you will each have a copy of the book in +your hands. All you will need to do is to remember that you are taking +the part of a radio actor, that you are to read your speeches very distinctly, +and that by your voice you will make your audience understand +how you feel. In this way you will have the fun of living +through some of the great moments of history.</p> + + +<h3><i>HOW TO FOLLOW DIRECTIONS IN THE PLAY</i></h3> + +<p>There are some directions in this play which may be new to you, but +these are necessary, for you are now in a radio broadcasting studio, +talking in front of a microphone. The word (<i>in</i>) means that the +character is standing close to the microphone, while (<i>off</i>) indicates that +he is farther away, so that his voice sounds faint. When the directions +(<i>off, coming in</i>) are given, the person speaking is away from the microphone +at first but gradually comes closer. The words (<i>mob</i>) or (<i>crowd +noise</i>) you will understand mean the sound of many people talking in +the distance.</p> + +<p>Both the English and the dialect used help make the characters live, +so the speeches have been written in the way in which these men and +women would talk. This means that sometimes the character may use +what seems to you unusual English. The punctuation helps, too, to +make the speeches sound like real conversation; for example, you will +find that a dash is often used to show that a character is talking very +excitedly.</p> + + + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_1" id="Page_1">[Pg 1]</a></span></p><hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h2>Washington Crossing the Delaware</h2> + + +<h3><i>CAST</i></h3> + +<p class="center"> +GENERAL WASHINGTON<br /> +COLONEL REED<br /> +JOHN HONEYMAN<br /> +COLONEL RALL<br /> +A CORPORAL<br /> +A SOLDIER<br /> +GENERAL KNOX<br /> +COLONEL GLOVER<br /> +MOB<br /> +VOICE<br /> +ORDERLY<br /><br /> +</p> + + +<h3>ANNOUNCER</h3> + +<p>We take pleasure in presenting this story of Washington +crossing the Delaware. The picture of that famous event +is familiar to everyone, but the story of what led up to it, +and of its importance in American history is not so well +known.</p> + +<p>The fall and early winter of the year 1776 saw the fortunes +of Washington's army sink very low indeed. Beginning +with the defeat on Long Island in late August, Washington +and his army had met reverse after reverse. They had been +forced to retire in succession from Manhattan to Fort +Washington, then across the river to Fort Lee, then from +Fort Lee to Hackensack. This succession of defeats and +the enforced retirements had disorganized and depleted +the army. But even worse than that, it had well-nigh +ruined the morale of the civilian population, whose hearty +support was absolutely necessary if the war was to be carried +on. But now, discouraged and disheartened, the mass +of the population gave Washington no help, no encouragement, +no cooperation.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_2" id="Page_2">[Pg 2]</a></span></p> + +<p>This is the situation on the morning of November 22, +1776, as we begin our story. Washington is in his headquarters +at Hackensack, New Jersey, when Colonel Joseph +Reed, his aide, enters—</p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>Good morning, General Washington!</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Good morning, Colonel, what news?</p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>Not much, I'm afraid, sir.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Have we no information of the British movements yet?</p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>None!</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>What's the matter with our intelligence service?</p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>It's completely disrupted, sir; and we can get no help from +the civilian population.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>I know—they've lost all faith in us, Colonel. Nothing +but a victory can bring us again the loyalty and help of +our own people! It's discouraging, Colonel, to think that +now when we need it more than ever before, we can get +no help!</p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>Sir, if we could only turn and strike a quick blow, we might +recapture Fort Lee.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Yes—if I only knew what force of the enemy is holding +the Fort, and when Lord Howe expects to bring the rest +of his army across the Hudson.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[Pg 3]</a></span></p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>Well, we don't know that!</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>And without an intelligence service we can't find out! Of +course if General Lee would join me—there wasn't any +word from Lee this morning, was there?</p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>None, sir.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Oh, why doesn't he answer? Why doesn't he come? It's +been more than a week now since I ordered him to join me +at once! Have you heard any rumor about him? Has he +left Peekskill yet? Has he crossed the Hudson?</p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>I haven't heard a word. He hasn't even acknowledged the +last half dozen orders I've forwarded to him.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>That's the most discouraging thing of all! If the second +in command won't obey orders, is it any wonder that the +rest of the army is out of hand? Oh, well! We can't hope +to do anything without Lee's help, so there's nothing for +us to do but retreat—</p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>Again?</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Yes, Colonel, our small force is uselessly exposed here. We +can't risk capture—that would be the end of everything!</p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>Yes, sir.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>If Lord Howe crosses the Hudson in force, we'd be +trapped between the Hackensack and the Passaic Rivers.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[Pg 4]</a></span></p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>I'm afraid so, sir.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>So—we've got to begin our retreat at once.</p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>The troops are ready to move, sir. It shouldn't take us +long to get out of danger with our small force.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Yes, yes, that's one advantage of a small army, isn't it, +Colonel? At least we can retreat rapidly! I suppose the +force we have is even smaller today than it was yesterday?</p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>I'm afraid so, sir. The morning report showed less than +five thousand present and fit for duty!</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>If we only had Lee's seven thousand! But we haven't. +You may order the retreat at once, Colonel.</p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>Yes sir, over what route?</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>We'll move across the Acquackonack bridge, and thence +to Newark.</p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>Yes, sir. I'll write the orders, sir. (<i>rattle of paper</i>)</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Colonel John Glover with his Marblehead regiment will +cover the retreat as usual.</p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>Yes, sir. And the advance?</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Knox and his artillery will lead. We mustn't lose our +guns—the few we have left.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[Pg 5]</a></span></p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>Yes, sir.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON (<i>half to himself</i>)</p> + +<p>Retreat—retreat—retreat! Is there nothing else in +store for us?</p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>Will you sign these, sir?</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Yes—the quill.</p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>Here you are, sir.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Thank you. (<i>rattle of paper</i>) You may send the orders +at once, Colonel.</p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>Yes, General. (<i>calling</i>) Orderly!</p> + +<p class="center">VOICE</p> + +<p>Yes, sir.</p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>Deliver these orders at once!</p> + +<p class="center">VOICE</p> + +<p>Yes, sir.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>I suppose it's useless to send another order to Lee.</p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>We can send one—I don't think it will have any effect.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>He ought to be informed of where we're going—yes, +write him again, tell him we're retreating to Newark<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[Pg 6]</a></span>—</p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>Very well, sir—and after Newark?</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Retreat again I suppose. New Brunswick—Trenton—across +the Delaware into Pennsylvania.</p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>Yes sir, if we have any army left by then.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>We have some loyal souls who will stand with us to the +end. We may have to retreat to the back country of +Pennsylvania; but winter is coming, Lord Howe is not +an energetic foe, and he will hardly press us after the +snow falls. Then if we can fill up our depleted ranks +we'll be ready for him in the spring.</p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>Oh, General, if we could only make one stand against the +enemy! Make one bold stroke to put new heart into our +discouraged countrymen!</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>I know—I know, Colonel! If Lee would only obey my +orders!</p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>Very little hope of that!</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>I know—and I can't understand his motives!</p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>Why sir, they're perfectly plain to me—and to the rest +of the army.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Indeed?<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[Pg 7]</a></span></p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>Certainly—he wants to discredit you—to bring about +your failure—so that he can succeed to your command!</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>So—? (<i>pause</i>) Well, if Lee can bring victory where I +have failed, I'll be only too glad to step down in his favor.</p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>Sir, I beg of you, you mustn't even entertain such a +thought, why General Lee could no more—(<i>knock</i>)</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Will you see who it is, Colonel.</p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>Yes, sir—(<i>mumble at a distance, then out loud</i>) General, +there's a man here who wants to see you.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Who is it?</p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>He refuses to give his name, and says his business is +private.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Tell him to come in.</p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>Yes, sir—(<i>off</i>) Come on in, the General will see you.</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Thankee—thankee, sir. I'm obleeged to ye, sir. (<i>in</i>) +Be ye General Washington?</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>I am, and what can I do for you?</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Wal'—General—if ye don't mind—er—er<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[Pg 8]</a></span>—</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Yes?</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>I'd like to see ye alone—sir—it's important!</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Alone? Oh, very well, Colonel—</p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>I'll go, sir.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Write that letter to Lee.</p> + +<p class="center">REED (<i>going</i>)</p> + +<p>Yes, sir. (<i>door closes</i>)</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Now, what is it?</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Wal', here I be, General—</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Yes?</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>An' I've had tarnation's own time gittin' here—I cal'ate +half yer army stopped me an' wanted to know my name +an' my business—an' they wasn't goin' to let me in when +I wouldn't tell 'em. But it takes more'n that to stop John +Honeyman when he gits sot on doin' something.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Your name is John Honeyman?</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>That's me, sir, an' I promised Marthy—that's my wife, +sir—that I'd come to see ye—and I come, an' here I be!<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[Pg 9]</a></span></p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>And what can I do for you, Mr. Honeyman?</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Nary a thing, General Washington.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Then what—?</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>I come to make ye an offer.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Well?</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>I'm in a way to find out a lot o' things that's goin' on in +the British Army.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>So?</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Aye, ye see, I'm a butcher.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Well?</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>An' I've got a contract to supply the redcoats with beef. +Now they think I'm a good Tory! But General, I ain't!</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>I'm glad to hear that!</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>An' I figgered that mebbe I could find out things an' tell +ye about 'em—if we could fix things up.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>How much do you want for your information?<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[Pg 10]</a></span></p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>No! No! General! I ain't tryin' to sell ye nothin'!</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>I beg your pardon, Mr. Honeyman. But I have so many +insincere offers.</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>I know—I know! I hear folks talk. They think I'm a +Tory! Wal', sir, I want they should keep on a-thinkin' +it! I cal'ate if I'm a-goin' to be any use to ye, nobody must +know I ain't a rip-roarin' all-fired Tory.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Certainly!</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>An' that's the why I wouldn't tell none o' yer men what +my name er my business was.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Mr. Honeyman, you've shown extraordinary good sense! +You're exactly the man I've been looking for! I'm in +desperate need of reliable information. And I believe +you're the man to get it for me.</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>I cal'ate I be.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Have you any information now?</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>A mite.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Well?</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Lord Cornwallis is bringin' 15,000 men across the Hudson +tonight, to git ye.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[Pg 11]</a></span></p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>We'll be gone.</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>That's fu'st-rate! Now I'll be goin'—an' I'll keep ye +informed when I know anything ye ought to know.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Just a moment, Honeyman. How are you going to get +your information to me?</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Wal', I figger I might come to see ye—</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>No, you'd be sure to excite suspicion.</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>I'd be as keerful as could be.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>No—I mustn't even let my own men know you're +working for me.</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Wal'—ye might have me captured now an' agin—tell +yer men I'm a notorious Tory—an' have 'em be on the +lookout fer me particular! Then when I've got something +fer ye, I'll put myself in the way o' gittin' captured.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Good! That's an excellent idea. I'll have to give you a +pretty bad name with my troops.</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Pshaw—I don't mind that, sir.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>And I don't know how I can reward you.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[Pg 12]</a></span></p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>I don't need no reward to help ye, General Washington, +I got a duty to do that!—There's only jest one thing, +sir—</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Yes?</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>I'd sorta—er—kinda like my wife an' children protected +from the—wal'—the results o' my bein' an active +an' notorious Tory.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Of course.</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Ye see, I don't mind what folks think o' me, but Marthy—that's +my wife, sir—she an' the young un's +might git—wal'—treated pretty shabby.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>I understand. I'll give you an order for them to use in +case of necessity.</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Would ye—er—sign it yerself, General?</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Certainly! Here—I'll write it now. (<i>rattle of paper</i>) +Let's see—(<i>slowly</i>) "To the Good People of New Jersey +and all others it may concern: It is ordered that the +wife and children of John Honeyman of—" Where's +your home?</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Grigstown, sir.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>"—of Grigstown, the notorious Tory now within the +British lines and probably acting the part of a British spy,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[Pg 13]</a></span> +should be protected from all harm and annoyances. This +is no protection to Honeyman himself." Is that satisfactory?</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>I cal'ate that covers it, sir.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Very well, I'll sign it—(<i>signing</i>) There you are, sir.</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>I'm much obleeged to ye, sir.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>No, Honeyman, I'm the one who is your debtor. Good +day, sir.</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Good day, General Washington. Next time ye see me I'll +be yer prisoner.</p> + + +<h3>ANNOUNCER</h3> + +<p>And John Honeyman left Washington's camp to set +about making his position secure with the British. He +became one of the regular meat contractors for Cornwallis's +army, which pursued Washington across the state +of New Jersey during the next month.</p> + +<p>Washington did not hurry his retreat, but he always got +away. Finally about the first of December, he came to +Trenton, where he halted for a week and sent men up +and down the river to collect all the boats on the Delaware. +He knew that he would be forced to retreat into +Pennsylvania; and he proposed to leave no means for the +enemy to follow him. On December 8, 1776, the British +advance, which consisted of a brigade of Hessians under +Colonel Rall, entered Trenton; but as usual, Washington +was half a day ahead of his pursuers, and as the Hessians +entered the village, the rear guard of the Americans was<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[Pg 14]</a></span> +just entering the last of the boats, and safely pulled away +to the Pennsylvania shore! Lord Howe, who had joined +Cornwallis, sent out men to look for boats, but none could +be found. The weather turned cold. Lord Howe was +uncomfortable; so he decided to put his troops into winter +quarters and let the pursuit go. He had done enough +for one season!</p> + +<p>He and Cornwallis arranged to scatter the troops about +New Jersey to hold that territory, while they went back +to New York to enjoy the winter.</p> + +<p>Trenton was left in charge of Colonel Rall and his brigade +of Hessians. On December 22, John Honeyman drove a +small herd of cattle into Trenton, left them standing in +front of headquarters, as he went up and knocked on the +door. (<i>knocks</i>)</p> + +<p class="center">RALL (<i>off</i>)</p> + +<p>Come in! Come in!</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Mornin', Colonel Rall!</p> + +<p class="center">RALL</p> + +<p>Oh, it's you, Honeyman!</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Aye, it's me—an' I got some cattle out front here fer +yer Quartermaster.</p> + +<p class="center">RALL</p> + +<p>Well, that's good news—my men will be glad to see that +beef! Now we can give 'em a Christmas dinner that'll +<i>be</i> a Christmas dinner!</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>All ye need now, Colonel, is a mite o' wine, eh?</p> + +<p class="center">RALL</p> + +<p>Never fear, we've got the wine!<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[Pg 15]</a></span></p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Wal', ye kin have a fu'st-rate Christmas then.</p> + +<p class="center">RALL</p> + +<p>Yes sir! With roast beef and two hogsheads of fine wine—we +should do very well.</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Two? Pshaw, is that all?</p> + +<p class="center">RALL</p> + +<p>Why—what's the matter with that?</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Two hogsheads won't go so far with a whole brigade.</p> + +<p class="center">RALL</p> + +<p>Oh, I haven't got a whole brigade.</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Ye ain't?</p> + +<p class="center">RALL</p> + +<p>No, just a thousand men, that's all! Why sir, they can all +get roarin' drunk on the ration I'll issue 'em.</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>An' like as not they will, eh, Colonel?</p> + +<p class="center">RALL (<i>chuckling</i>)</p> + +<p>Well, Honeyman, what do you expect o' soldiers? Christmas +you know—and out here in this God-forsaken +place. Let 'em get drunk, I say. There's nothing else +to do.</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Wal', Colonel, I cal'ate 'tain't often ye find a better officer +than ye be! I'd like to serve under ye!</p> + +<p class="center">RALL</p> + +<p>Well, if you want<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[Pg 16]</a></span>—</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Yes, sir. I'd do it if I wasn't helpin' along things in my +way by roundin' up food fer the king's men. Wal', +mebbe ye better sign fer these critters out in front an' I'll +be gittin' along. I got to hike over to the next post. Er—by +the way—how fer is it to the next detachment o' +troops?</p> + +<p class="center">RALL</p> + +<p>Oh, about six miles south.</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Six miles, huh? How fer to the next one north?</p> + +<p class="center">RALL</p> + +<p>Nobody north of us.</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Eh, nobody north?</p> + +<p class="center">RALL</p> + +<p>No, I'm command of the flank. This is the last post.</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>I cal'ate that makes a lot o' hard work fer ye, Colonel?</p> + +<p class="center">RALL</p> + +<p>Hard work?</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Sure, don't ye have to patrol up an' down the river, an' +sich like things?</p> + +<p class="center">RALL (<i>laughing</i>)</p> + +<p>What for?</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Wal', after all, there's <i>some</i> o' the enemy left, ain't there?</p> + +<p class="center">RALL (<i>laughing</i>)</p> + +<p>A half-a-dozen starved ragamuffins. What could they +do to my trained Hessians?<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[Pg 17]</a></span></p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN (<i>joining in the laugh</i>)</p> + +<p>Not much, I cal'ate! Ye ain't in much danger, an' that's +a fact!</p> + +<p class="center">RALL</p> + +<p>If we had some boats we'd soon make short work of them. +But confound the rascals, they made away with all the +boats.</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Ye ain't got no boats, eh?</p> + +<p class="center">RALL</p> + +<p>Not a one!</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Ye ain't built none, eh?</p> + +<p class="center">RALL</p> + +<p>Why should we?</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Wal'—if ye want to git across the river—</p> + +<p class="center">RALL</p> + +<p>Oh, we'll get across as soon as the river freezes over. We'll +get the last o' the rebels then.</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Wal', Colonel, good luck to ye. But I hope ye won't be +in too big a hurry to capture all the rebels!</p> + +<p class="center">RALL</p> + +<p>Eh, what's that?</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Er—I'll be out of a job; and so'll ye be, Colonel!</p> + +<p class="center">RALL</p> + +<p>Yes, that's right too. Well, let's have a look at your cattle +and I'll sign for 'em.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[Pg 18]</a></span></p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Come on—you fu'st, sir.</p> + +<p class="center">RALL</p> + +<p>Thanks—hm—how many did you say there were?</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>There's twenty-two critters there—er, there was when +I drove 'em up.</p> + +<p class="center">RALL</p> + +<p>Hm—they look a little scrawny.</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Best I could git, Colonel!</p> + +<p class="center">RALL (<i>counting</i>)</p> + +<p>Two—four—five—seven—ten (<i>etc.</i>) Hm—twenty-one's +all I make, Honeyman.</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Twenty-one? Pshaw now—did one o' them critters go +trapsin' off. (<i>he counts</i>) Yes sir, that's just what's happened. +Wall—sign fer the twenty-one, an' I'll go out +lookin' fer that other critter.</p> + +<p class="center">RALL</p> + +<p>Here you are—let me have that bill—(<i>rattle of paper</i>) +Twenty-one in good condition, signed—Rall. There you +are. Hope you find the other one.</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Thankee—where's that road off to the left go?</p> + +<p class="center">RALL</p> + +<p>That—oh, that's the river road.</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>I cal'ate the critter musta gone that way.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[Pg 19]</a></span></p> + +<p class="center">RALL</p> + +<p>Better keep a sharp lookout if you go down that way.</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Eh? What fer?</p> + +<p class="center">RALL</p> + +<p>Some o' those ragamuffin rebels might be on this side +of the river.</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Pshaw now—ye don't say! They come across the river, +do they?</p> + +<p class="center">RALL</p> + +<p>Yes, once in a while. But they don't dare bother us. But +they might pick up a civilian.</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Oh, I cal'ate I kin take keer o' myself. I got my whip +and this halter.</p> + +<p class="center">RALL (<i>laughing</i>)</p> + +<p>That ought to be enough to scare 'em away from you!</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN (<i>going</i>)</p> + +<p>They'll figger I'm the hangman come out to git 'em—fetchin' +my halter along! (<i>he and</i> RALL <i>laugh</i>)</p> + + +<h3>ANNOUNCER</h3> + +<p>So Honeyman started down the river road, cracking his +whip and swinging his halter. A couple of miles down +the road, four Continental soldiers were in hiding. They +had been sent out with instructions to pick up a prisoner, +if possible, and bring him into Washington's headquarters +for the purpose of securing information. As Honeyman +drew near their place of hiding in the brush alongside the +river road, the men heard the snapping of his whip. +(<i>crack of whip</i>)<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[Pg 20]</a></span></p> + +<p class="center">CORPORAL (<i>low</i>)</p> + +<p>What's that?</p> + +<p class="center">SOLDIER</p> + +<p>Don't know, sounds funny. See anything, Corporal?</p> + +<p class="center">CORPORAL</p> + +<p>There, I see him! Huh, it's just a farmer crackin' his +driving whip.</p> + +<p class="center">SOLDIER</p> + +<p>Yah, I see him. What's he got in his other hand?</p> + +<p class="center">CORPORAL</p> + +<p>Looks like a piece o' rope.</p> + +<p class="center">SOLDIER</p> + +<p>A halter! Look, Corporal!</p> + +<p class="center">CORPORAL</p> + +<p>Yep. A halter. Well, no use stoppin' him. Lie low. We +want to get one o' them Hessians. By George, though, +I'd like to have that whip.</p> + +<p class="center">SOLDIER</p> + +<p>What for?</p> + +<p class="center">CORPORAL</p> + +<p>To use on the Hessians we're goin' to git!</p> + +<p class="center">SOLDIER</p> + +<p>You bet. Them mercenaries ought to be whipped out o' +the country! Shootin's too good for 'em—we'd ought +to—</p> + +<p class="center">CORPORAL</p> + +<p>Sh! He's gettin' closer.</p> + +<p class="center">SOLDIER</p> + +<p>Say! I know that fellow.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[Pg 21]</a></span></p> + +<p class="center">CORPORAL</p> + +<p>Yah? What about it? Keep quiet, I said!</p> + +<p class="center">SOLDIER</p> + +<p>No! Listen, Corporal, we got to capture him.</p> + +<p class="center">CORPORAL</p> + +<p>Why?</p> + +<p class="center">SOLDIER</p> + +<p>The General issued orders about him.</p> + +<p class="center">CORPORAL</p> + +<p>Who is he?</p> + +<p class="center">SOLDIER</p> + +<p>Honeyman!</p> + +<p class="center">CORPORAL</p> + +<p>Honeyman the Tory?</p> + +<p class="center">SOLDIER</p> + +<p>That's who it is. Let's grab him.</p> + +<p class="center">CORPORAL</p> + +<p>Men! (<i>several voices respond</i>) We're going to take this +fellow. All right now—lie low—and when I give the +signal, jump!</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN (<i>off, coming in</i>)</p> + +<p>So-o-o, boss—where's that dang critter gone to? I +cal'ate mebbe—</p> + +<p class="center">CORPORAL</p> + +<p>Halt! Get him boys!</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Say! What's the matter—what ye doin'!</p> + +<p class="center">ALL</p> + +<p>Come on! Grab him! +Get hold of him there! +Down with him! (<i>etc.</i>)<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[Pg 22]</a></span></p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN (<i>at same time</i>)</p> + +<p>Hey, you scoundrels! Git off me! Leave me be! I'm a +peaceable man, ye ain't got no right to do this to me—git +off me—git off—I say—hey, leave go my halter!</p> + +<p class="center">SOLDIERS</p> + +<p>Well, ain't this nice, boys. He's brought along a rope for +us to tie him up with, now ain't that thoughtful—here—leave +go the rope.</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Let me up—don't ye tie me up! I'm jest a farmer—out +huntin' a stray cow!</p> + +<p class="center">CORPORAL</p> + +<p>Stray cow, eh? Well, we was huntin' a stray coward! +(<i>laughter</i>) Here give me that whip!</p> + +<p class="center">SOLDIER</p> + +<p>Here ye are, Corporal! Well boys, take a look at him—this +here's Honeyman the Tory. (<i>all comment</i>)</p> + +<p class="center">CORPORAL</p> + +<p>All right, throw him into the boat! General Washington'll +be right pleased to see ye, Mister Honeyman! Come +along—oh, ye won't go, eh—well, fetch him, boys.</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Leave me be! Stop it! The King's men'll make ye pay +fer this.</p> + +<p class="center">ALL</p> + +<p>Hey shut up—grab him Tom—stop that kickin', fetch +him along. (<i>etc.</i>)</p> + + +<h3>ANNOUNCER</h3> + +<p>Protesting and struggling, Honeyman was thrown into +the boat and carried to the Pennsylvania shore of the Delaware. +In the meantime, on that very afternoon of December<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[Pg 23]</a></span> +22, 1776, Washington was holding a council of +war with his staff.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Gentlemen, I regret to inform you that Congress has fled +from Philadelphia.</p> + +<p class="center">ALL</p> + +<p>What? Fled? Left Philadelphia? Too bad! (<i>etc.</i>)</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>I'm sorry! I asked them particularly to stay there, as I +feared the effect on the people of the country. But it +seems that even Congress has lost faith in the army.</p> + +<p class="center">KNOX</p> + +<p>General Washington.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>General Knox.</p> + +<p class="center">KNOX</p> + +<p>We've got to do something to re-establish their faith! +(<i>all agree</i>)</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Yes! But what? Charles Lee is captured—his army +gone—we can't look for any help from that quarter.</p> + +<p class="center">KNOX</p> + +<p>Sir, can't we go back across the river, suddenly—and +strike a blow before the enemy knows what we are up to?</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>We'll have to! It's our only hope. But how, when, and +where? I had hoped that we might get information that +would guide us in our plans. Well, we haven't got it! +Now, much as I hate to make any move without full and +complete information, I don't see what else we can do. +The river will be frozen over in a week or ten days. That<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[Pg 24]</a></span> +means that the enemy can cross over and chase us whither +they please! If we are to do anything, we've got to do +it now! I've called you here to lay this before you. Will +you follow me on a blind chance?</p> + +<p class="center">ALL</p> + +<p>Yes! We will! +You can count on us, sir. (<i>etc.</i>)</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>I want you all to realize that this is a desperate chance. +Failure means—well, we might as well face it—it +means the end of our cause; but success—well, gentlemen, +we can only hope and pray for success! (<i>knock</i>) +Will you see who's at the door, Colonel Reed?</p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>Yes, sir.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Tell whoever it is to come back later—I'm in council.</p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>Yes, sir. (<i>a mumble at the door</i>) +I beg pardon, sir, they've just brought in a prisoner.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Good, tell them to wait outside.</p> + +<p class="center">REED</p> + +<p>They say, sir, it's Honeyman the Tory, and you left orders—</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Honeyman? Excellent! Gentlemen, I must ask you to +leave me.</p> + +<p class="center">ALL</p> + +<p>Yes sir, General, of course. (<i>etc.</i>)<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[Pg 25]</a></span></p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>You may hold yourselves in readiness for action. I'll issue +the orders shortly.</p> + +<p class="center">ALL (<i>going</i>)</p> + +<p>Yes, sir. Very good, sir. (<i>etc.</i>)</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Bring the prisoner in, Colonel Reed.</p> + +<p class="center">REED (<i>off</i>)</p> + +<p>Yes, sir. Bring him in, men.</p> + +<p class="center">VOICES (<i>coming in</i>)</p> + +<p>Here you are—come along. (<i>etc.</i>)</p> + +<p class="center">CORPORAL</p> + +<p>Here he is, General, that Tory you wanted, sir.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Very good, men. You may go.</p> + +<p class="center">CORPORAL</p> + +<p>Can you handle him safe, sir?</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>He seems to be well bound. I think I'll have no trouble.</p> + +<p class="center">CORPORAL</p> + +<p>Yes, sir. Very good, sir. Come on, men. We'll wait outside, +sir.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON (<i>loud</i>)</p> + +<p>Well, Honeyman. We've got you at last, eh?</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN (<i>loud</i>)</p> + +<p>I demand to be set free. Ye'll all answer to yer King fer +this. (<i>door shuts</i>)</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON (<i>low</i>)</p> + +<p>What news?<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[Pg 26]</a></span></p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Across the river in Trenton there ain't but a thousand +Hessians.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Who's commanding?</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Colonel Rall, and he ain't none too keerful—no patrols +up er down the river—nobody at all north of him, and +six miles to the nearest post on the south of him.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Excellent—excellent! We can do it! I'll order the attack +tomorrow night! We'll trap them! We'll fight for +once instead of retreat—we'll—</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Beggin' yer pardon, sir.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Well?</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>If yer figgerin' on attackin', the time is Christmas night!</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Why?</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>On Christmas the Hessians are goin' to git a big issue o' +heavy wine, an' wal'—General—ye know soldiers—I +don't have to say no more!</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Good! Christmas night! Yes that's it! Has Colonel Rall +taken any precautions against surprise?</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Nary a one that I could see. He ain't a mite o' use fer +you er yer soldiers. Ragamuffins he called 'em.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[Pg 27]</a></span></p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Ragamuffins? Yes, they are, poor fellows, but Honeyman, +we'll see—perhaps ragamuffins can fight when +they're given the chance—and with this information, +you have given us our chance!</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Wal', sir, I thought ye'd like to know.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Now, shall I turn you lose, Honeyman?</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>No, General, I figger ye'd better treat me like a prisoner +er I can't be any more use to ye.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>True, very well then. I'll have you put in the guardhouse +and contrive to have you escape.</p> + +<p class="center">HONEYMAN</p> + +<p>Yes, sir.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON (<i>calling</i>)</p> + +<p>Oh, Orderly!</p> + +<p class="center">VOICE (<i>off</i>)</p> + +<p>Yes, sir.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Tell the Corporal who's waiting out there to come in and +take his prisoner to the guardhouse.</p> + +<p class="center">ORDERLY</p> + +<p>Yes, sir—Corporal, come take charge of your prisoner.</p> + +<p class="center">CORPORAL (<i>off, coming in</i>)</p> + +<p>Come on, men! Fall in around the prisoner—and look +sharp that he doesn't try anything—forward march! +(<i>sound of feet receding</i>)<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[Pg 28]</a></span></p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON (<i>to himself</i>)</p> + +<p>Christmas night! Trenton—God be with us!</p> + + +<h3>ANNOUNCER</h3> + +<p>That night, by some unexplained accident, John Honeyman +escaped from the guardhouse and returned to the +British lines, where he continued his valuable service for +the American cause.</p> + +<p>Washington, with the information that Honeyman had +brought him, was able to lay his plans intelligently and +carefully.</p> + +<p>Just after dusk has fallen on Christmas night, Washington +orders his troops to the shore of the river. Snow is +falling and the wind is howling, as Washington and Knox +stand together near the boat landing—(<i>wind and murmur +of crowd with occasional sharp commands in background +through this scene.</i>)</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>This weather ought to help us, Knox.</p> + +<p class="center">KNOX</p> + +<p>Brrr—it's cold enough to keep the Hessians indoors—if +that's what you mean, General.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>The snow will cover our movements.</p> + +<p class="center">KNOX</p> + +<p>Yes—in more ways than one, General.</p> + +<p class="center">VOICE (<i>off</i>)</p> + +<p>First brigade is formed, sir.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Very good. (<i>lower</i>) Order embarkation to begin, Knox.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[Pg 29]</a></span></p> + +<p class="center">KNOX</p> + +<p>Artillery first, sir?</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>No, a company of foot soldiers first to stand guard and +protect the landing.</p> + +<p class="center">KNOX</p> + +<p>Yes, sir. (<i>calling</i>) General Green!</p> + +<p class="center">VOICE (<i>off</i>)</p> + +<p>Yes, sir.</p> + +<p class="center">KNOX</p> + +<p>Send one of your companies across first to stand guard +and protect the landing.</p> + +<p class="center">VOICE</p> + +<p>Very good, sir. Company A, into the boats! (<i>orders and +mob confusion</i>)</p> + +<p class="center">KNOX</p> + +<p>The river looks bad, sir. See all the ice? It looks wicked!</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Ice! Hm—I hadn't foreseen this.</p> + +<p class="center">VOICE (<i>calling</i>)</p> + +<p>General Knox!</p> + +<p class="center">KNOX</p> + +<p>What is it?</p> + +<p class="center">VOICE</p> + +<p>The boatmen say they can't make it, sir.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Can't make it? But they've got to!</p> + +<p class="center">VOICE</p> + +<p>Sorry sir, they say the floating ice<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[Pg 30]</a></span>—</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Call Colonel Glover, Knox!</p> + +<p class="center">KNOX (<i>calling</i>)</p> + +<p>Glover! Colonel Glover! Pass the word for Colonel +Glover. (<i>order repeated several times at different distances</i>)</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>We've got to get across, Knox, we've got to! If this attempt +fails, there's nothing left for us! Nothing!</p> + +<p class="center">KNOX</p> + +<p>We'll get across, sir, if we have to swim.</p> + +<p class="center">GLOVER (<i>coming in</i>)</p> + +<p>Colonel Glover reports, sir.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Colonel Glover, can your regiment of seafaring men +handle our boats in that river?</p> + +<p class="center">GLOVER</p> + +<p>General Washington, my men can handle boats in any +water!</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>The boatmen say they can't cross because of the floating +ice.</p> + +<p class="center">GLOVER</p> + +<p>Sir, my men are <i>sea</i> sailors, not river boatmen—it takes +more than ice to scare them off!</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Good! Put some of them in every boat.</p> + +<p class="center">GLOVER</p> + +<p>Yes, sir.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[Pg 31]</a></span></p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>And you will take general charge of the entire fleet.</p> + +<p class="center">GLOVER</p> + +<p>Very good, sir.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Tell them to listen to General Knox's commands. He is +the only one whose voice can be heard in this storm!</p> + +<p class="center">GLOVER</p> + +<p>Very good, sir! (<i>going out</i>) This way, the Marblehead +regiment! This way to the boats! (<i>mob</i>)</p> + + +<h3>ANNOUNCER</h3> + +<p>For the next nine hours the difficult work of crossing the +ice-filled river went forward. Colonel Glover and his +regiment of seafaring men from Marblehead, Massachusetts, +performed almost miraculous service in landing +every man, horse, and gun without losing anything!</p> + +<p>It was five o'clock in the morning of December 26 when +Washington, now on the Jersey shore of the river, turned +to Knox—(<i>wind and crowd noise</i>)</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Has the last boatload landed, Knox?</p> + +<p class="center">KNOX</p> + +<p>Yes, sir.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Call the men to attention.</p> + +<p class="center">KNOX (<i>calling</i>)</p> + +<p>Call your men to attention!</p> + +<p class="center">VOICES</p> + +<p>Company—company! (<i>etc.</i>) +Attention! First regiment is formed, sir, second—(<i>etc.</i>)<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[Pg 32]</a></span></p> + +<p class="center">KNOX</p> + +<p>The men are formed, sir.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Men, we are about to start upon our most important offensive. +Upon the results of our efforts this morning depends +the outcome of our struggle for liberty and independence.</p> + +<p>I shall take the first brigade and half the artillery with me +down the Pennington road. The rest of the detachment +under command of General Green will take the river road. +It should take us about four hours to reach the outposts of +Trenton. Now, it is necessary for us to attack simultaneously, +so will the officers all set their watches with mine. +It is now just five o'clock and ten minutes. At nine +o'clock, attack!</p> + +<p>Let every man march quietly, keep in good order in the +ranks, give prompt obedience to his officers, and bear in +mind the watchword—<i>Victory or Death!</i> March your +men off!</p> + +<p class="center">VOICES</p> + +<p>First Regiment—Second Regiment—Company—Company—(<i>etc.</i>)</p> + + +<h3>ANNOUNCER</h3> + +<p>Thus, on that cold and stormy December morning, the +half frozen, desperate band of ragamuffin soldiers started +its march toward Trenton—toward its last forlorn hope. +Washington prayed that he might catch the garrison of +Hessians unsuspecting and unprepared; but he feared that +he had taken so long to effect the crossing of the ice-filled +river that he could not surprise the enemy!</p> + +<p>As a matter of fact, warning was sent to Colonel Rall, but +that officer, secure in his belief that no effective force of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[Pg 33]</a></span> +Colonial soldiers could be sent against him, paid no attention +to the warning.</p> + +<p>It was nearly nine o'clock when the Corporal of the advance +guard of Washington's detachment hurried back to +report to the General.</p> + +<p class="center">CORPORAL</p> + +<p>General Washington, we've sighted the enemy outpost.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Good! Halt the brigade, Knox.</p> + +<p class="center">KNOX</p> + +<p>Brigade!</p> + +<p class="center">VOICES</p> + +<p>Company—company! (<i>etc.</i>)</p> + +<p class="center">KNOX</p> + +<p>Halt!</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>It lacks five minutes of the time set! Oh, Corporal—</p> + +<p class="center">CORPORAL</p> + +<p>Yes, sir?</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Did you see any sign of General Green's command on the +river road?</p> + +<p class="center">CORPORAL</p> + +<p>We saw 'em a half hour ago, sir, as we came over that hill +back there.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Were they abreast of us?</p> + +<p class="center">CORPORAL</p> + +<p>Yes, sir, a little ahead of us, sir.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[Pg 34]</a></span></p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Good. General Knox.</p> + +<p class="center">KNOX</p> + +<p>Yes, sir.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>This storm has likely ruined the flintlocks.</p> + +<p class="center">KNOX</p> + +<p>No doubt of that, sir—we'll have to use bayonets.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Order bayonets fixed, and the troops deployed ready to +charge bayonets on command.</p> + +<p class="center">KNOX</p> + +<p>Brigade, fix bayonets! (<i>voices repeat order, etc.</i>) +Shall the artillery lead or follow, sir?</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Follow and take position at the head of every street.</p> + +<p class="center">KNOX</p> + +<p>Very good, sir.</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Hm—two minutes—order the troops deployed.</p> + +<p class="center">KNOX</p> + +<p>Deploy your troops—prepare to charge bayonets! (<i>command +repeated—mob noise as order is obeyed</i>)</p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Keep your ears open for firing—it's nearly time. (<i>musketry</i>)</p> + +<p class="center">KNOX</p> + +<p>There it is, sir!<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[Pg 35]</a></span></p> + +<p class="center">WASHINGTON</p> + +<p>Green has started! Order the charge, Knox! And God be +with us!</p> + +<p class="center">KNOX</p> + +<p>Forward! Charge bayonets! Ho! (<i>a great roar from +the mob as the charge begins</i>)</p> + + +<h3>ANNOUNCER</h3> + +<p>So Washington and his men swept into the village of Trenton, +catching the Hessians totally unprepared! In an hour +and a half it was all over. The disposed army of ragamuffins +put the Hessians to rout! It was the first great +American victory of the Revolution, and its effect was +enormous. The discouraged Colonists suddenly received +new heart. Hope for the cause of independence had a rebirth, +and Washington, instead of fighting a losing battle +alone, found himself the leader of his countrymen in fact, +as well as in name! 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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Washington Crossing the Delaware + +Author: Henry Fisk Carlton + +Editor: Claire T. Zyve + +Release Date: February 27, 2009 [EBook #28205] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE *** + + + + +Produced by Colin Bell, Joseph Cooper, Diane Monico, and +the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at +https://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + + + + + +DRAMATIC HOURS IN REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY + + +Washington +Crossing the Delaware + +BY + +HENRY FISK CARLTON + + +_Edited by_ CLAIRE T. ZYVE, Ph.D. +Fox Meadow School, Scarsdale, New York + + +BUREAU OF PUBLICATIONS +TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY +NEW YORK CITY + + + + +_HOW TO BE A GOOD RADIO ACTOR_ + +The play in this book has actually been produced on the radio. Possibly +you have listened to this one when you tuned in at home. The persons +whose voices you heard as you listened, looked just as they did when +they left their homes to go to the studio, although they were taking +the parts of men and women who lived long ago and who wore costumes +very different from the ones we wear today. + +The persons whose voices you heard stood close together around the +microphone, each one reading from a copy of the play in his hand. Since +they could not be seen, they did not act parts as in other plays, but +tried to make their voices show how they felt. + +When you give these plays you will not need costumes and you will not +need scenery, although you can easily arrange a broadcasting studio if +you wish. You will not need to memorize your parts; in fact, it will not +be like a real radio broadcast if you do so, and, furthermore, you will +not want to, since you will each have a copy of the book in your hands. +All you will need to do is to remember that you are taking the part of a +radio actor, that you are to read your speeches very distinctly, and +that by your voice you will make your audience understand how you feel. +In this way you will have the fun of living through some of the great +moments of history. + + +_HOW TO FOLLOW DIRECTIONS IN THE PLAY_ + +There are some directions in this play which may be new to you, but +these are necessary, for you are now in a radio broadcasting studio, +talking in front of a microphone. The word (_in_) means that the +character is standing close to the microphone, while (_off_) indicates +that he is farther away, so that his voice sounds faint. When the +directions (_off, coming in_) are given, the person speaking is away +from the microphone at first but gradually comes closer. The words +(_mob_) or (_crowd noise_) you will understand mean the sound of many +people talking in the distance. + +Both the English and the dialect used help make the characters live, so +the speeches have been written in the way in which these men and women +would talk. This means that sometimes the character may use what seems +to you unusual English. The punctuation helps, too, to make the speeches +sound like real conversation; for example, you will find that a dash is +often used to show that a character is talking very excitedly. + + + + +Washington Crossing the Delaware + + +_CAST_ + +GENERAL WASHINGTON +COLONEL REED +JOHN HONEYMAN +COLONEL RALL +A CORPORAL +A SOLDIER +GENERAL KNOX +COLONEL GLOVER +MOB +VOICE +ORDERLY + + +ANNOUNCER + +We take pleasure in presenting this story of Washington crossing the +Delaware. The picture of that famous event is familiar to everyone, but +the story of what led up to it, and of its importance in American +history is not so well known. + +The fall and early winter of the year 1776 saw the fortunes of +Washington's army sink very low indeed. Beginning with the defeat on +Long Island in late August, Washington and his army had met reverse +after reverse. They had been forced to retire in succession from +Manhattan to Fort Washington, then across the river to Fort Lee, then +from Fort Lee to Hackensack. This succession of defeats and the enforced +retirements had disorganized and depleted the army. But even worse than +that, it had well-nigh ruined the morale of the civilian population, +whose hearty support was absolutely necessary if the war was to be +carried on. But now, discouraged and disheartened, the mass of the +population gave Washington no help, no encouragement, no cooperation. + +This is the situation on the morning of November 22, 1776, as we begin +our story. Washington is in his headquarters at Hackensack, New Jersey, +when Colonel Joseph Reed, his aide, enters-- + +REED + +Good morning, General Washington! + +WASHINGTON + +Good morning, Colonel, what news? + +REED + +Not much, I'm afraid, sir. + +WASHINGTON + +Have we no information of the British movements yet? + +REED + +None! + +WASHINGTON + +What's the matter with our intelligence service? + +REED + +It's completely disrupted, sir; and we can get no help from the civilian +population. + +WASHINGTON + +I know--they've lost all faith in us, Colonel. Nothing but a victory can +bring us again the loyalty and help of our own people! It's +discouraging, Colonel, to think that now when we need it more than ever +before, we can get no help! + +REED + +Sir, if we could only turn and strike a quick blow, we might recapture +Fort Lee. + +WASHINGTON + +Yes--if I only knew what force of the enemy is holding the Fort, and +when Lord Howe expects to bring the rest of his army across the Hudson. + +REED + +Well, we don't know that! + +WASHINGTON + +And without an intelligence service we can't find out! Of course if +General Lee would join me--there wasn't any word from Lee this morning, +was there? + +REED + +None, sir. + +WASHINGTON + +Oh, why doesn't he answer? Why doesn't he come? It's been more than a +week now since I ordered him to join me at once! Have you heard any +rumor about him? Has he left Peekskill yet? Has he crossed the Hudson? + +REED + +I haven't heard a word. He hasn't even acknowledged the last half dozen +orders I've forwarded to him. + +WASHINGTON + +That's the most discouraging thing of all! If the second in command +won't obey orders, is it any wonder that the rest of the army is out of +hand? Oh, well! We can't hope to do anything without Lee's help, so +there's nothing for us to do but retreat-- + +REED + +Again? + +WASHINGTON + +Yes, Colonel, our small force is uselessly exposed here. We can't risk +capture--that would be the end of everything! + +REED + +Yes, sir. + +WASHINGTON + +If Lord Howe crosses the Hudson in force, we'd be trapped between the +Hackensack and the Passaic Rivers. + +REED + +I'm afraid so, sir. + +WASHINGTON + +So--we've got to begin our retreat at once. + +REED + +The troops are ready to move, sir. It shouldn't take us long to get out +of danger with our small force. + +WASHINGTON + +Yes, yes, that's one advantage of a small army, isn't it, Colonel? At +least we can retreat rapidly! I suppose the force we have is even +smaller today than it was yesterday? + +REED + +I'm afraid so, sir. The morning report showed less than five thousand +present and fit for duty! + +WASHINGTON + +If we only had Lee's seven thousand! But we haven't. You may order the +retreat at once, Colonel. + +REED + +Yes sir, over what route? + +WASHINGTON + +We'll move across the Acquackonack bridge, and thence to Newark. + +REED + +Yes, sir. I'll write the orders, sir. (_rattle of paper_) + +WASHINGTON + +Colonel John Glover with his Marblehead regiment will cover the retreat +as usual. + +REED + +Yes, sir. And the advance? + +WASHINGTON + +Knox and his artillery will lead. We mustn't lose our guns--the few we +have left. + +REED + +Yes, sir. + +WASHINGTON (_half to himself_) + +Retreat--retreat--retreat! Is there nothing else in store for us? + +REED + +Will you sign these, sir? + +WASHINGTON + +Yes--the quill. + +REED + +Here you are, sir. + +WASHINGTON + +Thank you. (_rattle of paper_) You may send the orders at once, Colonel. + +REED + +Yes, General. (_calling_) Orderly! + +VOICE + +Yes, sir. + +REED + +Deliver these orders at once! + +VOICE + +Yes, sir. + +WASHINGTON + +I suppose it's useless to send another order to Lee. + +REED + +We can send one--I don't think it will have any effect. + +WASHINGTON + +He ought to be informed of where we're going--yes, write him again, tell +him we're retreating to Newark-- + +REED + +Very well, sir--and after Newark? + +WASHINGTON + +Retreat again I suppose. New Brunswick--Trenton--across the Delaware +into Pennsylvania. + +REED + +Yes sir, if we have any army left by then. + +WASHINGTON + +We have some loyal souls who will stand with us to the end. We may have +to retreat to the back country of Pennsylvania; but winter is coming, +Lord Howe is not an energetic foe, and he will hardly press us after the +snow falls. Then if we can fill up our depleted ranks we'll be ready for +him in the spring. + +REED + +Oh, General, if we could only make one stand against the enemy! Make one +bold stroke to put new heart into our discouraged countrymen! + +WASHINGTON + +I know--I know, Colonel! If Lee would only obey my orders! + +REED + +Very little hope of that! + +WASHINGTON + +I know--and I can't understand his motives! + +REED + +Why sir, they're perfectly plain to me--and to the rest of the army. + +WASHINGTON + +Indeed? + +REED + +Certainly--he wants to discredit you--to bring about your failure--so +that he can succeed to your command! + +WASHINGTON + +So--? (_pause_) Well, if Lee can bring victory where I have failed, I'll +be only too glad to step down in his favor. + +REED + +Sir, I beg of you, you mustn't even entertain such a thought, why +General Lee could no more--(_knock_) + +WASHINGTON + +Will you see who it is, Colonel. + +REED + +Yes, sir--(_mumble at a distance, then out loud_) General, there's a man +here who wants to see you. + +WASHINGTON + +Who is it? + +REED + +He refuses to give his name, and says his business is private. + +WASHINGTON + +Tell him to come in. + +REED + +Yes, sir--(_off_) Come on in, the General will see you. + +HONEYMAN + +Thankee--thankee, sir. I'm obleeged to ye, sir. (_in_) Be ye General +Washington? + +WASHINGTON + +I am, and what can I do for you? + +HONEYMAN + +Wal'--General--if ye don't mind--er--er-- + +WASHINGTON + +Yes? + +HONEYMAN + +I'd like to see ye alone--sir--it's important! + +WASHINGTON + +Alone? Oh, very well, Colonel-- + +REED + +I'll go, sir. + +WASHINGTON + +Write that letter to Lee. + +REED (_going_) + +Yes, sir. (_door closes_) + +WASHINGTON + +Now, what is it? + +HONEYMAN + +Wal', here I be, General-- + +WASHINGTON + +Yes? + +HONEYMAN + +An' I've had tarnation's own time gittin' here--I cal'ate half yer army +stopped me an' wanted to know my name an' my business--an' they wasn't +goin' to let me in when I wouldn't tell 'em. But it takes more'n that to +stop John Honeyman when he gits sot on doin' something. + +WASHINGTON + +Your name is John Honeyman? + +HONEYMAN + +That's me, sir, an' I promised Marthy--that's my wife, sir--that I'd +come to see ye--and I come, an' here I be! + +WASHINGTON + +And what can I do for you, Mr. Honeyman? + +HONEYMAN + +Nary a thing, General Washington. + +WASHINGTON + +Then what--? + +HONEYMAN + +I come to make ye an offer. + +WASHINGTON + +Well? + +HONEYMAN + +I'm in a way to find out a lot o' things that's goin' on in the British +Army. + +WASHINGTON + +So? + +HONEYMAN + +Aye, ye see, I'm a butcher. + +WASHINGTON + +Well? + +HONEYMAN + +An' I've got a contract to supply the redcoats with beef. Now they think +I'm a good Tory! But General, I ain't! + +WASHINGTON + +I'm glad to hear that! + +HONEYMAN + +An' I figgered that mebbe I could find out things an' tell ye about +'em--if we could fix things up. + +WASHINGTON + +How much do you want for your information? + +HONEYMAN + +No! No! General! I ain't tryin' to sell ye nothin'! + +WASHINGTON + +I beg your pardon, Mr. Honeyman. But I have so many insincere offers. + +HONEYMAN + +I know--I know! I hear folks talk. They think I'm a Tory! Wal', sir, I +want they should keep on a-thinkin' it! I cal'ate if I'm a-goin' to be +any use to ye, nobody must know I ain't a rip-roarin' all-fired Tory. + +WASHINGTON + +Certainly! + +HONEYMAN + +An' that's the why I wouldn't tell none o' yer men what my name er my +business was. + +WASHINGTON + +Mr. Honeyman, you've shown extraordinary good sense! You're exactly the +man I've been looking for! I'm in desperate need of reliable +information. And I believe you're the man to get it for me. + +HONEYMAN + +I cal'ate I be. + +WASHINGTON + +Have you any information now? + +HONEYMAN + +A mite. + +WASHINGTON + +Well? + +HONEYMAN + +Lord Cornwallis is bringin' 15,000 men across the Hudson tonight, to git +ye. + +WASHINGTON + +We'll be gone. + +HONEYMAN + +That's fu'st-rate! Now I'll be goin'--an' I'll keep ye informed when I +know anything ye ought to know. + +WASHINGTON + +Just a moment, Honeyman. How are you going to get your information to +me? + +HONEYMAN + +Wal', I figger I might come to see ye-- + +WASHINGTON + +No, you'd be sure to excite suspicion. + +HONEYMAN + +I'd be as keerful as could be. + +WASHINGTON + +No--I mustn't even let my own men know you're working for me. + +HONEYMAN + +Wal'--ye might have me captured now an' agin--tell yer men I'm a +notorious Tory--an' have 'em be on the lookout fer me particular! Then +when I've got something fer ye, I'll put myself in the way o' gittin' +captured. + +WASHINGTON + +Good! That's an excellent idea. I'll have to give you a pretty bad name +with my troops. + +HONEYMAN + +Pshaw--I don't mind that, sir. + +WASHINGTON + +And I don't know how I can reward you. + +HONEYMAN + +I don't need no reward to help ye, General Washington, I got a duty to +do that!--There's only jest one thing, sir-- + +WASHINGTON + +Yes? + +HONEYMAN + +I'd sorta--er--kinda like my wife an' children protected from +the--wal'--the results o' my bein' an active an' notorious Tory. + +WASHINGTON + +Of course. + +HONEYMAN + +Ye see, I don't mind what folks think o' me, but Marthy--that's my wife, +sir--she an' the young un's might git--wal'--treated pretty shabby. + +WASHINGTON + +I understand. I'll give you an order for them to use in case of +necessity. + +HONEYMAN + +Would ye--er--sign it yerself, General? + +WASHINGTON + +Certainly! Here--I'll write it now. (_rattle of paper_) Let's +see--(_slowly_) "To the Good People of New Jersey and all others it may +concern: It is ordered that the wife and children of John Honeyman of--" +Where's your home? + +HONEYMAN + +Grigstown, sir. + +WASHINGTON + +"--of Grigstown, the notorious Tory now within the British lines and +probably acting the part of a British spy, should be protected from all +harm and annoyances. This is no protection to Honeyman himself." Is that +satisfactory? + +HONEYMAN + +I cal'ate that covers it, sir. + +WASHINGTON + +Very well, I'll sign it--(_signing_) There you are, sir. + +HONEYMAN + +I'm much obleeged to ye, sir. + +WASHINGTON + +No, Honeyman, I'm the one who is your debtor. Good day, sir. + +HONEYMAN + +Good day, General Washington. Next time ye see me I'll be yer prisoner. + + +ANNOUNCER + +And John Honeyman left Washington's camp to set about making his +position secure with the British. He became one of the regular meat +contractors for Cornwallis's army, which pursued Washington across the +state of New Jersey during the next month. + +Washington did not hurry his retreat, but he always got away. Finally +about the first of December, he came to Trenton, where he halted for a +week and sent men up and down the river to collect all the boats on the +Delaware. He knew that he would be forced to retreat into Pennsylvania; +and he proposed to leave no means for the enemy to follow him. On +December 8, 1776, the British advance, which consisted of a brigade of +Hessians under Colonel Rall, entered Trenton; but as usual, Washington +was half a day ahead of his pursuers, and as the Hessians entered the +village, the rear guard of the Americans was just entering the last of +the boats, and safely pulled away to the Pennsylvania shore! Lord Howe, +who had joined Cornwallis, sent out men to look for boats, but none +could be found. The weather turned cold. Lord Howe was uncomfortable; so +he decided to put his troops into winter quarters and let the pursuit +go. He had done enough for one season! + +He and Cornwallis arranged to scatter the troops about New Jersey to +hold that territory, while they went back to New York to enjoy the +winter. + +Trenton was left in charge of Colonel Rall and his brigade of Hessians. +On December 22, John Honeyman drove a small herd of cattle into Trenton, +left them standing in front of headquarters, as he went up and knocked +on the door. (_knocks_) + +RALL (_off_) + +Come in! Come in! + +HONEYMAN + +Mornin', Colonel Rall! + +RALL + +Oh, it's you, Honeyman! + +HONEYMAN + +Aye, it's me--an' I got some cattle out front here fer yer +Quartermaster. + +RALL + +Well, that's good news--my men will be glad to see that beef! Now we can +give 'em a Christmas dinner that'll _be_ a Christmas dinner! + +HONEYMAN + +All ye need now, Colonel, is a mite o' wine, eh? + +RALL + +Never fear, we've got the wine! + +HONEYMAN + +Wal', ye kin have a fu'st-rate Christmas then. + +RALL + +Yes sir! With roast beef and two hogsheads of fine wine--we should do +very well. + +HONEYMAN + +Two? Pshaw, is that all? + +RALL + +Why--what's the matter with that? + +HONEYMAN + +Two hogsheads won't go so far with a whole brigade. + +RALL + +Oh, I haven't got a whole brigade. + +HONEYMAN + +Ye ain't? + +RALL + +No, just a thousand men, that's all! Why sir, they can all get roarin' +drunk on the ration I'll issue 'em. + +HONEYMAN + +An' like as not they will, eh, Colonel? + +RALL (_chuckling_) + +Well, Honeyman, what do you expect o' soldiers? Christmas you know--and +out here in this God-forsaken place. Let 'em get drunk, I say. There's +nothing else to do. + +HONEYMAN + +Wal', Colonel, I cal'ate 'tain't often ye find a better officer than ye +be! I'd like to serve under ye! + +RALL + +Well, if you want-- + +HONEYMAN + +Yes, sir. I'd do it if I wasn't helpin' along things in my way by +roundin' up food fer the king's men. Wal', mebbe ye better sign fer +these critters out in front an' I'll be gittin' along. I got to hike +over to the next post. Er--by the way--how fer is it to the next +detachment o' troops? + +RALL + +Oh, about six miles south. + +HONEYMAN + +Six miles, huh? How fer to the next one north? + +RALL + +Nobody north of us. + +HONEYMAN + +Eh, nobody north? + +RALL + +No, I'm command of the flank. This is the last post. + +HONEYMAN + +I cal'ate that makes a lot o' hard work fer ye, Colonel? + +RALL + +Hard work? + +HONEYMAN + +Sure, don't ye have to patrol up an' down the river, an' sich like +things? + +RALL (_laughing_) + +What for? + +HONEYMAN + +Wal', after all, there's _some_ o' the enemy left, ain't there? + +RALL (_laughing_) + +A half-a-dozen starved ragamuffins. What could they do to my trained +Hessians? + +HONEYMAN (_joining in the laugh_) + +Not much, I cal'ate! Ye ain't in much danger, an' that's a fact! + +RALL + +If we had some boats we'd soon make short work of them. But confound the +rascals, they made away with all the boats. + +HONEYMAN + +Ye ain't got no boats, eh? + +RALL + +Not a one! + +HONEYMAN + +Ye ain't built none, eh? + +RALL + +Why should we? + +HONEYMAN + +Wal'--if ye want to git across the river-- + +RALL + +Oh, we'll get across as soon as the river freezes over. We'll get the +last o' the rebels then. + +HONEYMAN + +Wal', Colonel, good luck to ye. But I hope ye won't be in too big a +hurry to capture all the rebels! + +RALL + +Eh, what's that? + +HONEYMAN + +Er--I'll be out of a job; and so'll ye be, Colonel! + +RALL + +Yes, that's right too. Well, let's have a look at your cattle and I'll +sign for 'em. + +HONEYMAN + +Come on--you fu'st, sir. + +RALL + +Thanks--hm--how many did you say there were? + +HONEYMAN + +There's twenty-two critters there--er, there was when I drove 'em up. + +RALL + +Hm--they look a little scrawny. + +HONEYMAN + +Best I could git, Colonel! + +RALL (_counting_) + +Two--four--five--seven--ten (_etc._) Hm--twenty-one's all I make, +Honeyman. + +HONEYMAN + +Twenty-one? Pshaw now--did one o' them critters go trapsin' off. (_he +counts_) Yes sir, that's just what's happened. Wall--sign fer the +twenty-one, an' I'll go out lookin' fer that other critter. + +RALL + +Here you are--let me have that bill--(_rattle of paper_) Twenty-one in +good condition, signed--Rall. There you are. Hope you find the other +one. + +HONEYMAN + +Thankee--where's that road off to the left go? + +RALL + +That--oh, that's the river road. + +HONEYMAN + +I cal'ate the critter musta gone that way. + +RALL + +Better keep a sharp lookout if you go down that way. + +HONEYMAN + +Eh? What fer? + +RALL + +Some o' those ragamuffin rebels might be on this side of the river. + +HONEYMAN + +Pshaw now--ye don't say! They come across the river, do they? + +RALL + +Yes, once in a while. But they don't dare bother us. But they might pick +up a civilian. + +HONEYMAN + +Oh, I cal'ate I kin take keer o' myself. I got my whip and this halter. + +RALL (_laughing_) + +That ought to be enough to scare 'em away from you! + +HONEYMAN (_going_) + +They'll figger I'm the hangman come out to git 'em--fetchin' my halter +along! (_he and_ RALL _laugh_) + + +ANNOUNCER + +So Honeyman started down the river road, cracking his whip and swinging +his halter. A couple of miles down the road, four Continental soldiers +were in hiding. They had been sent out with instructions to pick up a +prisoner, if possible, and bring him into Washington's headquarters for +the purpose of securing information. As Honeyman drew near their place +of hiding in the brush alongside the river road, the men heard the +snapping of his whip. (_crack of whip_) + +CORPORAL (_low_) + +What's that? + +SOLDIER + +Don't know, sounds funny. See anything, Corporal? + +CORPORAL + +There, I see him! Huh, it's just a farmer crackin' his driving whip. + +SOLDIER + +Yah, I see him. What's he got in his other hand? + +CORPORAL + +Looks like a piece o' rope. + +SOLDIER + +A halter! Look, Corporal! + +CORPORAL + +Yep. A halter. Well, no use stoppin' him. Lie low. We want to get one o' +them Hessians. By George, though, I'd like to have that whip. + +SOLDIER + +What for? + +CORPORAL + +To use on the Hessians we're goin' to git! + +SOLDIER + +You bet. Them mercenaries ought to be whipped out o' the country! +Shootin's too good for 'em--we'd ought to-- + +CORPORAL + +Sh! He's gettin' closer. + +SOLDIER + +Say! I know that fellow. + +CORPORAL + +Yah? What about it? Keep quiet, I said! + +SOLDIER + +No! Listen, Corporal, we got to capture him. + +CORPORAL + +Why? + +SOLDIER + +The General issued orders about him. + +CORPORAL + +Who is he? + +SOLDIER + +Honeyman! + +CORPORAL + +Honeyman the Tory? + +SOLDIER + +That's who it is. Let's grab him. + +CORPORAL + +Men! (_several voices respond_) We're going to take this fellow. All +right now--lie low--and when I give the signal, jump! + +HONEYMAN (_off, coming in_) + +So-o-o, boss--where's that dang critter gone to? I cal'ate mebbe-- + +CORPORAL + +Halt! Get him boys! + +HONEYMAN + +Say! What's the matter--what ye doin'! + +ALL + +Come on! Grab him! Get hold of him there! Down with him! (_etc._) + +HONEYMAN (_at same time_) + +Hey, you scoundrels! Git off me! Leave me be! I'm a peaceable man, ye +ain't got no right to do this to me--git off me--git off--I say--hey, +leave go my halter! + +SOLDIERS + +Well, ain't this nice, boys. He's brought along a rope for us to tie him +up with, now ain't that thoughtful--here--leave go the rope. + +HONEYMAN + +Let me up--don't ye tie me up! I'm jest a farmer--out huntin' a stray +cow! + +CORPORAL + +Stray cow, eh? Well, we was huntin' a stray coward! (_laughter_) Here +give me that whip! + +SOLDIER + +Here ye are, Corporal! Well boys, take a look at him--this here's +Honeyman the Tory. (_all comment_) + +CORPORAL + +All right, throw him into the boat! General Washington'll be right +pleased to see ye, Mister Honeyman! Come along--oh, ye won't go, +eh--well, fetch him, boys. + +HONEYMAN + +Leave me be! Stop it! The King's men'll make ye pay fer this. + +ALL + +Hey shut up--grab him Tom--stop that kickin', fetch him along. (_etc._) + + +ANNOUNCER + +Protesting and struggling, Honeyman was thrown into the boat and carried +to the Pennsylvania shore of the Delaware. In the meantime, on that very +afternoon of December 22, 1776, Washington was holding a council of war +with his staff. + +WASHINGTON + +Gentlemen, I regret to inform you that Congress has fled from +Philadelphia. + +ALL + +What? Fled? Left Philadelphia? Too bad! (_etc._) + +WASHINGTON + +I'm sorry! I asked them particularly to stay there, as I feared the +effect on the people of the country. But it seems that even Congress has +lost faith in the army. + +KNOX + +General Washington. + +WASHINGTON + +General Knox. + +KNOX + +We've got to do something to re-establish their faith! (_all agree_) + +WASHINGTON + +Yes! But what? Charles Lee is captured--his army gone--we can't look for +any help from that quarter. + +KNOX + +Sir, can't we go back across the river, suddenly--and strike a blow +before the enemy knows what we are up to? + +WASHINGTON + +We'll have to! It's our only hope. But how, when, and where? I had hoped +that we might get information that would guide us in our plans. Well, we +haven't got it! Now, much as I hate to make any move without full and +complete information, I don't see what else we can do. The river will be +frozen over in a week or ten days. That means that the enemy can cross +over and chase us whither they please! If we are to do anything, we've +got to do it now! I've called you here to lay this before you. Will you +follow me on a blind chance? + +ALL + +Yes! We will! You can count on us, sir. (_etc._) + +WASHINGTON + +I want you all to realize that this is a desperate chance. Failure +means--well, we might as well face it--it means the end of our cause; +but success--well, gentlemen, we can only hope and pray for success! +(_knock_) Will you see who's at the door, Colonel Reed? + +REED + +Yes, sir. + +WASHINGTON + +Tell whoever it is to come back later--I'm in council. + +REED + +Yes, sir. (_a mumble at the door_) I beg pardon, sir, they've just +brought in a prisoner. + +WASHINGTON + +Good, tell them to wait outside. + +REED + +They say, sir, it's Honeyman the Tory, and you left orders-- + +WASHINGTON + +Honeyman? Excellent! Gentlemen, I must ask you to leave me. + +ALL + +Yes sir, General, of course. (_etc._) + +WASHINGTON + +You may hold yourselves in readiness for action. I'll issue the orders +shortly. + +ALL (_going_) + +Yes, sir. Very good, sir. (_etc._) + +WASHINGTON + +Bring the prisoner in, Colonel Reed. + +REED (_off_) + +Yes, sir. Bring him in, men. + +VOICES (_coming in_) + +Here you are--come along. (_etc._) + +CORPORAL + +Here he is, General, that Tory you wanted, sir. + +WASHINGTON + +Very good, men. You may go. + +CORPORAL + +Can you handle him safe, sir? + +WASHINGTON + +He seems to be well bound. I think I'll have no trouble. + +CORPORAL + +Yes, sir. Very good, sir. Come on, men. We'll wait outside, sir. + +WASHINGTON (_loud_) + +Well, Honeyman. We've got you at last, eh? + +HONEYMAN (_loud_) + +I demand to be set free. Ye'll all answer to yer King fer this. (_door +shuts_) + +WASHINGTON (_low_) + +What news? + +HONEYMAN + +Across the river in Trenton there ain't but a thousand Hessians. + +WASHINGTON + +Who's commanding? + +HONEYMAN + +Colonel Rall, and he ain't none too keerful--no patrols up er down the +river--nobody at all north of him, and six miles to the nearest post on +the south of him. + +WASHINGTON + +Excellent--excellent! We can do it! I'll order the attack tomorrow +night! We'll trap them! We'll fight for once instead of retreat--we'll-- + +HONEYMAN + +Beggin' yer pardon, sir. + +WASHINGTON + +Well? + +HONEYMAN + +If yer figgerin' on attackin', the time is Christmas night! + +WASHINGTON + +Why? + +HONEYMAN + +On Christmas the Hessians are goin' to git a big issue o' heavy wine, +an' wal'--General--ye know soldiers--I don't have to say no more! + +WASHINGTON + +Good! Christmas night! Yes that's it! Has Colonel Rall taken any +precautions against surprise? + +HONEYMAN + +Nary a one that I could see. He ain't a mite o' use fer you er yer +soldiers. Ragamuffins he called 'em. + +WASHINGTON + +Ragamuffins? Yes, they are, poor fellows, but Honeyman, we'll +see--perhaps ragamuffins can fight when they're given the chance--and +with this information, you have given us our chance! + +HONEYMAN + +Wal', sir, I thought ye'd like to know. + +WASHINGTON + +Now, shall I turn you lose, Honeyman? + +HONEYMAN + +No, General, I figger ye'd better treat me like a prisoner er I can't be +any more use to ye. + +WASHINGTON + +True, very well then. I'll have you put in the guardhouse and contrive +to have you escape. + +HONEYMAN + +Yes, sir. + +WASHINGTON (_calling_) + +Oh, Orderly! + +VOICE (_off_) + +Yes, sir. + +WASHINGTON + +Tell the Corporal who's waiting out there to come in and take his +prisoner to the guardhouse. + +ORDERLY + +Yes, sir--Corporal, come take charge of your prisoner. + +CORPORAL (_off, coming in_) + +Come on, men! Fall in around the prisoner--and look sharp that he +doesn't try anything--forward march! (_sound of feet receding_) + +WASHINGTON (_to himself_) + +Christmas night! Trenton--God be with us! + + +ANNOUNCER + +That night, by some unexplained accident, John Honeyman escaped from the +guardhouse and returned to the British lines, where he continued his +valuable service for the American cause. + +Washington, with the information that Honeyman had brought him, was able +to lay his plans intelligently and carefully. + +Just after dusk has fallen on Christmas night, Washington orders his +troops to the shore of the river. Snow is falling and the wind is +howling, as Washington and Knox stand together near the boat +landing--(_wind and murmur of crowd with occasional sharp commands in +background through this scene._) + +WASHINGTON + +This weather ought to help us, Knox. + +KNOX + +Brrr--it's cold enough to keep the Hessians indoors--if that's what you +mean, General. + +WASHINGTON + +The snow will cover our movements. + +KNOX + +Yes--in more ways than one, General. + +VOICE (_off_) + +First brigade is formed, sir. + +WASHINGTON + +Very good. (_lower_) Order embarkation to begin, Knox. + +KNOX + +Artillery first, sir? + +WASHINGTON + +No, a company of foot soldiers first to stand guard and protect the +landing. + +KNOX + +Yes, sir. (_calling_) General Green! + +VOICE (_off_) + +Yes, sir. + +KNOX + +Send one of your companies across first to stand guard and protect the +landing. + +VOICE + +Very good, sir. Company A, into the boats! (_orders and mob confusion_) + +KNOX + +The river looks bad, sir. See all the ice? It looks wicked! + +WASHINGTON + +Ice! Hm--I hadn't foreseen this. + +VOICE (_calling_) + +General Knox! + +KNOX + +What is it? + +VOICE + +The boatmen say they can't make it, sir. + +WASHINGTON + +Can't make it? But they've got to! + +VOICE + +Sorry sir, they say the floating ice-- + +WASHINGTON + +Call Colonel Glover, Knox! + +KNOX (_calling_) + +Glover! Colonel Glover! Pass the word for Colonel Glover. (_order +repeated several times at different distances_) + +WASHINGTON + +We've got to get across, Knox, we've got to! If this attempt fails, +there's nothing left for us! Nothing! + +KNOX + +We'll get across, sir, if we have to swim. + +GLOVER (_coming in_) + +Colonel Glover reports, sir. + +WASHINGTON + +Colonel Glover, can your regiment of seafaring men handle our boats in +that river? + +GLOVER + +General Washington, my men can handle boats in any water! + +WASHINGTON + +The boatmen say they can't cross because of the floating ice. + +GLOVER + +Sir, my men are _sea_ sailors, not river boatmen--it takes more than ice +to scare them off! + +WASHINGTON + +Good! Put some of them in every boat. + +GLOVER + +Yes, sir. + +WASHINGTON + +And you will take general charge of the entire fleet. + +GLOVER + +Very good, sir. + +WASHINGTON + +Tell them to listen to General Knox's commands. He is the only one whose +voice can be heard in this storm! + +GLOVER + +Very good, sir! (_going out_) This way, the Marblehead regiment! This +way to the boats! (_mob_) + + +ANNOUNCER + +For the next nine hours the difficult work of crossing the ice-filled +river went forward. Colonel Glover and his regiment of seafaring men +from Marblehead, Massachusetts, performed almost miraculous service in +landing every man, horse, and gun without losing anything! + +It was five o'clock in the morning of December 26 when Washington, now +on the Jersey shore of the river, turned to Knox--(_wind and crowd +noise_) + +WASHINGTON + +Has the last boatload landed, Knox? + +KNOX + +Yes, sir. + +WASHINGTON + +Call the men to attention. + +KNOX (_calling_) + +Call your men to attention! + +VOICES + +Company--company! (_etc._) Attention! First regiment is formed, sir, +second--(_etc._) + +KNOX + +The men are formed, sir. + +WASHINGTON + +Men, we are about to start upon our most important offensive. Upon the +results of our efforts this morning depends the outcome of our struggle +for liberty and independence. + +I shall take the first brigade and half the artillery with me down the +Pennington road. The rest of the detachment under command of General +Green will take the river road. It should take us about four hours to +reach the outposts of Trenton. Now, it is necessary for us to attack +simultaneously, so will the officers all set their watches with mine. It +is now just five o'clock and ten minutes. At nine o'clock, attack! + +Let every man march quietly, keep in good order in the ranks, +give prompt obedience to his officers, and bear in mind the +watchword--_Victory or Death!_ March your men off! + +VOICES + +First Regiment--Second Regiment--Company--Company--(_etc._) + + +ANNOUNCER + +Thus, on that cold and stormy December morning, the half frozen, +desperate band of ragamuffin soldiers started its march toward +Trenton--toward its last forlorn hope. Washington prayed that he might +catch the garrison of Hessians unsuspecting and unprepared; but he +feared that he had taken so long to effect the crossing of the +ice-filled river that he could not surprise the enemy! + +As a matter of fact, warning was sent to Colonel Rall, but that officer, +secure in his belief that no effective force of Colonial soldiers could +be sent against him, paid no attention to the warning. + +It was nearly nine o'clock when the Corporal of the advance guard of +Washington's detachment hurried back to report to the General. + +CORPORAL + +General Washington, we've sighted the enemy outpost. + +WASHINGTON + +Good! Halt the brigade, Knox. + +KNOX + +Brigade! + +VOICES + +Company--company! (_etc._) + +KNOX + +Halt! + +WASHINGTON + +It lacks five minutes of the time set! Oh, Corporal-- + +CORPORAL + +Yes, sir? + +WASHINGTON + +Did you see any sign of General Green's command on the river road? + +CORPORAL + +We saw 'em a half hour ago, sir, as we came over that hill back there. + +WASHINGTON + +Were they abreast of us? + +CORPORAL + +Yes, sir, a little ahead of us, sir. + +WASHINGTON + +Good. General Knox. + +KNOX + +Yes, sir. + +WASHINGTON + +This storm has likely ruined the flintlocks. + +KNOX + +No doubt of that, sir--we'll have to use bayonets. + +WASHINGTON + +Order bayonets fixed, and the troops deployed ready to charge bayonets +on command. + +KNOX + +Brigade, fix bayonets! (_voices repeat order, etc._) Shall the artillery +lead or follow, sir? + +WASHINGTON + +Follow and take position at the head of every street. + +KNOX + +Very good, sir. + +WASHINGTON + +Hm--two minutes--order the troops deployed. + +KNOX + +Deploy your troops--prepare to charge bayonets! (_command repeated--mob +noise as order is obeyed_) + +WASHINGTON + +Keep your ears open for firing--it's nearly time. (_musketry_) + +KNOX + +There it is, sir! + +WASHINGTON + +Green has started! Order the charge, Knox! And God be with us! + +KNOX + +Forward! Charge bayonets! Ho! (_a great roar from the mob as the charge +begins_) + + +ANNOUNCER + +So Washington and his men swept into the village of Trenton, catching +the Hessians totally unprepared! In an hour and a half it was all over. +The disposed army of ragamuffins put the Hessians to rout! It was the +first great American victory of the Revolution, and its effect was +enormous. The discouraged Colonists suddenly received new heart. Hope +for the cause of independence had a rebirth, and Washington, instead of +fighting a losing battle alone, found himself the leader of his +countrymen in fact, as well as in name! In crossing the Delaware, +Washington had saved the cause of American independence! + + + + * * * * * + + +Transcriber's Notes + +Page 8: Changed You're to Your. 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