[Excerpt:] This will be presented to you by Major General the Baron Steuben. I am certain you are well acquainted with the reputation of his abilities, and that it has been owing to him that a substantial discipline has been established in the American Army so as to render it equal to any point of service. The Baron is particularly attached to the cause of America, and has expended much money, in supporting himself in it. But he has exhausted such means as he could readily associate, and can no longer live without pay, to obtain which he now goes to Philadelphia. His importance to us, is too great, to be deprived of his services on account of the small sum of money necessary to his purpose ....