CHAPTER X.

Difficulties in filling up the Army—The Connecticut Troops persist in going Home—Their reception there—Timely Arrival of Spoils in the Camp—Putnam and the Prize Mortar—A Maraud by Americans—Rebuked by Washington—Correspondence of Washington with General Howe about the treatment of Ethan Allen—Fraternal zeal of Levi Allen—Treatment of General Prescott—Preparations to Bombard Boston—Battery at Lechmere’s Point—Prayer of Putnam for Powder 100