Then turning to the son he added:
“The part you have played in this notable victory has proved, my lad, that you are the worthy son of a worthy sire. In my report to the Congressional committee I shall recommend that you be given a captain’s commission.”
“And what for my three comrades?” the young scout asked eagerly. “I assure you they never once failed me, and two of them risked their lives to save me from death. The other would have been with them in that undertaking had not his duty called him elsewhere. If need be, give me nothing, but bestow on them some evidence that you appreciate their faithful work.”
“I leave it for their captain to make them warrant officers in his own command,” was the smiling reply.
“They shall have, then, the highest places I can give them,” Phil said stoutly, “and I can safely promise that you will hear good tidings from them.”
A promise which was made good under General Lincoln when he took command of the army in the south.
THE END.
Footnotes
[1]Major General Philip Schuyler, at this time commander of the army of the north, with headquarters at Fort Edwards, N. Y.
[2]Major General Arthur St. Clair, at this time commander of Fort Ticonderoga.