Within weeks Steuben drilled the men to march in formation, load muskets, and fix bayonets and soon revised the army's drill manual, with Hamilton acting as translator and editor.
A very few minutes only were necessary to parade a few files, and to dispatch an orderly with a flag to announce the approach of the commandant of the fort.
The basket was the one which on workdays held Adam's and Seth's dinner; and no official, walking in procession, could look more resolutely unconscious of all acquaintances than Gyp with his basket, trotting at his master's heels.