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Before dawn on May 10, 1775, Ethan Allen, Revolutionary irregular, led 83 soldiers, mostly Green Mountain Boys of his own recruiting, across Lake Champlain. On the way Allen and Benedict Arnold wrangled profanely as to who was to command. They landed under the Grenadiers' Battery at Fort Ticonderoga. As the clear sky reddened into the day the American troopers, drawn up in three ranks, marched up to the British fort's sally port. The red-coated sentinel's fusee missed fire. The invaders pushed headlong and shouting into the walled parade ground...
...Allen: "In the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress." Thus fell Fort Ticonderoga for the first time (it was recaptured later by the Brit ish) and thus Ethan Allen made his fame as a Continental trooper. More important than the 48 soldiers taken prisoner was the capture of 100 cannon with great stores of ammunition which, the following year, helped General Washington drive Lord Howe from Boston...
...Despite Ethan Allen's blustering exploits, no real portrait or likeness of him is known to exist. Last week was posted a $250 reward for such a picture by Walter Butler Mahony, publisher and editor of the North American Review and John Pell, associate editor, Allen biographer, scion of the family that has owned the Fort Ticonderoga site for more than a century. Explained Mr. Pell...
During the summer months several students in the Department of Military Science availed themselves of the opportunity to spend some enjoyable and instructive months at the Revere Officers' Training Camp at Ticonderoga, N. Y. The camp, which is located at Fort Ethan Allan lies among the historic and scenic hills of upper New York...
...feels the influence of the Army, and within the barriers such signs as "Speed Limit Twelve Miles per Hour." "Government Property" all confirm the impression of smooth organization. However, a spirit of friendliness prevails once the first awe is overcome, and there is no such thing as monotony at Ethan Allan...