I asked you because, if you like, I can attach you to myself.

I often want a mounted messenger; and, of course, as a volunteer, you would mess with me." "I should like it above all things," James said thankfully.
"Then we will at once go to the tent of the officer commanding this company," Washington said, "and enroll you as a volunteer." On reaching the tent, Washington dismounted and led the way in.
"Captain Hall," he said, "this is a young English gentleman, who will shortly have a commission in the king's army, but, in the meantime, he wishes to see a little brisk fighting, so he is to be enrolled as a volunteer in your company; but he is going to obtain a horse, and will act as a sort of aide-de-camp to me." Captain Hall at once entered James's name as a volunteer on the roll of his company.
"Do you know of anyone who has a good horse for sale ?" Washington asked.
"Yes," the captain replied, "at least, there was a farmer here half an hour ago with a good-looking horse which he wants to sell.

I have no doubt he is in the camp, still." Captain Hall went to the door of the tent, and told two of the men there to find the farmer, and tell him he had a purchaser for his horse.
Ten minutes later the farmer came up, and James bought the horse, Captain Hall doing the bargaining for him.
"Now," Washington said, "we will go round to the storekeeper I spoke of, and deposit the best part of your money with him.

I should only take a pound or two, if I were you, for you will find no means of spending money when you once set forward, and, should anything happen to you, the Indians would not appreciate the value of those English notes of yours.

You will want a brace of pistols and a sword, a blanket, and cooking pot--that is about the extent of your camp equipment.".