Each state seemed fearful of doing too much, and of taking upon itself a larger portion of the common burden than was borne by its neighbour.
The resolutions of congress had called for an army of thirty-seven thousand men, to be in camp by the first of January.

Had this requisition been made in time, it is not probable that so large a force could have been brought into the field; but it was made late, and then the difficulties and delays on the part of the several states, exceeded every reasonable calculation.

The regular force drawn from Pennsylvania to Georgia inclusive, at no time, during this active and interesting campaign, amounted to three thousand effective men; and the states from New Hampshire to New Jersey inclusive, so late as the month of April, had furnished only five thousand infantry.
Of these, the returns for that month exhibit, in the northern department, less than three thousand effectives.

The cavalry and artillery, at no time, amounted to one thousand men.

This small army was gradually and slowly augmented so as, in the month of May, to exhibit a total of near seven thousand men, of whom rather more than four thousand might have been relied on for action.
The prospects for the campaign were rendered still more unpromising by the failure of supplies for the support of the troops.