STEUBEN, FREDERICK WILLIAM

AUGUST US, BARON (1730-94), a German general of the American revolutionary army, offered his services to Congre in 1777 after a wide experience gained in European wars. -Besides drill- {ng and organizing raw troops, he i ued | a treatise on tactics, 1779, and spent his private fortune in providing uniforms for his men. As major-general he took part in the siege of York town, 1781