The army was often on short commons, lacking alike food for the men and fodder for the horses; the powder was poor, the axes useless, the tents and clothing nearly worthless; while the delays were so extraordinary that the troops did not make the final move from Fort Washington until mid-September.
[Footnote: St.Clair Papers, II., 286, Report of Special Committee of Congress, March 27, 1792.] Wretched Condition of St.Clair's Army.
St.Clair himself was broken in health; he was a sick, weak, elderly man, high minded, and zealous to do his duty, but totally unfit for the terrible responsibilities of such an expedition against such foes.

The troops were of wretched stuff.

There were two small regiments of regular infantry, the rest of the army being composed of six months' levies and of militia ordered out for this particular campaign.

The pay was contemptible.

Each private was given three dollars a month, from which ninety cents was deducted, leaving a net payment of two dollars and ten cents a month.