AARON sTEUBEN.
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 baron von; distinguished Prussian offi- cer, who attached himself to the American cause in the revolution of 1776. He had been aid-de-camp to Frederic the Great, and had attained she rank oflieutenant gen- eral in his army. Sacrificing his bonors and emoluments in Europe, Steuben came to America in 1777, and rendered his ser- vices to Congress, as a volunteer in the ar- my, without claiming any rank or compen- sation. He received the thanks ofshat boz .dy, and joined the main army under the commander in chief at Valley FoSge.--- Barren Steuben soon rendered himself par ticularly useful to the Americans, by dis .ciplining the forces. On the Tecommen- dation of fgeneral Washington. congress. in May, TITS, appointed the baron inspector general of the army, with the rank of ma jor general. His efforts in this capacity were continued with remarkable diligence. until he had placed she troops in $ sifua- ton to withstand the enemy. In the es- timate of the war office, 5000 muskets were generally allowed for waste and desirnc- sion of ihe army; but such was the exact order under tbe superinlendence of Steu- ben, that in his inspection return, but three muskots were deficient, and these accoun-