<P> Increasing military efficiency , morale , and discipline were as vital to the army 's well - being as its supply of food and arms . The army had been handicapped in battle because unit training was administered from a variety of field manuals , making coordinated battle movements awkward and difficult . The soldiers were trained , but not uniformly . The task of developing and carrying out an effective training program fell to Baron Friedrich von Steuben , a skilled Prussian drill master who had recently arrived from Europe . He tirelessly drilled the soldiers , improving their battle and formation techniques greatly ; more importantly , he gave them their morale back , which had been lost in the hopeless winter . </P>
<P> Increasing military efficiency , morale , and discipline were as vital to the army 's well - being as its supply of food and arms . The army had been handicapped in battle because unit training was administered from a variety of field manuals , making coordinated battle movements awkward and difficult . The soldiers were trained , but not uniformly . The task of developing and carrying out an effective training program fell to Baron Friedrich von Steuben , a skilled Prussian drill master who had recently arrived from Europe . He tirelessly drilled the soldiers , improving their battle and formation techniques greatly ; more importantly , he gave them their morale back , which had been lost in the hopeless winter . </P>
who showed up as winter ended and helped train the continental army
who showed up as winter ended and helped train the continental army
Baron Friedrich von Steuben
Baron Friedrich von Steuben