<P> Washington appointed von Steuben as temporary inspector general . He went out into the camp to talk with the officers and men, inspect their huts, and scrutinize their equipment . Steuben established standards of sanitation and camp layouts that would still be standard a century and a half later . There had previously been no set arrangement of tents and huts . Men relieved themselves where they wished and when an animal died, it was stripped of its meat and the rest was left to rot where it lay . Steuben laid out a plan to have rows for command, officers and enlisted men . Kitchens and latrines were on opposite sides of the camp, with latrines downhill side . There was the familiar arrangement of company and regimental streets . </P> <P> On May 5, 1778, on General Washington's recommendation, Congress appointed Steuben inspector general of the army, with the rank and pay of major general . Internal administration had been neglected, and no books had been kept either as to supplies, clothing or men . Steuben became aware of the "administrative incompetence, graft, war profiteering" that existed . He enforced the keeping of exact records and strict inspections . His inspections saved the army an estimated loss of five to eight thousand muskets . </P> <P> Steuben picked 120 men from various regiments, to form an honor guard for General Washington, and used them to demonstrate military training to the rest of the troops . These men in turn trained other personnel at Regimental and Brigade levels . Steuben's eccentric personality greatly enhanced his mystique . In full military dress uniform, he twice a day trained the soldiers who, at this point, were themselves greatly lacking in proper clothing . </P> <P> As he could only speak and write a small amount of English, Steuben originally wrote the drills in the German dialect of Prussian, the military language of Europe at the time . His secretary, Du Ponceau, then translated the drills from Prussian into French, and a secretary for Washington translated it to English . They did this every single night so Washington could command his soldiers in the morning . Colonel Alexander Hamilton and General Nathanael Greene were of great help in assisting Steuben in drafting a training program for the Army . The Baron's willingness and ability to work with the men, as well as his use of profanity (in several different languages), made him popular among the soldiers . It is here he met his reputed future lover, Captain Benjamin Walker . Upon meeting Walker for the first time he exclaimed "If I had seen an angel from Heaven I should not have more rejoiced ." Within weeks, Walker was Steuben's aide - de-camp . </P>

Who contributed his own money to the patriot cause and served in the continental army without pay