Quote Originally Posted by MMI View Post
Precisely, but if you just want to answer your own questions, perhaps there’s no point in my responding. Would you allow people with a history of rebellion travel to a volatile country without giving assurances of loyalty? George Washington, I would add, would also have sworn an oath of loyalty when he joined the British Army’s Virgina Regiment – but he broke his word. The MacDonalds were clearly more honourable than he, and America should draw lessons from that: that loyalty is an admirable thing, and when one gives one’s word of honour, one should be bound by it.
Seems as Washington's oath of military service is not a true issue. Unless you'd like to claim it succeeds discharge.
"Late in 1757, Washington reluctantly returned to his home at Mount Vernon, having failed to overcome a long bout with dysentery. His health improved enough for him to rejoin his soldiers in the spring campaign of 1758. Later that year he joined John Forbes in his march on Fort Duquesne. A somewhat disillusioned Washington resigned his command a few months later." (http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1191.html)