Ethan Allen demanded the surrender “in the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress.” The New England historian Channing suggested forty per cent of the population as a fair percentage to be considered “militant revolutionists.” The Medical Department during the whole Revolution presents mostly a picture of quarrelling doctors and incompetency. The news of the passing of the Declaration was received with wild rejoicing throughout America. Bells were rung in the churches, bonfires blazed, and untold quantities of liquor were drunk to innumerable toasts. Many of the New Jersey and Maryland militia marched off to their homes, and the American Army dwindled to less than 3000 soldiers whose enlistment would be up in a month.