Source 1

The army was ragtag, barely trained,

half-starving and woefully unequipped.
The group was also hardly united for too much of the war and led by
generals often squabbling, undermining, or fighting with each other.
There were no established protocols for exercising coordinated
authority, for supplying and feeding the troops, for transportation, or
any other of the myriad tasks necessary for a field army.
Source 2
The sheer magnitude of the task and the lack of an established
supply system guaranteed that serious problems of procurement
and distribution would ensue at least initially.

Rhode Island, obtained a small supply of powder, lead, and arms in

early September, but the purchase of small quantities could not
begin to fill the need. Critical shortages of arms, gunpowder, and
ammunition appeared not only in Massachusetts, where the British
army was encamped, but in Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York,
Pennsylvania, and even Virginia. Gunpowder had been sent to
Cambridge from Connecticut and New York the previous June,
leaving the latter colony, in Washington's words, "almost destitute of
that necessary Article."

In August teams of horses, carriages, and wagons had been hired to

supplement those owned by the Continental army; by the following
October the same items were impressed into service as hiring
became more difficult due to the demands of the New England
harvest.

Source 3
The army faced many problems with organization, money, and transportation.
Congress and the states were not able to raise the money needed to run the war
effort.
Army supplies, such as clothing and blankets, arrived late or not at all and food was
often spoiled or damaged.

Source 4

The Quartermaster General's Department, which was

responsible for the procurement of tents, spades, shovels,
and other camp equipage and of all transportation facilities,
was in utter confusion.

By January troubles originating in these two departments of

the Army were taking up almost as much time in Congress
as were all other matters put together.

"Almost every species of camp transportation," it declared,

"is now performed by men, who patiently . . . yoke
themselves to little carriages of their own making or load
their wood and provisions on their backs."