The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-01-22

Itasca, Iosco, Niagara, Huron, Odana,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT!
On Tuesday last seven Companies of
our Regiment were filed to the requisite
number, and over, and were mustered iu-
TO the United States service by Capt. H.
R. Miner, U. s. A. Three more remain
to be filed before we can consider our
selves complete as to numbers. do not
remember how many, but probably from
one hundred and fifty to two hundred men
will vet be required. Lately we have had
large accessions from Ingham and Shia-
wassee counties, and altogether they are
a fine body of men. Military discipline
and the regular daily drill will make ef-
fective the brain, and bone, and sinew, of
this body of men in way creditable to
themselves and the State. The will is
here, alive and earnest, for patriotic sol
diery. How many men can be sent from
Grand Haven't
The women of this city have regularly
organized societies, the object of which is
10 prepare and send such articles as sol
diers need, which the army regulations do
not provide, and for the sick and suffering
in the hospitals. Many choice box of
such blessings are sent from here to the
Regiments now on the field. Nor are Ve
forgotten in their labor of love, for our
need of many of the comforts of life has
drawn heavily upon their sympathy, and
we are ready to vouch for their thought
fulness and liberality. We hope to be
remembered by that bevy of girls in your
village who so industriously planned and
schemed, and plead, and worked "for the
soldiers" in that room, up stairs, in the
building near the Post-Office Don't for
get the 18th Michigan Infantry, when
you are packing up and sending off those
heavy boreS). But as this sounds like
"passing around the hat" I'll say no
more on this subject. I'll begin with Up
SLANT once more.
You need not think that our whole
time is occupied in admiring our quarters,
and drilling, and finding fault with the
name of the city, and in begging for
socks, and towels, and mittens, for the sol
diers, or for sheets, &C., for the hospital.
No indeed. We find time for laugh
now and then, although | may not make
the laugh come, or you see the place
where it comes in. I'll give this commu-
nication variety by an attempt TO call ur
an item or two that Icertainly did laugh
at. Among the recruits brought to the
Surgeon for examination was n gcniu;
from Old Erin-keen, witty, but rs i'm
pcrturbably sedate in his utterances a:
solemnity itself. He passed good cx
animation till the Doctor took off his hat
and noticed he was slightly bald. " How
is this! You are young man-no
thirty yet, and bald!" Patrick raised hi
hand in the true military style, aye
honor, it's merely the effect Of vilainou
practice | had in me younger days of car
rying Jreeks an my hat"
The Surgeon one day had examined
! sixty recruits, was tired, of course, ant
) was congratulating himself that his worl
was done for that day, in that line, whel
stalwart six-footcr presented himself 70
} examination. The doctor omitted askin,
him what Company he belonged TO, bu
told him TO strip off his clothes, an
, made critical examination as he is al
ways sure TO do, found him all righI
tough and hearty and would make cap
tai soldier. "What Company do 20
belong to, sir?" with Yankee twang,
"Nary Company, Doctor; | come int
teown this afternoon 10 sell n load {
wood, and happened round this way, an
| kinder tho't I'd step in and see if
was Sound" "Sound Clear out {
herew And the Doctor kicked hi
: clothes into the street, and Sawney SUI
prisingly went out in search of them, nc
approaching the Doctors haste, any NOR
than tho doctor did Sawney's turn {
f of mind
o We have been very fortunate in hay
@ ing the experience and skill of Col. Ja
r. Smith, Of the U. S. Army, afforded u
2 to instruct our corps in drill. In the eve
4 ming the commissioned officers are Assem-
o bled in "Follett Hail." and three hour