The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-07-21
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THE YOUNG CAPTAIN.
OR.
One Way 10 Get Recruits.


Durlng the year d IL recruiting became
vcry backward and money was lav.shcd by
cities. corporations. and countie, ~ ORDER
20 TIL 'h"ir accredited qnoias to avoid a
draft ty"rt d.yic. wa used iu order 20
induce ihe Young men % enlist. bn' 10 little
avail. Many WAYS wer" cnncocted IN order
20 tli the ragk- but III. following. tnid ot
. Young captain 10 the 81 Vernon, Iuiant.
~. deserve, particular attention. as u not
"uly gives proof. but decidedly demonstrate
that capialu Clayton wa. "a fighting man
Captain CLAYTON ofthc 81 Vermont In.
hnirv. hlvlug last most OF hi- men ia the
battles before Frederick i.burg. went home
, tr order 10 enlist enough recru,te- 10 Gll
b. company - the maximum required by
army -Hles Arriving "a, home he ait int.
eel "a rend-zous ~ the village ofP.. not far
rom his res druce. aud here spent week
4 looking about ia" country IL order 600 -'ir
'h" men up - "a lighting point. Accord
ingiy d" had large notices placed 10 consp.
cu"us places. calling on the j,oieiaf a..t to
asse'nblr o. HI" village OFF. cu O certain
-'e' ing. ~ the appointed tine he found
iai-- humber assembled bnt no; one
could be induced 10 enlist lie talked 20
them concerning the Importance Of the
meeting nnd lmporiuned them IN his mos;
, eloquent manner 10 sign ih" roll and he
regularly mustered into the service. bu' all
"a no purpos" After somc hours Of un.
fuiful labor be- concluded 10 dismiss them
aud appoint another Jay. 10 which he would
address them again. 4 rendezvous was
appointed, aud they left the ground
~ the appointed time, neAt day, there
came the same crowd Of athletic men with
many who had not been present a, the Dre.
vious meeting but his labors were crowned
with no better success 10 the secGring of
recruits Iban they had been the day before
What could he Eesuli be . Why was il
that no che uow Joined the service These
were questions b. asked himself without
lrrivng AZ an answer /, wasthe frst time
daring the Aar that an officer had been un.
successful N his State--heretofore they had
been eager 10 JOIN the army in support Of
American liberties and the great cause Of
the mon. What Wa the matter IL.
concluded somsihlng must be wroug and
was determined, II possible. To know the
reason. Being genius IN his way hv de.
termiued TO ferret out the cause of .uch un.
readiness 10 respond 10 the calls Of the men
IN the Geld TO Oh the ranks. and aid in
the suppression vi the Rebellion. conse.
queuily he called one OF the rusics aside
aud inquired Of him what was the reason
he could get no recruits:
You sln't 20 green 10 think answered
the clodhopper. that We j. going to jne
your regiment. and 'lisi under such man
as YOU ~ Ious dressed too 6ne for Ne
you ain A, no Gghleg. cure.
To be sure the captain was dressed ~ u
new uniform. and had IN his hat a large os.
trch feather. commonly worn by officers of
his rank. and even by those ofa niger grade
during the war aud in this dress OF fne
clothes lay hi, unpopularity with the men
the reason be did not SECURE recruits -
After listening 10 tho c0untryman's words
he remarked
Aud YOU objec, 10 my hne dress. do
YOU Come here tomorrow and ! will
show you change aud perhaps will be
able TO Oh my company with recruits
True 10 the call. tue next day the same
| crowd had assembled. augmented by trw
more than was present the previous day.
all seeming anxious 10 know what the Van.
kee captain had 20; into HE head After
the crowd had assembled, the captain step.
ped out before them and said IN clear.
loud voice
Gentleman aud iriend,. / understand
that you object 10 enrolling yourselves 10
my company because of nay tne dress-ihat
Yourselves Nou have an idea that | am
unable TO iight--that am coward on that
/ ncconnt. have proposition 20 mako to
YOU. II is this | will whip fairly one az
time. as many ss will come out. with
tn, understanding that every one van.
qush is 10 enlist Choose your men aud
send them outlet your best men come
iirsi. one A. a time
After u few moments con sultation. u
large. broad shoulderci fellow came out.-a
genuine rough aud ready sort Of a fellow
who. hen compared with the officer, seem.
ed Ilercul-.. The captain nothing daunt.
cd. drew OF his coat very cody placed IL
on The chair beside him. and stepped 10.
wards the countryman. lie vas a stout.
broad.shonldered. well propori oned Han.
not very tail and "A superior boxer The
cOuntryman rushed towards the officer as
/ il were. intending TO brush him out in u
few moments. but II appeard he sadly
mistook his man, and soon measured hi
length upon the ground
Tho crowd of counirymen started they
( had no idea such man could fght be-
! had. however. enlisted his man. and must
/ not be allowed 10 proceed further. Couse.
/ qnently the bully Of tho crowd stepped
out To take the officer iu hand, and show
/ TO the lockers on that no one wearing
brass buttons could whip him. lie was
very rough. large handed fellow, weighing
over two hundred pounds, and boasted that
be had never been whipped in fair fight,
! particularly by any one near bis weight
The art ofsparring. however, he knew moth
ing about aud be- very soon followed HE
companion. aud lay stretched upon the
grace. Never was 4 crowd so strictly con.
founded, their best men being whipped by
q young fellow from the city. They could