Litchfield enquirer., 1870-03-31
A Rogus Soldier

A Bogus Soldier
 EDITOR OF THE ENoUrRER:-We wish to call your attention to letter in the last Sentinel. pufporting to come from soldier in Company l. of the old Nineteenth Reg iment. Its writer claims to have enlisted on the 9th of August, 1862, and to have lost an arm at Cold Harbor. Now, but four soldiers enlisted into that company on { that day: Lieut.. Betts, who resigned in 1862; Sergeant Bradley, who became an officer in the colored troops. and was not at Gold Harbor at all; Sergeant Orton, mor- tally wounded at Winchester; and Timo- thy F. Walsh, !" missing" at Hatcher's Run, ] in 1865. Furthermore, but two of that company suffered amputation of the arm for wounds at Cold Harbor: Abner Ben- nett and William Gregg (Vail's History, pages 226. T bota of sohom .csre recrxits to the 2d Artillery; one enlisting Dec. 26, 1863. and the other, Jan. 28. 1864.
 If any more were WantinR to prove that the letter is bogus, it would be found in the serious mistakes into which it's writer has fallen, and which no old soldier of the Nineteenth would have made: He puts the battle of Gold Harbor. and the death of Col. Kellogg. on the tweLfh of June, 1864; whereas, 1t occurred on the first He also mentions "North" and "Wild" as among the defences of Washington, when, in point of fact, there were no such forts there. @
 If the editor of the Sentinel, or any of his numerous assistants, wish to personate, for political purposes, disabled soldiers of our county regiment, it would be well for them to study It's history little more close ly, in order to make their fraud less appa- rent to those who were members of that glorious old corps. Does the Sentinel think to impose upon us with such trash? Bah!
 MEMBERS OF THE 2D ARTILLERY.
 For the Enquirer.
 Enticing Away Dometios
 Not long since, the following language in law-book fell under my eye:
 "An action on the case may be main- "tained by master against any person who ''has enticed away his apprentice or serrant, ''after notice"
 Would it not be well to commend this law to the attention of some selfish ones in this community? There are those so ut- terly regardless of the golden rule, that they need little human law for their gui- dance. Others need it for their protec- tiou. It is said, some have the assurance to go boldly to their neighbors' houses to entice away domestics. while others do indirectly that which they are ashamed to do directly. Such it would be useless to remind of the command, Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours man servant, nor his maid-servant;" but the application to them of little civil law might improve their manners, if not their morals. 0.
 B% MT. T. M. Waller is evidently out of place among the fossils. He ought to be B.;~ s:-~~tur,t to hull sela,-..a e-, n, era house. The way he shocked Water bury antediluvian, and tells the story af- forwards, is extremely Fisky:-
 This afternoon Green Kenarick said to me- "Young man, say to the people that they are ta- king away the rights of the states!" Sir said I, they don't care. Meetings to-day want amuse- ment and merriment to stir their feet rather than their hearts. "Then," said Green Kendrick, this country is indeed in danger; if the people, knowing what has been done, are not aroused, they are lost."
 How beautifully the light comedy of Waller contrasts with the heavy tragedy style of Kendrick!