The National tribune., 1901-07-18

issued a second call for 100000 volunteers
and preparations upon grand and exten
siye scale were Immediately made 70
the enlistment, quartering, and equipmen
of the quota of the several States.
The enthusiasm of the people of Mas
sachusetts was of the first order Flag:
were flung to the breeze from public build
ings and private dwellings in every par
of the Capital of Massachusetts; recruiting
offices were opened, and large handblll:
posted in every place of prominence IL
Boston. The excitement and enthusiasm
throughout the city were intense, and en-
lstments rapidly progressed. Such was
the state of affairs when, early in the
month of April, Capt. Cass, then com
manding the Columbian Association, pro
posed to the Governor of Massachusetts
10 raise an Irish regiment for three years,
under the call of the President of the
United States, or for a longer period if
they were required.
The proposition of Capt. Cass was con-
sdered by the Governor, and in short
time cordially accepted; and, furnished
with the documents authorizing the organ
ization, Capt. CaSs made immediate prep
aratiOnS for the formation of regiment,
opened recruiting offices under the control
of competent gentlemen, and in short
time the enlistments were SO rapid as to
give every augury of success. Agents were
dispatched TO every part of Massachusetts,
and able speakers created an influence IN
favor of the great work that soon es-
tablished military ardor which placed
the success of the regiment beyond ques-
tion. The writer can recall many in
stances where men, Stalwart and robust
young lrishmen, Travelled many miles on
foot for the purpose of enlisting in Capt.
Cass's Irish Regiment" men who, having
read of the glory of The Old Brigade"
felt tiugling in their veins the martial ar
dor that actuated the Irish eXiles in
France when, under the feur-de-lis they
won so much glory, and shed SO much
blood.
1t is not wonderful that with material
like this the Irish Ninth would win
imperiShable renown.
Many of our best soldiers were men Of
family and position, comfortably situated,
who entered the service from feelings Of
pure patriotism and warm affection for
Government under which they had long
lived and their children had been born.
To them the Stars and Stripes was a
beautiful emblem; and if they could not
love it as dearly as their own native green,
they could fight for it as bravely, and
shed their blood for it as freely, as any
'to the manor born"
The process of induction at that time
was exceedingly rapid; a man was en-
liSlGu; DelOIt luG StOu, pIO-
nounced fit or unfit for military service;
If accepted sent to a boarding house-for
the State had no barracks-and the next
day initiated into the mysteries of the
hrst position of a soldier, which initiation
sometimes made the joints crack and pro-
voked the innocent exclamation, "Ah! but
it the diyil's own way TO Stand.' and
when told to be silent, would obey you
by saying, Sure, I'm not spanking, sur"
h.. LaI ,I,l L.
undoubtedly true.
RECRUITS AND RECRUITING.
When the recruit was perfect in the
preliminary, he would be tried in the seri-
GUS and complex right face This
movement, in the outset, gave rise to a
medley of queer turns and twists. One
would face by the left, and look with an
expression of gratifed pride upon his
face into the eyes of his neighbor, whose
position was correct, feeling perfectly sat
isfed that he was right and his comrade
wrong. When corrected, his face would
assume a very sheepish expression, and
with q droll twinkle in his eye, he would
say, Was it by the right We name? o,
well do it over agin." This time you
would command left face" and, sure
enough, the gallant fellow would face by
the right. The countenance of the Irish
1hile on drill-more solemn than that of
the Jew who declares himself swindled
in the midst of his richest bargain The
Irish recruit is, notwithstanding, a very
rapid learner, and more readily grasps
the principles of movement than the
soldiers of other nations.
Recruiting in Boston at that time was
not the dreary routine it afterwards be-
came; the excitement was very great and
enlISfmapfS randi ha
fcer had many serious obstacles to con-
tend with. Not having a proper place of
security for the recruits, many of them
growing restless, would become invisible
some for a time, and some foreyer-Ieay-
ing you the genial employment of liqui-
dating sundry board bills, and mentally
reckoning the brokerage value of sundry
little loans, which, when your martial heart
oYertoW-ed with generosity, you had kindly
transferred from your own pocket to that
OF the falthless invisible. However, these
were minor trials, and we all got used to
them, and in a short time became in
our own cOnceit, 'uncommonly sharp on
the recruit
In the short period of three weeks the
Irish Regiment, then unnumbered and
without name, was called together at the
rooms of the Columbian Association,
which had been kindly rendered by that
patriotic body for the purpose, and there
II was equalized and formed into compan-
les, and arrangements made for the cleo
tion of officers, which took place at the
rooms Of the Columbian Association. and
at the temporary barracks in LindalI
street. The election concluded, the officers
passed the ordeal Of examination-and Or
deal 1T was, in more senses than one-at
the State House, and in a short time re-
ceiyed the State commissions from His
Excellency, Gov. John A. Andrews. As
these commissions were received by the
original founders of the regiment. we feel
1t our duty TO append the following roster
Of names:
Thomas Cass, Colonel; G. G. RoweII,
Lieutenant-Colonel; Robert Peard,. Major:
Peter Pineo, Surgeon; Patrick A. O'Con-
nell, Assistant Surgeon; Thomas Scully.
Chaplain; George w. Perkins, Adjutant:
Michael Seaman, Quartermaster; James
u. Gallagher, Captain, Co. A: Christopher
Piunkett, Captain, Co. h; William Madi-
gan, Captain, Co. G.; James j. Pendergast.
Captain, Co. ID; NJ. III. Mcnamara, Can
tain, Co. Z; Edward Fitzgerald, Captain.
Go. +; John Carey, Captain, Co. G: Jere-
miah ONiell, Captain, Co. II: Ber-
nard S. Treanor, Captain. Co. L;
George W. Dutton, CAPTAIN. Co, K:
Francis O'Dowd, First Lieut.. Co. a.:
Patrick I. Hanley, First Lieut., Co. B:
John w. Mahan; First lieutenant. Co
c; Archibald Simpson. First Lieuten.
ant Co. d; james Z. McCaffertv.
Jr., First Lieutenant, Co. E; Timothy
OLeary. First Lieutenant, Co. f; John
M. Iobin, First Lieutenant, Co. G.;