Milford chronicle., 1910-01-21
4 PLEA FOR OLD SOLDIERS

AS long ago as July 18th, 1864,
a regiment of one thousand men.
mainly composed of the very best
citizens Of the State of Delaware,
were enrolled in the city of Will
mington and accepted into the SER
vice of the Government, at that
time passing through the throes of
a life and death struggle for its ex-
istance. Of the many regiments of
the State engaged in putting down
the Rebellion, no more patriotic
band Of soldiers than the Seventh
Delaware Volunteers, put on the
blue during the Nations struggle.
Among those who enlisted in the
ranks of this regiment, was good
ly number of men, possessing means
and influence; men who made great
sacrifices for no other motive than
of patriotism a sense of duty to their
country. In this regiment, as pri-
vate soldiers were such men as
Hoe. Jacob Moore. a prominent
lawyer of Georgetown, well known
throughout the State, whose legal
practice amounted to many thous-
ands annually. A K. Hall of Mil
ford. whose business operations as
q dealer in lumber and building
material, were the most extensive
of any other dealer in Kent County
at that time. George Z. Tybout,
a wealthy land owner and farmer of
New Castle County though past the
meridian of life, was in the ranks
as a common soldier.
When the necessity for forming
the regiment arose, Mr.. Tybouls
farmland offered to join it in de-
fence of his country, but Mr. Ty-
bout objected, saying: You must
not 60; l will go in your place, ,
you must stay here and attend to
the farm; if go and am killed my |
family is we'll provided for, while if
you go and were killed your wife
and family would be left destitute
The regiment contained many more
such as these, but very many more
of a different class, so far as wealth
and influence were concerned.
Many were farm hands, mechanics
clerks and common laborers, from
the common walks of life through
out the State And it is for the
small surviving number of this
class that we are now making this
appeal. Ofthe one thousand men
OF that regiment, perhaps eighty
FIVE per cent have gone to answer
the muster-roll of the Eternal
Camping Ground" OF the few
who are now living, most OF them
are we'll advanced in years; none of I
them less than sixty, some past ,
seventy FIVE years OF age. +
The capricious little goddess,
Fortune, has dealt with them very
sparingly while she has lavishly be- !
slowed upon others, no more de- {
serving, with a bountiful hand
This partiality is clearly shown by
the Governments treatment of the {
seventh Delaware Volunteers. 1t {
IS contended that they have no sta /
tus as soldiers, Notwithstanding
they were in the service of the p
United States, the full time of their +
and were honerably dis f
charged.
Soon after the disbanding of the 8
Seventh Regiment, the ninth Reg &
ment was formed, ostensibly for the 81
Of guarding Fort Delaware
out really for political purposes. y
The project had its inception in the "
brain of a shrewd Delaware polite n
an, who at that time had more in p
iuence with President Lincoln, s.
md his Secretary of War, Edwin D
". Stanton, than any other one "
nan in Delaware. al
1t was seen that by this maneu- p
,er, the impending draft could be a
.verted and the votes of the Regi- ,
nent secured for the election of a.
S64. With this incentive the ex W
itement was so great that many W
early stumbled over each other to p'
ct enrolled. But some of them,
owever, before the expiration Of
heir time, rued the day of their pa vi vi
riotic exponsal. But ever since GGol
he Congressional act of June 27th, ST
500, however, they have compla- sF'SS
iently chewed their cuds (quids) sssE
nd drawn their pensions. While S.