Connecticut western news., 1911-06-22
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 Bounty Jumpers Who Dfdn
BY E. s. ROBERTS

Oomrades Afeer you were SC
 Forts Worth. William and Elswortsa much as soldiers are ever settled, is wsS more drill. Commands were quite dtterz changed without changing the locs6iou of those. commanded. It was Tyler's Brigade, then DeRussy's
 The command was extended from Alexandria to Georgetown, covering the defences of Washington as we'll as Alex andria Then about the middle of Sep tember- the command changed again. this time under Col. H. L. Abbott, who was colonel of the first o. V. H. A. and who now commanded the Brigade.
 You remained in these forts through the winter. During this time every e. fort possible to improve your efiotency in handling big guns was carried qzE. and it proved effectual. You wei re- member the review by General Barry. chief of Artillery, and the careful tn- spection that he gave your Regiment. All mistrusted that this inspection would determine whether you could wear the red or not But good report must have been made to the powers at Washington. for in November an order was isened changing you from an Infantry ts Aa Artillery Regiment, dropping the ns.mo "I9th Regiment Infantry" and takiax the name of Second Connecticut Volzs- teer Heavy Artillery" under wiaich name you finished your service
 An order was issued from Washinxaan to all up the Regiment to a maximum Artillery standard. You remember Lew big you felt and it did not take you long to shed the blue trimmings and don the red. Some sewed on the red trtsnmiRgx themselves. and you had some tailors la the Regiment. You will rememberWH- liam e. Gardener of F. Company, wta was first-class tailor and earned auiar bit of money taking off the blue. stra5a and chervons and putting on the cod And soon after an order was issued de tailing Lieutenant Benjamin F. Hosford with one from each company to go ta Connecticut and obtain recruits Co All up the regiment. The writer of these inee was fortunate enough to be the one from Company F. This detail was inmedi- ately on their way to Ccnnecticut- Headquarters were established in tk@ Brewster building in New Haven aisd each sallied out to different parts Of ths state with authority to enlist any wka were anxious to do their country henar by entering the service in regimeax that stood high in efficiency in dasII. and possibilities of it's remaining iR tha defencea of Washington, ana the big bounties, soon filled up the quota called for, and soon recruits were on their WAY to New London, then by boats to Waxh- ington.
 Before February the Regiment had reached the number of about l9oe. A goodly number of them never calculated to do much service but were simply bounty jumpers. Many of them had to be shut in the bomb.proofs and guaid house to keep them over night. The greater part of them were better class. but you know that quite number wers the worst class possible and only enlisted under assumed names, to get the bounty and take the first opportunity to skip. and they made use of every chance pre- sented. for over two hundred skipped by May 1st and were shrewd enough, wits the aid of rebel Alexandrians, to erads arrest.