Connecticut western news., 1912-03-28
SECOND HEAVIES AT HOME
Comrade Roberts Ends His Interesting
 War "Reminiscences.

War "Reminiscences.
 RYE. $. ROBERTS
 Comrades You remember that the goat episode did not go down with the Officer of the Day. He imagined that it was put up on him. He was very nice and fussy so. as I was held respon- sible for the conduct of the boys and hearing must be had for the poor o. D. did fare rather hard, hearing was held next day, in the barracks, to find out who turned the goat in. It seemed that the goat was chained up at nearby house. How the goat got into the bar racks was the question. My room was at the opposite end from the door where the goat entered and I heard nothing until heard the boys yelling. got up and looked over the partition separating my room from the main barracks Mis- siles were flying in every direction and pandemonium reigned when the O. D. appeared on the scene, and Mir. goat squared for O. D. and when he got through with him MT. O. ID. looked rather worsted.I The goat was finally secured, but just as full of fight as at the beginning. The boys enjoyed the whole fraoas. The hearing resulted as thought it would-no one knew how the goat got in, but sorry looking lot of hunks.
 June 30, we were mustered for pay had a hard thunder shower, we had another the following day. July 9, we had inspection. We could have these when there was nothing else to keep us busy. You knew that these days would soon play out. July was somewhat noisy. A fireworks display in the even- ing in the city,. which was in plain view for us. Quite contrast from what it was the year before. When you were on the picket line before Petersburgh the fireworks were 30 different. We enc joyed the fireworks this time for sure.
 July 6, we worked on muster out roll. I had & pass over to town returned and finished muster out rolls and discharges for Company F.
 July 2, was mustered out of the U. 8. service at 9:S0 a. m. July 8, @ light shower, we were quiet in camp. This night is the last one that we spend in Virginia. July 3, arose at 4 o'clock a. m., left the forts at half past six, march ed over to the B. & O. R, R. depot, were loaded on to freight oars. At ia we. waved adieu to the oity of Washington. passed through Baltimore at three o'clock p. m. reached Philadelphia aa 10 o'clock in the evening 1t was beau. tiful evening and we were unloaded from the cars and marched up through the streets and the good people gave us great ovation. The streets were lined with men, women and children, SO that we could hardly get along. Flags. ban ners and handkcrchiefs were displayed by the masses. We went to the large pavilion and there received our first square meal since we passed through this place when enroute to the war in 1869.
 Some of the young ladies were there that were there when we went out. We were feasted for sure. We took cars at one o'clock this night, for New York. Some of us rode on top of the cars and lay down on the cars and slept, which we would hardly dare to do now. Reached New York at a. m. and up Broadway, then back to barracks at the battery. Stayed around till p. m. then marched to the boat--a small rem- nant of the old regiment, less than two hundred men, all that was left of the original 18th O. V. that left Camp Dut- ton, September 15, 1862, nearly nine hundred strong. You know that after we had been in the service, as the 10th Infantry for about year you made so good showing as to soldierly qualities that the authorities in Washington ordered us to be changed to an Artillery Regiment and to be filled up to nearly 9, 900 men and after thls we were known and give demonstration of pruning and spraying fruit trees, etc, and the