The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1921-07-01

Al The war council tho dhy before
che baIile younger officers proposed 90
rounds ~ ammunition for each man.
An older one, "a noted hunter" prob.
ably Isrnei Putnam. seoiicd ut the
suggestion saying.
Five rounds each for 1000 men
Ineanx $3.50 rounds ANY Innn who
can't HE his mark three ,luws out ~
I've ought not to be trusted with a
muskrt. ~ hnif ~ 500 shots bit
their mark the British win be- hut u
the hEhi"
A. a compromise ~ rounds for each
man was allowed aud the Ynnkpss
Nen routed After the battle II
was generally agreed that 70 murc
rounds would have reversed the ~.
suit, The rcdoubt having been given
up 70 thc IiriiIsh SOLELY Tor want 81
l'oWder AMI ban
MOT Flag Displayed
Roth British bnd provincial Tags
Haunting Ia tic breeze sud American
uhierrs Ia uniform are depicted Ia
s,dnr pictures u the battle II Bunker
lilil. set mru who were To- the battle
declare not nag was displayed by
either side and not one American FROM
private % major general. wore any
Thing but civilian EHrn Colsnci Pres.
cots uniform consisted ~ ruugh
humcspun knee hreethes, rUaFse
wooipu ctprEnigs l0w shoes. n rrd nau.
na sAisicuat aud nEBrd caliro navk
coar
a Connecticut company ~ militia
appears To hatr been ihr pnly one pes.
sesscd ~ uniforms capt John Ches.
ter, lts COMMANDER. Wrutp holnr tiint
on being sricH io Bunker Hlll 10
take part 90 ibe battle hls incn Rll
cutned o'erHlls Bnd juiupsrt over
their rei and blu, uniforms. lest their
brilliant eoioFs should make thpm too
good target Tor tks British.
Eject " il,v sruFcity % lead among
tie Americans ard % thp advice "
Colonel rrpsnUit 20 nls meh o. ihs
nriiiah advanced ~Alm al iheir hips
boys, every tlae appears 10 report
~ British army surgeon after she
hhiiie. iu 1bieh b. said "Niosi ~ our
nRn were wounded 81 the legs We
found old nails aud plecss q scrap
ifu instead II bullets. 10 the
w0nndsT
Avoided the Churches.
Tho hattie made bat work for the
r0ft civilians tn BOSTON 90 we'll as
the military. for dies we're called On
70 supply private eoarhes. carriages.
fnrts hasdchffs ana even wiieeibhr
rows 10 convey the NOuhfed redroags
from the Boston side ~ C'naries,own
fcrF3 10 the various lmproyised hos.
pithls
curious superslltlon Deferred both
British aud Americans ia the Rcvolu.
ton from utilizing churches as bos
plinls Ia InnHy places The British
shOwed no scrupies about ueinR Aiter
lean churches for barracks aud stainless.
white the prDYIneiAis mei,ed the pipes
Of che organ ia the English church At
Cambridge for bullets 60 nuke music
about the ears ~ the British al Bunker
i'm.
The British who died In hospitals
after he battle Of Bunker Hln were
buried several deep IN the graveyard
on the common,
British and Americans alike who
were killed In tiIe battle were buried
on Breeds hin.
One % the humorous circumstances
of the night following the hattie con.
Rerned British officer who climbed
the blhzlng ruins OF CharIesto,gn Sud.
denly he was Alarmed rs the seeming
,whIzzlng Of bullets about his ears,
but was relieved on discovering that
what he heard was merely the whirr-
Ing OF the wings Of innumerpble June
bugs out for their nightly fiight In the
dusk.