Year: 1863

regiment look their turn. The regulars are con
sldered as one regiment. Matters are better ar 4,
ranged by this time. But the children carried
their point; we have given up trying to keep
them out.


But these youngsters were not the only one
be affected by the annoyance of superhuous
sentinels. Citizens at one time were prescribed
from walking certain paths sergeant of po-
lice wished to know of me what our rules were.
He said that as he was coming down through the
park he was stopped by sentinel and ordered to
take another path. Very deferentially he com.
piled, though for the life of him he could not tell
what for On the other path to which he had
been directed, he was met by another sentinel
and ordered back to the path he was travelling at
first. Here was an awkward dilemma. He con
cluded to mark out path for himself by taking
shorter cut down between the two sentnels and
thus flank them both. He always made it mat
ter of conscience to obey all orders but he said
he could hardly see the use or the utility of our
rules.


This police sergeant was what the soldiers would
call " bully fellow" and just the man to be
highly popular among the boys. He could be
trusted, so we asked him how it would fare with
us if We were arrested for playing truant, and
brought to his station house. In reply he said a
number of our boys were discharged that morn
ing after answering a few brief questions. The
/ old Judge would ask them what their punishment
would be when they returned to their company,
and if he thought it was severe enough, he gave
them some good advice and let them go. Twenty
four hours log drill would be sufficient for
getting drunk and getting into a small row twice
twenty-fOur would pay for big one. The SER
geant told us very con6dentially that if we want
ed to go out to go, he should know US, and if We
were arrested and brought to his station house


he would-a SLY wink told the rest. Now we wish
! to have this kept profound secret, because one
of these nights we are going out on a regular
bum" and if we get back safe to camp through
that sergeant's instrumentality, it would be the
height Of dishonor to get him into scrape. That
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could not stand the whistling minnies. He has
charged pell NELL upon gangs of rioters, and had
/ received some hard knocks in his day, and still be
persisted in saying that cold lead would be more
than be could stand, and that he could never make
soldier, There was a rogush twinkle in bis eye


that made me discredit his statement, almost as


much as he discredied it himself | believe the


old fellow would stand almost anything except


copperhead ideas


There has been a large influx of visitors from


Vermont to see their friends here. Soldiers


wives have come to see their husbands and pa
rents to see their sons. Visiting is done, howev
er, to disadvantage, as the general order grant


no passes for length of time exceeding two


hours, and unless we can 60 out, one almost feel


that it is like being visited in his prison. Blu
where men can be trusted, our officers grant then
all the privilege in their power, and sometime
more. The Vermonters have the name here o
being the most orderly and civil troops that hav
f been called to the city. Copperheads and roter
, scowl because we occupy their beautiful parade


grounds, but other citizens are pleased to have u
here. ANTI-RETBL.