. The Third New Hampshire and all about it . i-lSdi. 1865 Military Order of the Loyal Legion 10,264 1806 Grand Army of the Republic 398,000 1880 Sons of Veterans A 100,000 1884 Union Veteran Legion 10,000 1887 National Association of Naval Veterans 7,000 1891 Naval Legion of the United States 3,000 1889 Association of United Confederate Veterans .... Kegular Army and Navy Union 7,000 * Not organized originally as a military society. t Organized as a military society by veterans of the war and descendants of soldiersand sailors participating therein. t Membership not limited to
. The Third New Hampshire and all about it . i-lSdi. 1865 Military Order of the Loyal Legion 10,264 1806 Grand Army of the Republic 398,000 1880 Sons of Veterans A 100,000 1884 Union Veteran Legion 10,000 1887 National Association of Naval Veterans 7,000 1891 Naval Legion of the United States 3,000 1889 Association of United Confederate Veterans .... Kegular Army and Navy Union 7,000 * Not organized originally as a military society. t Organized as a military society by veterans of the war and descendants of soldiersand sailors participating therein. t Membership not limited to those who took part in the Civil War. Act of Congress, approved 25 Sept. 1890: The distinctive badgesadopted by military societies of men Avho served in the War of the Revolution,the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the War of the Rebellion, re-spectively, may be worn upon all occasions of ceremony by officers andenlisted men of the United States who are members of those organizationsin their own right. (The above from The World Almanac.). RATIONS; OK, WHAT WE ATE. Tliere is no question, nor can there be, as to whether Ave ate anythingduring the war. And it seems necessary to state exactly what thearray ration was immediately prior to the advent of tlie Third New Hamp-shire Volunteers. In .\ugust, 1861 ( 54, , 10 Aug.), the then army ration Avasincreased as follows: 22 oz. bread or tiour, or 1 lb. of hard bread, insteadof the present issue; fresh beef shall be issued as often as the commandingofficer of any regiment or detachment shall require it. Avhen practicable, inplace of salt me it; beans and rice or hominy shall be issued in the sameration in the proportions now provided by the regulation, and 1 lb. ofpotatoes per man shall be issued at least three times a week, if practicable;and Avhen these articles cannot be issued in these proportions, an equivalentin value shall be issued in some other proper food, and a ration of tea maybe substituted for a ratio
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