. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . d a slight shower. We are now waiting for rations. Thesehave improved. When they are served we form in line andmarch to the foot of the street, and receive them in turn. Thismorning we had meat, bread, and coffee, with a dish of cold beans,which was good enough as long as it lasted, but there wasntenough to <ro round. I didnt hanker after either the beans orthe strong black coffee. So, with others, I took a sharp stick fora fork, and holding several slices of b
. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . d a slight shower. We are now waiting for rations. Thesehave improved. When they are served we form in line andmarch to the foot of the street, and receive them in turn. Thismorning we had meat, bread, and coffee, with a dish of cold beans,which was good enough as long as it lasted, but there wasntenough to <ro round. I didnt hanker after either the beans orthe strong black coffee. So, with others, I took a sharp stick fora fork, and holding several slices of bread before the fire, drytoast for three, soon crowned our efforts. We have found outthat fingers were made before forks, and that knives, plates, andnapkins, cups, and saucers, are all modern innovations. When Ireturn home you will fail to elicit a single growl from me, whetherthe meat is cooked too much or too little. Camp-life is thus doingus good in making us willing and obliging. Raining again to-night, and the company streets are slipperyand disagreeable, but we must take our turn for guard duty. J 74 THE TENTH REGIMENT. Senator N. W. Aldrich. Fred Armington and John Cady from our mess, N. W. Aldrich, Aborn, and New-comb, all of Company D, with thirty fivefrom other companies, are off to-night onpicket duty, under command of Thurber, of Company E. Itpromises to be a dark and rainy , the youthful volunteer, marchingwith his comrades to the post of duty,worthy to command and ready to obey, is a fitting type of theprivate soldier in the War for the Union. Content to serve inan humble position in times of trial and danger, he was sooncalled by his native state as her chosen representative at thecapital, which his youthful footsteps had hastened to has long continued, as senior senator, to dignify and adornthe high position of official trust committed to his charge. Atone of our regimental reunions Senator Aldrich spoke highly ofthe officer
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