. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . ive companies, face inward,and marching to the centre of the regiment, take the position,front-face. The sergeant on the right, his piece being at a lightinfantry shoulder, then salutes, by carrying his left arm acrossthe breast, and reports to the adjutant, Company D present, oraccounted for. Each sergeant follows, reporting his company inthe same manner. The adjutant who is standing opposite thecentre of the regiment, facing it, ana in front of the colonel,then
. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . ive companies, face inward,and marching to the centre of the regiment, take the position,front-face. The sergeant on the right, his piece being at a lightinfantry shoulder, then salutes, by carrying his left arm acrossthe breast, and reports to the adjutant, Company D present, oraccounted for. Each sergeant follows, reporting his company inthe same manner. The adjutant who is standing opposite thecentre of the regiment, facing it, ana in front of the colonel,then orders, outward face, to your posts, march. The sergeantsreturn to their posts. The order, parade is dismissed, then fol-lows. At this the commissioned officers advance to the front,face, march to the centre and report, the band meanwhile, reported, the officers return by the shortest route to theircompanies and take them out of line. Each company is thendrilled by its commandant, presenting a lively spectacle. At thesame time another company was going through the movement of KIH IDE ISLAND VOL! N I II l S. [89. L*J> Cooking Custard. charge bayonets about a quar-ter of a mile distant. Theyellsof the men were exciting tohear. After drilling some timewe were again formed in line,and drilled by Lieutenant-Col-onel Shaw tor about twentyminutes very lively. Ned Brown has been cook-ins; a nice custard in his mess-pan. A pint of milk, two eggs,a little nutmeg, and watchingthe fire for ten minutes, madea cheap and luxurious dish for a soldier. I am now sitting on abox in front of our tent, and can see down Benefit street beyondthe cooks tent. It is amusing to see some of the boys steeriiiL;for their tents, with bread in one hand and meat in the other, re-membering at the same time, how they lived at home. Yesterday, the Zouaves, Captain Duckworth, received a bigpile of good things, not the least acceptable of which, was a foot-ball. Sergeants Brown and Cad} went on pa
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