. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . is varied on Sunday, when inspec-tion takes the place of drill. In full uniform the regiment iscalled out and the line is formed, when every article belong-ing to the soldier, including clothing and equipments, is ex-posed to the view of the colonel, who learns by this process,not only what each enlisted man has, but in what condition hekeeps his possessions. Is his gun well polished and free fromrust ? Does he wash his underclothing regularly ? Doeshe observe clean
. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . is varied on Sunday, when inspec-tion takes the place of drill. In full uniform the regiment iscalled out and the line is formed, when every article belong-ing to the soldier, including clothing and equipments, is ex-posed to the view of the colonel, who learns by this process,not only what each enlisted man has, but in what condition hekeeps his possessions. Is his gun well polished and free fromrust ? Does he wash his underclothing regularly ? Doeshe observe cleanly habits ? Company quarters, too, areinspected; no part of the camp escapes. The followinggives a program of the first Sunday spent in Camp Chase,as found in a letter written by one of the men : In themorning I was awakened from sleep by the drum, at half-pastfive. Then we had to prepare for inspection at eight oclock,this lasted two hours. At eleven we had preaching servicesconducted by the chaplain. At three oclock some of themore devout gathered in a Bible class. At half-past five wasdress parade, and so ended the da).. LINE-UP FOR COFFEE I Waiting. 45 CIHL^IETIEIR, V WAITING. (1862.) On September 20th occurred the first grand review ofGeneral Caseys division, being the first in which our regi-ment ever bore a part. The distance marched was consider-able, the delay incident to such occasions unusually long, andthe weather uncomfortably hot. Though this review gaveto us some sense of our importance, as we saw for the firsttime that we were a part of a great army, yet the generalcomment of the boys, as they returned to camp and removedtheir equipments, was to the effect a good deal of work forvery small returns. For this occasion the soldiers receivedtheir dress coats. Only one thing now remained for a com-plete equipment, namely, shelter tents. As we here occu-pied A tents, we did not feel the need of them im-mediately, but after breaking camp we found ourselves withno tents
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