. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . Wethen helped peel the po-tatoes, and split some wood for the fire. Herman and Burdonare also assisting Mr. Burroughs in the cooking department. I amon police duty again to-day, with George Briggs, to wash thedishes. Returning I saw Robert Paine in the cooks tent, picking-over beans. Think of it ! and we all have to take our turn !My box arrived this p. m., and has been opened to my satisfactionand that of the mess. We propose dividing the cakes on Sundayevening.
. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . Wethen helped peel the po-tatoes, and split some wood for the fire. Herman and Burdonare also assisting Mr. Burroughs in the cooking department. I amon police duty again to-day, with George Briggs, to wash thedishes. Returning I saw Robert Paine in the cooks tent, picking-over beans. Think of it ! and we all have to take our turn !My box arrived this p. m., and has been opened to my satisfactionand that of the mess. We propose dividing the cakes on Sundayevening. W^e shall have Fred Hedge, Ned Brown, John Cady,William A. Harris, and Fred Armington, participate in demolish-ing it. They are all regular boarders at the Athenaeum. Theysay you cant have too much cake for supper, and if the cakegives out, we shall all relish the gingerbread. June 14th. To-day a small party has gone to the Potomac tobathe, three miles away. June 15th. Was up before sunrise this morning, and bathedat the spring and went over and admired the batterys new twelve-pounders before reveille. i84 THE TENTH REGIMENT. Reveille, A. M. Reveille sounds at half pastfour. We tumble out for earlyroll-call, just as we please, as re-gards our costumes. In the ex-citement many of the men comehalf dressed, dragging their mus-|:| kets after them, completing theirhasty toilet after getting into helter-skelter that follows thehasty endeavor to get into theranks is extremely comical to be-hold. It gives no time for the adjustment of collars, or tying ofneckties or whangs. This morning all our men but one hadovercoats on. That one was late, and not having time to dressat all, before his name would be called, he hastily wrapped thedrapery of his couch, that is an army blanket, about him, andtook his position in line, to our great amusement. Later thismorning, we marched over to the quartermasters tent, and ac-tually received our blue army pants. Such a motley assembly!Som
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