. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . oor; such delicate rations of sandwiches and sponge-cake ! •• I should like to be out to your camp, if only for just a fewminutes, to see how you are living, and how nicely you keep yourtent that you live in. Please write me all about your soldier-lifeif you can find time. Tell me how you get along housekeeping ;who makes the fires, cooks the breakfast, and fries the hot cakesin the morning. Auntie says you must try to take good care ofvourself, and be careful and
. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . oor; such delicate rations of sandwiches and sponge-cake ! •• I should like to be out to your camp, if only for just a fewminutes, to see how you are living, and how nicely you keep yourtent that you live in. Please write me all about your soldier-lifeif you can find time. Tell me how you get along housekeeping ;who makes the fires, cooks the breakfast, and fries the hot cakesin the morning. Auntie says you must try to take good care ofvourself, and be careful and keep out of danger! June [6th, Lieutenant DeWolf wrote : Our commissarist, hasnow become pretty well regulated, and we have rations ol pork,bacon, salt beef, fresh beef, loaf-bread, hard bread, beans, rice,coffee, tea, sugar, vinegar, and salt, with the accessories of soapand candles. Gradually such conveniences as cups, plates, knivesforks and spoons are being supplied. Our government pantaloonshave also arrived, and we are no longer obliged to take the back-ward march at the approach of visitors. 172 THE TENTH REGIMENT. Henry T. Chace, of Company D,declares that his ferry-boats, aliaswhangs, alias scows, alias tan-yards, alias army shoes, alias pon-toons, are great institutions : Easyto march in, easy to drill in, andlarge enough to sleep in. They areso broad-soled, that I have taken oneoff, and, putting a piece of brownpaper on it, have improvised a satis-factory in Army shoes. Thirty years later an old soldier said to his wife, Mrs. Sage, I should like to know whose ferry-boats those are that I stumbled over in the hall ? Ferry-boats,indeed, sir! Those are my shoes. Very polite of you to callthem ferry-boats! I didnt say ferry-boats, Mrs. Sage; youmisunderstood me—fairy boots—I said, my dear. It is pleasant to-day, and the boys feel accordingly jolly. Themorning has been improved by most of the mess in cleaning ourguns and in writing home. I have
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