. Life and reminiscences from birth to manhood of Wm. G. Johnston . lay myself uponthe altar of my country; so stepping up to the drum-head,—the appropriate desk for such work,—I enrolledmyself a volunteer for the war. The day following, Imade known to my father what I had done. He wasgreatly displeased, particularly on account of the com-pany I had chosen. After some severe reflections hewound up by saying that if I was intent upon going Ishould not have enrolled myself with such men, but withthose having some pretence of respectability. He wasundoubtedly right; I had not been as choice in my
. Life and reminiscences from birth to manhood of Wm. G. Johnston . lay myself uponthe altar of my country; so stepping up to the drum-head,—the appropriate desk for such work,—I enrolledmyself a volunteer for the war. The day following, Imade known to my father what I had done. He wasgreatly displeased, particularly on account of the com-pany I had chosen. After some severe reflections hewound up by saying that if I was intent upon going Ishould not have enrolled myself with such men, but withthose having some pretence of respectability. He wasundoubtedly right; I had not been as choice in myselection of comrades as I should have been—indeedthey were a hard lot; still I made no attempt to with-draw, nor was the subject recurred to again. Glennscompany was not accepted by the State, there being vastlymore recruits offered than were wanted, and consequentlyour company, myself included, was left out in the cold. Penna Troops Meet in Pittsburgh. 219 I witnessed the stirring scenes connected with themustering in and departure of the two Pennsylvania. ENLISTING FOR THE MEXICAN WAR. regiments which had been accepted. Pittsburgh wasdesignated as the place for choosing regimental officersand as a suitable starting-point, and hither came thevarious companies from different parts of the State. 220 Our Home Companies.—Off for Mexico. The first regiment, besides eight companies from theeastern part of the State, was composed of our own Duquesne Greys and Jackson Blues. The formerwas commanded by John Herron, son of Dr. FrancisHerron, with William J. Ankrim as First Lieutenant;the other, until the seat of war was reached, by CaptainAlexander Hay, but on the return of this gentlemanfrom Vera Cruz, on account of sickness, Lieutenant JamesOHara Denny, a good soldier, succeeded to the com-mand, and gallantly held it until the war closed. Much interest was felt in the organization of the firstregiment, which occurred about the middle of December,1846, owing in a great measure
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