. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . misfits,and much too large for the boys. They remind us of the schoolboys trousers, which didnt signify whether he was going toschool or coming home. On Sundays we assemble at elevenoclock for church, and again at six oclock p. m., for dress parade. The men are allowed to go, now and then, to Chain Bridge, onthe Potomac, for bathing. The other day a party of us went, andenjoyed it very much. It is a beautiful region, but completelystudded with camps and forts. Aft
. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . misfits,and much too large for the boys. They remind us of the schoolboys trousers, which didnt signify whether he was going toschool or coming home. On Sundays we assemble at elevenoclock for church, and again at six oclock p. m., for dress parade. The men are allowed to go, now and then, to Chain Bridge, onthe Potomac, for bathing. The other day a party of us went, andenjoyed it very much. It is a beautiful region, but completelystudded with camps and forts. After getting back to camp it oc-curred to me as I kicked off my heavy army whangs, as ourshoes are called, that a nice, easy pair of slippers would be agree-able. Another towel, also, would be acceptable when you sendthe box. Even cake would not go amiss, as the boys of the messwill gladly share it with me. June 19th. Bread. I have been to Washington to-day with anorder for to-morrows bread for the regiment. Brought out 900loaves, baked in the basement of the capitol. They bake about21,000 loaves per day. 84 THE NINTH REGIMENT. Eating Rations. The rations were rather hard toget used to, but the men of the Ninthsoon learned that a soldiers life is noholiday, and his real wants necessarilysimple and few, so that there was reallylittle cause for complaint. It was allin getting used to it. The regular army ration, as estab-lished by the government, for each sol-dier, was composed as follows : Twelveounces of pork and bacon, or twelveounces of salt or fresh beef; twenty-two ounces of soft bread orflour, or one pound of hard bread (hard-tack), or twenty ouncesof corn meal; and to every one hundred men, fifteen pounds ofbeans or peas, ten pounds of rice, or hominy, eight pounds ofroasted coffee, or twenty-four ounces of tea, fifteen pounds ofsugar, four quarts of vinegar, twenty ounces of candles, fourpounds of soap, four pounds of salt, four ounces of pepper, thirtypounds of potatoes a
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