Twelve Months with the Eighth Massachusetts Infantry in the Service of the United StatesNewcomb & Gauss, printers, 1908 - 391 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 35 - I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America ; that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever ; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States, and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the Rules and Articles of War.
الصفحة 72 - No doubt typhoid fever, camp diarrhea, and probably yellow fever are frequently communicated to soldiers in camp through the agency of flies, which swarm about fecal matter and filth of all kinds deposited upon the ground or in shallow pits, and directly convey infectious material, attached to their feet or contained in their excreta, to the food which is exposed while being prepared at the company kitchens or while being served in the mess tent.
الصفحة 75 - Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song; But the man worth while is the man who can smile When everything goes dead wrong...
الصفحة 13 - ... far as they are compatible with the new order of things, until they are suspended or superseded by the occupying belligerent and in practice they are not usually abrogated, but are allowed to remain in force and to be administered by the ordinary tribunals, substantially as they were before the occupation. This enlightened practice is, so far as possible, to be adhered to on the present occasion.
الصفحة 75 - ... Not only are the most of the officers practically as ignorant as the men. but the regimental discipline varies very much, and in many cases appears still extremely lax. This is important in its bearing upon the apparently little things that in the aggregate make up the foundation of camp sanitation. The dirty camps are the sickly camps here, as elsewhere. But discipline and intelligence have their reward also. Without specifying instances low in the scale, attention is invited to the Eighth Massachusetts,...
الصفحة 67 - ... convinced me at once of a total failure to appreciate the condition of affairs, what was required and what should be done. Owing to a failure of this department to provide the proper shelter, supplies, and clothing, I am satisfied that much of the sickness was caused. The whole matter sums...
الصفحة 370 - THE ADJUTANT GENERAL, US ARMY, Washington, DC Sir: — I have the honor to recommend for appointment as Brigadier General of Volunteers, Colonel William A.
الصفحة 13 - ... first effect of the military occupation of the enemy's territory is the severance of the former political relations of the inhabitants and the establishment of a new political power. Under this changed condition of things, the inhabitants, so long as they perform their duties, are entitled to security in their persons and property, and in all their private rights and relations.
الصفحة 1 - ... Returned to the command of my regiment, which was ordered to City Point for embarkation, and to turn over the men, whose terms of service had not expired, to the Thirty-Ninth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers. Having made the transfer, marched for City Point at 3, PM The regiment was safely transported to Boston, where it was mustered out of the service of the United States, July 8, 1864. The losses of the Twelfth, from May 4th to June 25th, were 5 officers killed, 3 officers wounded ; 41 enlisted...
الصفحة 69 - The mediciue and medical supplies were entirely inadequate for many days after my reporting for duty. There were no floors in the tents where the sick were. They were crowded together in dangerous proximity to each other, and those gentlemen of the medical profession of the volunteer service were very bitter in their denunciations of our miserable system.