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The Morning Mercury announced on this 6th Septem- ber. 1861 :---
"The sabres loaned to the city for the Home and Coast Guard Light Artillery, have been recalled by the Governor. Captain Hyde will take them to Boston today."
Thus the scene was changed to the city of Boston. Three days after, there was issued the following document bearing the state seal :---
GENERAL RECRUITING OFFICE FOR MASS. VOLUNTEERS.
HEAD QUARTERS FIRST BRIGADE FIRST DIV. M. V. M. No. 14 PITTS STREET. BOSTON, Sept. 9. 1861.
This certifies that I have this day appointed G. D. Allen Deputy
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Recruiting Officer for Gen. Wilson's Regiment Massachusetts Volun- teers in the towns of Malden, Medford and Melrose.
All Recruiting Officers appointed by this Department are hereby directed to co-operate with each other, By order of
W. W. BULLOCK General Recruiting Officer Mass. Vols.
The Fifth Mass. Battery was in camp with the 22d and the 23d, but both infantry regiments preceded it to the field.
From the New Bedford Mercury.
Sept. 13, 1861.
The New Artillery Company: Lieut. John B. Hyde has opened a recruiting office at the Armory corner of Mechanics Lane and Pleasant street. The Company for which he is recruiting is to be attached to Gien Wilson's regiment (22d.), and it should be filled at once. Lieut. Hyde is well known in this county, and his personal popularity should secure his success in his present undertaking. If he fails, we shall despair of any man's raising a company in New Bedford."
In another column was the advertisement :--
LIGHT ARTILLERY COMPANY RECRUITS WANTED.
For an Artillery Company now forming in the City of New Bedford
to: Le attached to Gen. Wilson's Regiment.
Sto Bounty at the end of the War.
$15 Bonus from the City at the time of enlisting.
$13 per month, with Clothing and Rations.
$4 per month for a wife.
$$ per month for a wife and one child.
$12 per month for a wife and two children.
Fay monthly from the State. Pay and Rations to commence imme- Jaately.
These inducements arc the best now offered for young men de- sitous of serving their country.
Office at the Armory of the N. B. Light Artillery Company, corner :[ Mechanics Lane and Pleasant Street.
J. B. HYDE.
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Boston next.
GENERAL RECRUITING OFFICE FOR MASS. VOLUNTEERS.
HEAD QUARTERS FIRST BRIGADE FIRST DIV. M. V. M. No. 14 PITTS STREET BOSTON, Sept. 16, 1861.
This certifies That I have this day appointed G. D. Allen Deputy Recruiting Officer for the Fourth Battery of Light Artillery for Gen. Wilson's Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, in the City of Boston and vicinity.
All Recruiting Officers appointed by this Department are hereby directed to co-operate with each other.
By order of
W. W. BULLOCK General Recruiting Officer Mass. Vols.
NOTES OF CAPTAIN GEO. D. ALLEN
Sept. 3. 1900.
"I had the mustering in papers made out on the date of the first order I had for recruiting the Battery, this espe- cially saved the New Bedford men two or three weeks pay.
General Schouler sent for me to come to his office in the State House, and informed me that Salem and Lawrence wanted to join in recruiting a battery, and he had decided to call their battery the Fourth, and our battery would be the Fifth."
THE CALL.
The New Bedford Standard of Sept. 23, 1861, contained the following notice :---
"Lt. John B. Hyde advertises today for recruits for the artillery company to be attached to General Wilson's regiment. Lt. Hyde is well known here and has been exceedingly popular with his acquaint- ances, among whom we trust his call will meet with a prompt re- sponse. The inducements [This refers to general inducements offered
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by the city] it will be seen are extremely liberal. His office is at the Armory, corner of Mechanics Lane and Pleasant street.
The following appeared in the Boston Journal of Sep- tember 25, 1861 :--
"Wanted-Recruits for the Fifth Massachusetts Light Battery, to be attached to the Twenty-third Regiment, Col. Whson.
Able-bodied young men of good standing will please apply imme- diately to G. D. Allen, III Court street.
The Company goes into Camp at Lynnfield immediately."
The regiment raised by Senator Wilson was the 22d. The 23d. was commanded by Colonel John Kurtz. The Third Mass. Battery accompanied the 22d. to the seat of war.
III Court street was about where the Palace Theatre now stands, at the head of Sudbury street. Sergt. Wm. H. Peacock recollects the enlistment place as a vacant store.
September 28th, 1861, George D. Allen of Malden was commissioned First Lieutenant of the Fifth Massachusetts Battery. The same day the following Special Order was issued :
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS HEAD QUARTERS, BOSTON, Sept. 28, 1861
Special Order No. 484.
Mr. George D. Allen of Malden, who is recruiting the Fifth Battery of Light Artillery, to be attached to the Twenty-third Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers, now in camp at Lynnfield, is ordered to report with his command to Lt. Col. Kurtz, who will find him proper quarters.
By order of the Commander-in-Chief.
WM. SCHOULER Adj. General.
The New Bedford Mercury of the same date had the fol- lowing notice :--
NOTICE.
"To the members of the N. B. Light Artillery Company.
The members of this Company are notified, that they go into camp
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at Lynnfield, on Monday Sept. 30, 1861. They are requested to meet at the Artillery Armory, Mechanics Lane, on Monday morning, Sept. 30, 1861, at 6 o'clock precisely.
LIEUT. J. B. HYDE. New Bedford Sept. 28, 1861.
Lynnfield formerly a part of Lynn, is a small town 12 miles from Boston, and the camp was established near the Lynnfield Hotel, in a level field, once used for a race-track.
When Lieut. Allen went into camp at Lynnfield he was presented with a horse, in color a dark chestnut, by E. R. Sawyer & Co .- in whose employ he was when he joined the army ;- other wholesale coal dealers in Boston contribut- ing. When he found that they were not going to take the Battery horses from here, he was obliged to sell him, and buy another in Washington.
From the New Bedford Mercury Oct. 2, 1861.
DEPARTURE FOR THE CAMP.
"Lieut. John B. Hyde and his command, 56 men, left by the early train, on the New Bedford and Taunton Railroad yesterday morning. They marched from their Armory to Market Square (City Hall) where prayer was offered by the Rev. John Girdwood, and his Honor the Mayor made a few remarks, and presented to Lieut. Hyde, on behalf of the City, a full set of equipments. Lieut. Hyde made an appropriate response. As the train left, a salute was fired on the Common by a detachment of the Light Artillery Company of this city, under com- mand of Lieut. Pliny B. Sherman. A large number of citizens were at the depot to witness the departure of their friends and neighbors, and to express their hearty wishes for their success."
Same date:
"We learn from the 'Journal' that Lieut. Hyde and his command dincd at the Parker House in Boston yesterday. His Honor Mayor Taber accompanied them, and Mayor Wightman (of Boston) and our friend Colonel Hatch were at the dinner. The Mayor of Boston was introduced by the Colonel, and addressed the men in cheering words of welcome."
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PRESENTATION OF EQUIPMENTS.
His Honor Mayor Isaac C. Taber requested Lieut. Hyde to present himself with his recruits October 1, 1861, at 7 o'clock in the morning, in front of the City Hall, where he proposed to make an address to his command. Owing to sickness the Mayor was unable to be present in person but delegated Mr. James B. Congdon, who made the address and presented to Lt. Hyde his equipments, consisting of a sabre, belt, sash, shoulder straps, spurs, and a pair of Colt's revolvers.
After these ceremonies were concluded they proceeded to the depot, headed by the New Bedford Brass Band, and took the train for the camp at Lynnfield.
CERTIFICATE OF MEMBERSHIP.
NEW BEDFORD, October 1, 1861.
This certifies that William H. Peacock has been regularly mustered and sworn into the service of the United States, as a member of 5th Battery. 23d Regiment, now in Lynnfield.
LIEUT. JOHN B. HYDE.
"Personal" in the New Bedford Mercury
Oct. 3, 1861.
"Tient. T. B. Hyde of the Fifth Battery, returned to the city last Detang. He reports that his men have all been sworn in, uniformed and equipped. They are all in excellent spirits, and highly pleased with their quarters and rations."
The next day came the following anonuncement.
"Fifth Battery: Lieut. Hyde returns to Camp Schouler at Lynnfield this morning (October 4th) with the following recruits :-
1. Bert A Dillingham. Timothy W. Terry, Heur" D. Scott. Alpheus B. kins, Edward F. Smith, William Turner. Mason W. Page. Joseph G Braley, George McCully, Samuel A. Hardy, George H. Chadwick, ! Augustus Wood, Christopher C. Allen, Edward Mitchell, Philo P.
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Braley, William Greeley, Josiah W. Gardner, John Langley, Janies D. Allen, Charles D. Barnard, Michael Flynn. George W. Smith, Thomas Higgins and several others whose names we could not learn.
Timothy W. Terry, brother of our city marshal, has received the ap- pointment of Quartermaster's Sergeant. The recruiting office will be kept open a short time, and those intending to enlist should do so at once. Lieut. Hyde has made arrangements with the postmaster at Lynnfield. so that all letters addressed Fifth Battery Artillery, Camp Schouler, Lynnfield, will be conveyed daily to the camp by the Quar- termaster's 'Sergeant."
ADVERTISEMENT IN THE MERCURY OCT. 5th. "LAST CHANCE. 20 able-bodied men wanted Immediately. For the New Bedford Light Artillery Company Now encamped at Lynnfield."
After specifying the bounty, as before, the following is added :----
"Call soon, as only a few more can be accepted in this Company.
Apply at the Armory of the New Bedford Light Artillery Com- pany, on Mechanics Lane, above Purchase street."
October 8, 1861, John B. Hyde of New Bedford was commissioned Second Lieutenant. Robert A. Dillingham of New Bedford Third Lieutenant. Charles A. Phillips of Salem, Fourth Lieutenant of the Fifth Mass. Battery.
On the same day the New Bedford Mercury announced the following additional recruits:
"THE FIFTH BATTERY
"Lieut. Hyde leaves for camp this morning with the following recruits for the Fifth Battery, completing the number of his company : Christopher C. Allen, Michael Hewitt, Robert King, Joseph R. Hath- away, Thomas Place, Richard Heyes, John F. Hathaway, Stephen Townsend. John H. Alton, Christopher B. Tripp, William S. Wilcox. Peleg W. Blake, Joseph B. Alton, James Robinson, Thomas A. Cush- man, Squire W. Butts, Michael Sullivan, David B. Peirce, Benjamin S. Kanuse, James L. Warren, William H. Caswell, John T. Drew. Francis P. Washburn. Lot Tynan, James H. Albro."
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Oct. Sth. the 22d. Regiment left Boston for Washington. On the roth, according to the Mercury, the mayor and city treasurer of New Bedford "proceeded to Camp Schouler, Lynnfield, and paid the bounty offered by the City to vol- unteers in Lieut. Hyde's company, and the Clifford Guards, Co. D. 23d Regiment."
This company was recruited by Cornelius Howland Jr. and went to camp about the time the artillery company was sent there. On the 16th Colonel Kurtz changed the camp of the 23d to the location vacated by the 22d.
October 23. 1861, Max Eppendorff of New Bedford, was commissioned captain of the Fifth Mass. Battery.
CAPTAIN MAX EPPENDORFF.
The first commander of the Battery enjoyed the full con- filence of His Excellency Governor Andrew, and the high officials with whom he came in business connection, and he tried to deserve this confidence to the best of his ability.
NOTES OF CAPTAIN EPPENDORFF. October 26, 1900.
"When, in the carly part of the year 1849, the Royal Saxon Army .- I am a subject of the King of Saxony, not of Prussia-, was reorganized and increased, the Minister of War was compelled to call for Volunteers to fill the Scant positions of Subaltern Officers.
With S other young men, who like myself, had formerly been students of the Polytechnic High school in Dresden, I applied for admission in the Artillery Corps. We were accepted and mustered in as Ensigns. For 5 months we were drilled in Artillery and Infantry service, and in- cruicted by Officers of the Regiment in general duties of an Artillery Officer, and in special Artillery science.
Having satisfactorily passed examination before a com- mittee composed of the Staff of the Regiment, we obtained
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our appointments as Second Lieutenants of the Saxon Ar- tillery.
I served my King faithfully for 6 years, when I tendered my resignation and obtained my honorable discharge with pension, which latter I am by special favor allowed to draw in any foreign country.
On my first interview with Governor Andrew, I handed him these papers, of whose contents he took the necessary insight. My application for a position as a kind of in- structor. for officers and men of Batteries of the State then to be organized, was fmally refused by the Secretary of War in Washington."
THE ORIGINAL ENLISTMENT ROLLS IN NEW BEDFORD.
Signed by The Recruits.
Enlisted at New Bedford from September 23d. to Oct. Sth, 1861, by Lt. John B. Hyde.
Robert A. Dillingham New Bedford, Mass.
Henry D. Scott New Bedford, Mass.
Timothy W. Terry New Bedford, Mass.
Charles H. Morgridge New Bedford, Mass.
George Shaw New Bedford, Mass.
Anson E. Ferris New Bedford, Mass.
John Pilling
New Bedford, Mass.
New Bedford, Mass. Luther Petty
Thomas Burke New Bedford, Mass.
Jacob A. Gilbert
New Bedford, Mass.
Francis Oldis
New Bedford, Mass.
Michael Flynn
New Bedford, Mass.
George W. Smith New Bedford, Mass.
Samuel R. Jordan Mattapoisett, Mass.
Henry W. Soule New Bedford, Mass.
John C. Hart New Bedford, Mass.
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Patrick Walsh New Bedford, Mass.
James A. Tripp New Bedford, Mass.
John G. Sanford New Bedford, Mass.
Robert Miller
New Bedford, Mass.
Michael Dugan New Bedford, Mass.
Alexander Moore
New Bedford, Mass.
Henry D. Crapo
New Bedford, Mass.
Andrew W. Almy
. Fairhaven, Mass.
Francis Carson
New Bedford, Mass.
John Agen
New Bedford, Mass.
Benjamin T. Burt
. Fall River, Mass.
James Winters, Bugler
New Bedford, Mass.
William W. Carsley
New Bedford, Mass. .
Albion K. P. Hayden
New Bedford, Mass.
George S. Manchester
New Bedford, Mass.
Jacob Peacock New Bedford, Mass.
Charles C. Weeden New Bedford, Mass.
Joseph W. Clarke
New Bedford, Mass.
Thomas Higgins
New Bedford, Mass.
James Neild
New Bedford, Mass.
Elisha J. Gibbs
New Bedford, Mass.
Charles A. Clark
New Bedford, Mass.
James Kay New Bedford, Mass.
Benjamin Graham New Bedford, Mass.
Benjamin F. Smith New Bedford, Mass.
John Waddington New Bedford, Mass.
Edwin J. Butler New Bedford, Mass.
Thomas Carney New Bedford, Mass.
William Pinder New Bedford, Mass.
.. James T. Shepard New Bedford, Mass.
Joseph Hall New Bedford, Mass.
John E. Dyer New Bedford, Mass.
Edward T. Wilson 2d New Bedford, Mass.
Edward W. West Fairhaven, Mass.
Philip T. Quillin Fairhaven, Mass.
William H. Dunham
Fairhaven, Mass.
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William H. Ray Fall River, Mass.
Alpheus Haskins Marion, Mass.
Edward F. Smith . New Bedford. Mass.
William Gunning New Bedford, Mass.
William Saxner .Blackstone, R. 1.
Mason W. Page New Bedford, Mass.
Joseph G. Braley . Freetown, Mass.
George McCulley Freetown, Mass.
Samuel A. Hardy
New Bedford, Mass.
George H. Chadwick New Bedford, Mass.
J. Augustus Wood New Bedford, Mass.
Christopher C. Allen
New Bedford, Mass.
Edward Mitchell
New Bedford, Mass.
Philo L. Bralev
Freetown, Mass.
William Greely
. Germany.
Josiah W. Gardner
. New Bedford, Mass.
John Langley
New Bedford, Mass.
James D. Allen New Bedford, Mass.
[afterwards captain's clerk]
Charles D. Barnard New Bedford, Mass.
Lemuel A. Washburn . Freetown, Mass.
Michael Hewitt
. New Bedford, Mass.
Ephraim B. Nye New Bedford, Mass.
Edward Champlin Westerly, R. I.
James Cox . New Bedford. Mass.
Samuel Clark . Smithfield. R. I.
John M. Canty New Bedford, Mass.
Charles Jay
New Bedford. Mass.
William Hathaway Jr. New Bedford, Mass.
James H. Paxton
New Bedford, Mass.
Frederick D. Alden
Fall River, Mass.
Charles H. Macomber Fall River, Mass.
Benjamin West New Bedford, Mass.
William Sweeney New Bedford, Mass.
A. F. Milliken New Bedford, Mass.
Patrick Doyle New Bedford. Mass.
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Henry Fitzsimmons New Bedford, Mass.
Lorenzo D. Brownell . New Bedford, Mass.
John H. Hodgins New Bedford, Mass.
George F. Healy
Rochester, Mass.
David McVey
New Bedford, Mass.
New Bedford, Mass.
Robert King Joseph R. Hathaway .New Bedford, Mass
Thomas Place New Bedford, Mass.
Richard Heyes New Bedford. Mass.
John F. Hathaway New Bedford, Mass.
Stephen Donovan New Bedford, Mass.
John H. Alton Freetown. Mass.
Christopher B. Tripp Westport, Mass.
William S. Wilcox New Bedford, Mass.
Frederick W. Wood New Bedford, Mass.
Peleg W. Blake New Bedford, Mass.
Samuel Sanderson New Bedford, Mass.
Inseph B. Alton Sandwich, Mass.
James. Robinson
New Bedford, Mass.
Thomas A. Cushman New Bedford, Mass.
Michael Sullivan
New Bedford, Mass.
David B. Peirce
New Bedford, Mass.
Benjamin S. Kanuse
New Bedford, Mass.
Squire W. Butts
New Bedford, Mass.
James L. Warren
New Bedford, Mass.
William W. Caswell
New Bedford, Mass.
John A. Drew
New Bedford; Mass.
Francis P. Washburn
New Bedford, Mass.
Lot Tynan New Bedford, Mass. James H. Albro New Bedford. Mass.
James W. Baldwin New Bedford, Mass.
John H. Cole. New Bedford, Mass.
William H. Peacock New Bedford, Mass.
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THE ORIGINAL COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. From Lt. Hyde's Rolls.
Captain, Max Eppendorff, New Bedford, Mass.
Sen. Ist Lt. George D. Allen, Malden, Mass.
Jun. Ist Lt. John B. Hyde, New Bedford, Mass.
Sen. 2d Lt. Robert A. Dillingham, New Bedford, Mass. Jun. 2d Lt. Charles A. Phillips, Salem, Mass.
ORIGINAL NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Sergeant Major, George H. Johnson, Boston, Mass. Sergeants :---
Frederick A. Lull, Cambridge, Mass.
Henry D. Scott, New Bedford, Mass.
Otis B. Smith, Boston, Mass.
Charles II. Morgridge, New Bedford, Mass.
William B. Pattison, Boston, Mass.
Peleg W. Blake, New Bedford, Mass.
William H. Peacock, New Bedford, Mass.
Quartermaster Sergeant.
Timothy W. Terry, New Bedford.
Corporals.
W. G. Warren Boston, Mass.
A. E. Ferris New Bedford, Mass.
H. O. Simonds Boston, Mass.
Mason W. Page New Bedford, Mass.
William H. Baxter Boston, Mass.
Ephraim B. Nye New Bedford, Mass.
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Camp Schouler thus describes an unusual scene and a novel recruit :---
"We saw a dav or two since a noble looking mastiff, a most intelli- gent brute, and thoroughly trained, which was purchased by certain gentlemen in the city, and presented to the Fifth Massachusetts Bat- tery. He was taken to the camp by Ass't Enginecr H. H. Fisher, who, we learn. made an appropriate presentation speech. As 'Jack's' loyalty wis beyond all question, the usual oath was dispensed with."
The sentinel "Jack" was also called "Trusty."
October 28th, His Excellency Governor Andrew re- crived the Twenty-Third Regiment and the Fifth Mass. Battery, at Lynnfield.
Corporal Thomas E. Chase refers to this in his Diary, and says there were fifteen guins fired in honor of His Ex- cellency, and that on that day Captain Max Eppendorff took command of the Battery.
In relation to Lieut. Phillips' fitting himself for promo- tion, Private Louis E. Pattison says :---
"Chas. A. Phillips joined the company at Lynnfield as Junior Second Lieutenant, and immediately had Thomas Stantial, an artificer, make him a table on which, with the si of blocks representing artillery, and a copy of the tac- Ers, he familiarized himself with the movements of a bat- tery, so that later he was competent to perform his duties "acessfully."
MEETING IN MALDEN TOWN HALL.
Malden, like New Bedford, had just sent out an infantry ntpany. Co. K, of the Mass. 17th Regt., which was at Camp Andrew, Baltimore, Md., when on Monday evening October 28th, 1861. there was a Masonic celebration at the Malden Town Hall,-a public installation of officers of Mount Vernon Lodge. and a presentation to the retiring Master of the Lodge, George D. Allen.
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The presentation speech was made by Wm. H. Richard- : : Jr. Esq. who said in part :--
"The members of Mount Vernon Lodge . . . have called you here . nicht to seal their approbation of a step which reflects equal honor . p. n you in the taking and upon them in their prompt recognition of : high importance.
A few weeks since we learned that you, in obedience to the prompt- ;. of an unselfish patriotism had offered your services to your country " her hour of darkness and trial : we learned also, that the offer had Cken accepted, and that in a few brief weeks you would exchange the set walks of life, the delights of home, and the society of cherished trends, for the distant and stirring scenes of camp and battle field. spontaneously, as it were, the members of this Institution, with whom Von have been so long and honorably connected, suggested the idea of + farting testimonial. which should-be alike a substantial token of our - preciation of your labors with us, of our regard for you as a gentle- ant and brother. and as useful and appropriate symbols of the new ifession in which you are about to embark. . . . It is no empty com- JAment, no formal act of courtesy-no enforced compliance with the fachion of the times that seeks this method to cover a heartless cere- ny, but it is the warm expression of a hundred hearts that beat proud sympathy with a step that evinces the noblest patriotism and Er truest devotion to a sacred cause. . .. We do not forget that the " one of Allen bears an historic glory, and a revolutionary memory "! will never die, and may you emulate that sturdy patriotism and "inching courage which make the name of Allen and Ticonderoga watchwords of victory. . . . You are now to exchange the gavel : the sword, and thereby discharge the duties you owe to the laws Ar which you live; keeping steadily in view the allegiance due to 's country.
l 'vse spurs, too, are emblems of honor, suggestive of that open eyed nice which is ever ready for the word of command. come when it >: requiring, as Napoleon used to term it, a sort of 'two o'clock ".( morning' courage, and demanding great discipline and great thusasm to guard against surprise. It is said of Suwarrow that . en in peace he always slept fully armed, boots and all, and when he * and to enjoy a very comfortable nap he used to take off one spur. "et his ready zeal be to you a lesson in fidelity."
MR. ALLEN'S REPLY.
Mr. Allen replied as follows :
"Brother Senior Warden, and Brothers of Mount Ver- " n Lodge: There are moments when even the lips of elo- "enice are held mute by the emotions that struggle in the
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heart. And if to such souls emotions are sometimes un- mastering, how much more so must they now be to me, who can lay no claim to eloquence or even common lan- guage, to speak what I feel. I cannot talk. Our country is in peril, and for her sake, I have ventured to say I was ready to fight. But even here I am reminded that profes- sion is more becoming him who putteth off his armor, than he who putteth it on. I will then strive not to abuse the confidence you have manifested by these splendid gifts. I will endeavor to use them manfully in protection of our country and hier laws, and for them so appropriate in the position in which I stand, as well as expressing the confi- dence of the Lodge over which I have had the happiness and honor to preside, as well as for the eloquent and appro- priate manner in which they have been conveyed, my whole soul centres in an expression of grateful thanks."
In closing Mr. Allen invited the Rev. T. J. Greenwood to speak for him, which he did, portraying Mr. Allen's willingness to sacrifice his life for his country "which all true Masons are bound to love, and cherish, and defend." and as a personal gift presented him with a bible "The Word of God" -- "The Great Light of Freemasonry, which we are all taught to heed." District Deputy Grand Mas- ter J. K. Hall presented Mr. Allen with the Diploma of a Past Master, in acknowledgment of the faithful perform- ance of the duties intrusted to him, with a poetical allusion to Washington for whom Mount Vernon Lodge was named, and to the sabre and bible :---
"And may its hilt be blessed by faith in God While you seek succor from his holy word: So shall you honor that masonic name Which he, our brother, cherished more than fame."
Reference was also made by the speaker to those shin- ing lights in Freemasonry the patriots Warren and La- fayette.
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LIST OF MEN RECRUITED BY LIEUT. GEO. D. ALLEN.
As stated on the Muster Out Roll, at Boston and Readville from September 16th to December 25th, 1861. Chase, Thomas E. .Boston, Mass.
Doherty, Bernard Readville, Mass.
Dickerman, Joseph C. Readville, Mass.
Lull, Frederick A.
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