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Show THE PAYSON CHRONICLE, PAYSON, UTAH PRESCOTTS REGIMENT ORDERLY BOOK OF COLONEL ffcaJ 'U0LY&W : Pl?V r7vccr At (A " Afig Yin) ea'lffftsA tfArid 7 trs N ffnAUcJ 'Jutjb &ti0LzfZ.t A Aaj LJ A 'AlA'u c A tijppsf Sck tAfu) Arxt a$Cs(j 'A AA (jA A t? 7, A V Ay &.A rfjjfA A , fa vi yf 7) , t' if OlH A? u ELMO Upper belt of (rfetni fig Wt& win! Is I Ivfet: &H1 page from orderly boob Of Cotooel Prewottt regiment just found in house t Pepperell, SCOTT WATSON EBB'S what the Mass. young mint Is going to wear Patriots Faced Ban on Liquor and Swearing One of flip most Important finds of Revolutionary war records embracing ttie regimental orders of Col William lresootl ijnd oilier commanding offi cers of Die (oniinental army, with headquarters at (tiiahridge, during the stirring days that Immediately fol lowed the battle of Bunker Hill has been unearthed by Gondspeeds. This rure document compiled by regimental orderlies outlines with military ae curacy and tenseness the active siege of Boston from June 15 to Scptemhei 2. 1775. the repented orders which hath been gireii to Prevent the tircing of ye glumes in .V alum! the Camp, that It is daily .V hourly Irnctlsed." Several skirmishes are recorded usually followed by court martial for reiuissness or cowardice, which are noied In the journal. In the camp regulations for ollicers noted under the date of July 1, the latter ure In st fueled to: I'uitieularly to see to It that the troops have straw to lie on If to he had & to make II known If they are tlesl itute." . . . the Cloathlng fur July 0. ttlshed by the Massachusetts Commee of supply for those men of their Gov eminent which Lost their Cloaths irt ye lilt e At lion at Bunkers hill to belies trlhutod to the most needy and Neces sutous men of Bach Itlgni't. Shows Inclusive. said to he the earliest orderly book of the (oniinental forces and Its ailnimiini value Is estimated In exeess It was diseovered In an old of SI.IKHi house In Pepperell and Its authen tleity Is beyond question, according to experts who have made a careful ex amlnaliou of the treasure. The manusrrlpt contains Cl pages written In a clear, legible style and Is remarkable as an eloquent source and Immediate picture of the colonial artuv ns li was when Washington first as It Is stinted command Cursing Banned. Orders were Issued to the nrtny In that profane cursing and embryo swearing would not be tolerated, and drunkenness was banned. Court-matlals are recorded for various defec tlons. Including cowardice and desertion and bounty jumping. Washing ton's first orders to his newly assumed command are dutifully recorded also. Id these and other disciplinary orders. officers were pointedly told .hat their conduct should set a good ex alnple for the soldiery. There were ten companies fu the regiment and a monthly record wns kept of all casualties and hospitalization cases, also discharges and enlistments. Kncb dally entry la beaded. Cam then follows bridge, headquarters," the date with the password and countersign. the name of the officer of the day. and then the orders follow. Each entry Is signed by either the adjutant or the orderly. The journal opens with general or ders regarding the posting of pickets on June 15. the day on which congress Invested Washington with the commission of commander In chief. Prep aratlons for the epochal bailie of Bun ker Hilt are hinted at and then comes a significant blank on June HI, the day the regiment moved to give battle to C.eneritl Cage's redcoats. Gives Password. The date. June HI. appears but no orders are Inscribed and the day next recorded Is June 20. three days ufter the engagement which welded the Con tlnenta! army us nothing else had been able. One June 20 the journal records the password as Washington." while the countersign Is "Virginia. This was five days after word had been re reived liy General Ward at Cambridge of Washington's appointment. July 2. Washington arrived at Cam bridge to take command of the armies and one of the first manifestations ot his presence Is revealed In the order Ivs entry of July 7. containing general orders issued by him extending nearly four pages and expressing the com mander's chagrin at certain unpleas anf happenings. Washington Annoyed. Washington approved on this day according lo the entry, the verdict ot n general which sen tenced an officer to be cashiered for cowardice. Expressing his chagrin as a result ot this situation he proceeds to deli'ie measures for the elimination of treacherous sentries and bountj jumpers. Washington's Indignation at the low supply of ammunition and the seem Ingly wasteful pastime of tiring guns for no reason brought another ordei from the eomnutnder Id chief on An gust 4. which reads: "It Is with Indignation k slmme. the General observes Hint notwithstanding court-martia- 47 Dead. July S, Colonel Prescott's regimental return shews 47 dead, one discharged. FAME AS WELL AS SHAME IS ARNOLDS Brave Soldier and Patriot Before Infamous Act of Treachery. Benedict Arnolds treachery oceu pies so much space In Revolutionary history that little attention Is given to his bravery. Vet Arnold was brave before he became a traitor. After the battle of Lexington he raised a company of volunteers and marched to Cambridge where he pro posed an expedition against Fort Tl conderoga. Though commissioned a colouel to head this project, he gave up command to unite with another force. Returning to Cambridge, he was given command of burely l.(HH) men to help capture the great strong hold of Quebec. Arnold fought vail antly and wus wounded In the leg Later he was made a brigadier gen ernl. At the head of 800 men, Arnold went to the relief of Fort Schuyler (or Stan wlx) on the upper Mohuwk and played a prominent role In the defeat of Bur Here he was again wounded goyne. In the same leg and was luvallded foi several months. His service brought hint command of Philadelphia, where he married the daughter of a Tory, who Inter became chief justice ot a. -e-.- 1 ,V Saratoga Battle Monument Has an Empty Niche for Arnolds Statue. of tfhml.v Convicted Pennsylvania transactions, he was reprimanded by General Washington and this was the spark which kindled a desire to betray his country. That, being a familial part of American history, we need not rehash. In the old chattel at West Point. Is a Monk plate on which Arnold's name would have been Inscribed hud he not become a traitor. The Saratoga hat tie monument, erected at Schuyler ville. N. Y.. In IS7S, has four niches Three of them contain statues of Ar mild's comrades before he became a traitor. They are those of Gates Schuyler and Morgan. The fourth-intenfor Arnold remains empty a lesson in patriotism! Whit It might have hern better to bury there the leg of Arnold, which was twice wound vl In his service for the cause of. liberty. Pathfinder Magazine. ded i I.'t deserted. There were no uniforms and ollicers were distinguished by means of various colored ribbons called for In general orders of July 14. 28. 21. while on August 7. the troops were advised to procure Indian hoots or durable than longings" as more stockings, and that the troops were to lie uniform, 'especially as in hopes of prevailing with the Continental con gross to give each man a hunting shirt. On July 22, the orderly's entry reads: the General finds It iriilospensnbly necessary without wait Ing any longer for dispatches from the General Conti. lental Congress Imme diately to torn) the army Into three Grand Hivisions and I i viding Bach of those Grand Divisions into Brl gades . . ." This Is the first at tempt to set tip a uniform syslptn ot military establishment recorded in (lie history of this nation. On July 15 officers and men are reprimanded for fraternizing with the enemy and again on AugLst 22, for certain indiscretions in the river. This order read : These iiideseretions have occurred near the Bridge in Cambridge. Alsu the General does uot mean to Disco rogue the Practice of Bathing whila rhe weather ts vvarme enough to Con "... Untie It . . On July 18 came an expression of warning mingled with confidence: If after what has happened the Enemy tn Revenge of their Late losses should dare to force out lines, the army may be assured that Nothing hut their own Remistiess can give the least hope of Success to so rash an Enterprise." The final entry concerns l a and was made on Sep temper 2, signed Montague, the day ... court-martia- Benedict Arnold visited headquarters en route to Quebec with 1,090 men. Boston Herald. Pulaskis Burial Place Matter of Controversy There are two stories purporting to describe the dea'lt, October 11 17711, of Count Pulaski, polish ofll cer who aided the Colonies in their fight against the British, Both ugree that he fell during nn engagement at Savannah. Gn., but his whereabouts following his Injury and the suhse quenl disposal of tils body remain a subject for controversy. fine ot these accounts holds that Btiloskl was taken aboard th. Unit ed States brig Wasp, his right thigh being badly wounded by a eanistei shut. While on the ship, which was unable to proceed out of the Sa vannah river, lie died despite the attendance of the most skillful stir The ot goons Id the French fleet. ficer In charge. Colonel Bentalou found It necessary to consign lilt corpse to a watery grave. The other story contends that Pul iiski was carried front the battlefield to Greenwich where he passed away and was buried in a private cento tory. His ashes, the story continues were exhumed 75 years later and placed In a special rocept title hesich the corner stone of the muniment which has been erected in Savanna! in his honor Detroit News Jefferson Signature The only known orginnl and attth emit signature in Georgia archive of Thomas Jenerson is In the pos session ot Miss limit Blair, state his torian. Leonard P. Herrick, of Grand Rapids. Mich., whose father, a surgeot, In Sherman's army, took them when the Union troops occupied Atlanta during file Civil war. returned tin archives. this summer: wide - brimmed sombrero ; soft fianriel shirt with narrow black cravat; peg top woolen breeches; spiral leggings, and sturdy marching clogs. The color scheme will he olive drab throughout. On his shoulder he will probably be wearing an army rifle. For the young men of the nation are putting on soldiers clothes on a larger scale neatly-wrappe- d than ever before since the stirring war days of T.H7 and 1118. The difference between and 1929, however, Is tills : its a bloodless war that this crop of youngsters Is going to fight. And no mother if one may he permitted to resurrect a phrase which was fortunately soon forgotten can possibly say In regard to this war that she didnt raise her For the common hoy to he a soldier. enemy which they are going to overcome Includes stooped shoulders. Hat chests, sagging backbones, too little or too much weight and poor understanding of what American citizenship means. All of which Is by way of saying that at 52 citizens military training camps, strung all the way from Ft. 1917-191- McKinley, - ... v 3sv &k rr: ' h Maine, to Ft. George Wright. Wash., and from Ft. Sneiling. Minn., to FL Sam Houston, Texas, these youthful volunteers, more than 40,000 of em, are coming from farm and factory, from night school in the city and exclusive hoys schools, from cottage and from mansion to assemble for thirty days of camp life undei the Stars and Stripes at the expense of their Uncle Sum. Essentially schools In citizenship former Iresident Dool-ldg- e once characterized the 0. M. T. C. For this is Americas way of making her young citizens better fitted, both physically and menially for their duties In citizenship. The assembly of the 40,000 this year marks the peak of development of the C. M. T. C. idea since it wns started In 1921. Today more than a quarter of a million husky young Americans will testify to the benefits which they have received at the citizens military training camps, for that is the number, say government statistics, which have attended the cantps. In reality they go hack to the famous old Plattsburg camps, conceived and sponsored by fol. Theodore Roosevelt and Gen. Leonard Wood, for business men and college students. That was back In 1915 and the value of the training given in the original cantps wns so soon demonstrated when the United States was drawn Into the World war that congress, when enacting the National Defense Act of 1920, authorized the citizens military training camps. Although tlte words military training are a part of that name, making soldiers Is by no means t lie primary aim of the C. M. T. C. movement. No obligation for future military service of any kind is Incurred of those who enroll in the camps. The only requirements are t he age limits of front seventeen to twenty-fou- r years, good chn meter and sound physique. Free trips to cantp and return home and an abundance of wholesome food, uniforms, athletic equipment, laundry service anti other necessary expenses are provided by the government. And there are no strings attached to this Uncle Sunt simply asks the offer. privilege of taking over for a period of six weeks the training of his sons for tlte purpose of the following: To develop the manhood of the nation by bringing together young nten of high and different types from We Talk Faster According to the observation of a stenographic expert, with the passage of 29 years there is an increase in speech at the rate of ten words per minute. People read ntore, see more, do more and are better educated than they were in ttie past nnd it has resulted In quicker thinking nnd talking. Radio may jack the speed up even more. When radio was first used well-know- n Jefferson Sage Counsel Let us rellect that having tmnisher from our land that religion iritolei a nee under which mankind so Ion: tiled and suffered, we have yet ffnet little If we countenance a politiea Intolerance as despotic, as tricked an. capable of as hitter and tiloo.iy ppt seditions - Thomas Jefferson. d AW2ZJ&RY UFJZIf all sections of the country mon basis of equality and most favorable conditions life. To teach them tlte on a com- under the of outdoor privileges, duties, and responsibilities of American citizenship. To stimulate the In terest of tlte youth of this country in tlte importance of military training ns a benefit to the nation and tlte individual taking suclt training. To in culcate and obedience and to develop these youngsters, physically, mentally, and morally. He believes that in return for what he Is giving his sons so freely they will repay in kind as good citizens in times of peace and as voluntary defenders if ever war threatens him. Elaborate preparations have been made to make this years camps more attractive titan have been the popular encampments for the past eight years. These camps offer no vacation in the sense of purposeless squandering of time In idle pursuits or useless diversions, such as Indifferent youth may fancy. Tlte camp schedule Is not arduous, but for every hour there Is a definite aim and occupation. Military drill fills tlte mornings with short Intervals for rest and for tlte ever-welcome milk period, wisely ordained for those still youths. Afternoons are devoted to a wide variety of sports and games, in one or more of which each candidate must take his part. In the dally program he finds n means to greater physical vigor and control. Military drill brings proper carriage, quickness of response and exnct of nerve and muscle. Mass calisthenics emphasize these qualities through rythmic movement. Adequate, varied, nutritious and appetizing diet for thirty days contribute its share to a bodily growth, measured by indies of height and chest expansion and many pounds of weight. Regular hours ostnhlish a proper habit of life. Systematic medical inspedion wards off any danger of undue exertion and it Is supplemented by hospital care in case of e After a long day of outdoor wrk and day, men welcore? eagerly the recreation of tlte evening hours. The hostess house, under the direction of sympathetic and experienced women, affords tiie comforts and quiet enjoyment of a home or club. Chess nnd dteckers, billiards and card games fill many n happy hour. Dunces are organized at every training center with partners furnished by committees and clubs of neighboring communities. The Liberty theater offers moving picture with professional and amateur concerts nnd days. Most camps have their own citizens military training camp hand and sometimes their own orctiestra and dramatic nnd debating clubs. From reveille to taps tlte program is full of earnest work and wholesome recreation, inciting each candidate to full performance of duty through tlte day in order better to enjoy tlte resulting leisure of the evening. Six years have demonstrated tlivr value of the citizens military training camps, for which there Is no better proof than ttie increasing desire of young men to return for a second year, coupled with tlte unanimous approval of parents. g need. In reporting people began to say that he long until the shorthand reporter would he out of business. However, it has proved exactly otherwise. In the last Presidential campaign many newspapers used the radio iu getting speeches. it wouldnt Ths Sporting Spirit Military discipline is much praised as a means of education. But the discipline of the spirit is probably worth a great deal more. And if we must have a substitute, what is wrong Somewhat Larger "And what is your pleasure, madam? asked tlte superbly dressed shopwalker, as a little woman in black bustled in. I want a cap for my husband. The shopwalker Introduced Iter to a young man who knew all about headgear. What size does your husband wear, tnndam ? Er well, really I forget, admitted the little lady, with a blush; hut his collars t;re sixteen. I expect hed want an eighteen or a twenty for a cup, wouhiu't lit? Principle Forgotten Many causes fail because men begin by fighting for a principle and end by yearning to lick the fellows on the other side. Cappers Weekly. with tlte real sporting spirit? In sport well conducted and well organized. It is Just as easy to inculcate courage, honor and loyalty. To learn to keep our tempers in a game, to lose tally, to win without boasting, to congratulate a fortunate adveistry tour teously ; these are the moral elements of an exercise which brings health to both hotly and spirit simultaneously. Quebec Soleil. . Salt water is a bettor conductor of electricity than fresh water |