...plications for commissions were received; but by the best evidence I have, the first applicant, Greely S. Curtis, was followed by A. B. Underwood. Then came Wilder Dwight, and within a few days George L. Andrews , who made personal application for the office of lieutenantcolonel. The following names, with residences, I find among my notes, upon a sheet bearing evidence that they were written in the order ...