The conduct of the Eighth Massachusetts Regiment at Annapolis, Md., is deserving of the greatest praise.
When Gen. Butler asked if any of them could sail the Constitution, fifty-four men stepped from the ranks, one of whom was the son of the man who built her!
A similar incident occurred when the General called for mechanics to put the dislocated engine together.
One stalwart Yankee stepped from the ranks, and said, “Well, General, I rather think I can — I made that engine;” and in two hours the engine was at work drawing trains with the troops towards Washington.
The efficiency of the stalwart six-footers with which the regiment abounds, was a most fortunate thing for the vast body of troops concentrating there.--N. Y. Times, April 27.
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