[696] 1863. No special action appears to have been taken by the town during this year in regard to the war, although recruiting volunteers and the payment of State aid were continued. 1864. June 25th, The selectmen were authorized to pay a bounty of one hundred aud twenty-five dollars to each volunteer who should enlist to fill the quota of the town ‘for the next call for men.’ On the 14th of August it was decided to pay the bounty in gold, and ‘to raise a sufficient sum of money to procure fourteen men for the army.’ West Brookfield furnished one hundred and fifty-nine men for the war, which was a surplus of twelve over and above all demands. None were commissioned officers. The whole amount of money appropriated and expended by the town on account of the war, exclusive of State aid, was eleven thousand two hundred and seventy-seven dollars and sixty-one cents ($11,277.61). The amount of money paid by the town during the war for State aid to soldiers' families, and repaid by the Commonwealth, was as follows: In 1861, $260.95; in 1862, $1,668.21; in 1863, $2,378.11; in 1864, $4,325.71; in 1865, $3,160.82. Total amount, $11,793.80.
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[696] 1863. No special action appears to have been taken by the town during this year in regard to the war, although recruiting volunteers and the payment of State aid were continued. 1864. June 25th, The selectmen were authorized to pay a bounty of one hundred aud twenty-five dollars to each volunteer who should enlist to fill the quota of the town ‘for the next call for men.’ On the 14th of August it was decided to pay the bounty in gold, and ‘to raise a sufficient sum of money to procure fourteen men for the army.’ West Brookfield furnished one hundred and fifty-nine men for the war, which was a surplus of twelve over and above all demands. None were commissioned officers. The whole amount of money appropriated and expended by the town on account of the war, exclusive of State aid, was eleven thousand two hundred and seventy-seven dollars and sixty-one cents ($11,277.61). The amount of money paid by the town during the war for State aid to soldiers' families, and repaid by the Commonwealth, was as follows: In 1861, $260.95; in 1862, $1,668.21; in 1863, $2,378.11; in 1864, $4,325.71; in 1865, $3,160.82. Total amount, $11,793.80.
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