Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Chairman Selectmen” in chapter 12 of Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2:

... of much better habits. J. Q. A. Lothrop, S. J. Beal, Z. Rich, Selectmen. My opinion is that their character and habits stand better in our town than when they enlisted. D. C. Smith, Chairman Selectmen . Taken as a whole, they are certainly no worse citizens; we think they are better. J. C. Howes, Chairman Selectmen. As a general thing their having been in the army has been a b...
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