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:

...not better, than they were when they enlisted. J. H. Davis, Chairman Selectmen. On the whole I am constrained to say that the war has made our men rather better than worse. P. Torry, Chairman Selectmen . The police say, that in several cases of individuals who were troublesome before going to the war, there has, since their return, been a marked change for the better; the subordination and ...
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