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:

... that the discipline they have received in the service of their country has been beneficial rather than otherwise, and in many cases a marked improvement has evidently been made. William Bassett, Chairman Selectmen . As a whole, they are a better class of citizens than when they enlisted. John F. Hale, H. B. Britten, Selectmen. The returned soldiers, as a whole, will exhibit a greater numbe...
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