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Marshfield (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
William Wheeler, Chairman Selectmen. Ludlow. It is my opinion that our returned soldiers are better men than when they entered the army. J. S. Eaton, Chairman Selectmen. Lunenburg. Those who returned are better men than before the war. F. M. Marston, H. B. Heyward, Selectmen. Manchester. On the whole, we can say that our soldiers are morally as good as before, while intellectually and bodily there is a decided improvement. George F. Allen, Chairman Selectmen. Marshfield. Their habits are not worse; I am more than half inclined to think they have improved. Luther Hatch, G. M. Baker, Selectmen. Medford. Their habits are full as good, and in some cases better. Parker R. Litchfield, Clerk of the Board of Selectmen. Medfield. Their habits are as good, if not better, than before they entered the army. B. F. Shumway, Chairman Selectmen. Medway. Taken as a whole, we feel that they are better than otherwise. William Daniel, Chairma
Wrentham (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
rman Selectmen. Webster. The habits of most of the men are as good now as when they enlisted. A few, I have no doubt, were improved by being connected with the military service, while a small number, belonging to a class of men not likely to improve under any circumstances, came out of the army seven times worse than they were when they entered it. The habit of using intoxicating liquors too freely seems to me to be the one acquired or confirmed by those made worse by being in military service. F. D. Brown, Chairman Selectmen. Wrentham. Only one has been guilty of any criminal act, but we must be under the painful necessity of saying that their experience in camp life has not appeared to increase in many of them the habits of temperance and industry. James T. Ford, Chairman Selectmen. [The full reports, from which the above extracts are taken, may be found in the Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts for the year ending Dec. 31, 1865, pp. 141-218.]
Quincy (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
etter habits than when they went. E. Warren Pierce, Chairman Selectmen. Princeton. In no case are their habits worse, but in some cases better. William B. Goodnow, Chairman Selectmen. Prescott. It is my opinion that their habits have been better on the whole. W. H. Winter, Chairman Selectmen. Provincetown. No worse, but, upon the whole, we think them better citizens than before. S. S. Gifford, Chairman Selectmen. Quincy. As a body, the returned soldiers of Quincy are better men now than when they entered the United States service. Ebenezer Adams, Chairman Selectmen. Randolph. I fully believe as a general thing that their habits have been improved. J. White Belcher, Chairman Selectmen. Richmond. I have made inquiries from those who do not sympathize with the Republican party; they are free to say that the soldiers have come home improved, without an exception. George cook, Chairman Selectmen. Rockport. The remark is made alm
Wilbraham (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
habitants of the town generally. Benjamin Oliver, Chairman Selectmen. Whately. There is, on the whole, an improvement in their habits. Samuel B. White, Chairman Selectmen. Winchester. Their habits, if changed at all, have changed for the better. O. R. Clark, Chairman Selectmen. Williamstown. As a body, I think their improvement great. C. R. Taft, Chairman Selectmen. Woburn. They are better citizens than before. A. E. Thompson, Chairman Selectmen. Wilbraham. On the whole, I think their morals have not deteriorated, but of the two have improved. Sumner Smith, Chairman Selectmen. Weymouth. The habits of such returned soldiers are better rather than worse than they were before entering the service. James Humphrey, Chairman Selectmen. Westport. Some of them, I am positive, exhibit a decided improvement, and a few of them, who were considered a little fast before the war, are now among the most industrious and respectable of o
Sharon (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
ly enforced there would have a beneficial effect on the men composing the army, and my experience the past year, as marshal, has given me no reason to change my mind. R. Skinner, Jr., City Marshal. Saugus. Their conduct has been as good, if not better, than before they entered the army. William H. Newhall, Chairman Selectmen. Savoy. It is my opinion that there is a marked improvement in the character of many of them, both social and moral. H. Snow, Chairman Selectmen. Sharon. Their habits, in many instances, have been improved; they are more industrious and good citizens. O. Johnson, Chairman Selectmen. Shutesbury. As a body they are as good, if not better, than they were when they enlisted. J. H. Davis, Chairman Selectmen. Southborough. On the whole I am constrained to say that the war has made our men rather better than worse. P. Torry, Chairman Selectmen. South Danvers. The police say, that in several cases of individuals who wer
Chelmsford, Mass. (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
S. Needham, Arthur cook, Selectmen. Brimfield. As a general thing, their habits are full as good and in many instances, we think, very much better, than before going into the army. William S. Wyles, J. S. Blair, Selectmen. Charlemont. A majority are better men than before they entered the army. A. L. Tyler, Chairman Selectmen. Charlestown. I am not sure but that they are better; indeed, my observation inclines me to that opinion. Charles Robinson, Jr., Mayor. Chelmsford. My own opinion is they are rather better men as a whole. Joseph Reed, Chairman Selectmen. Chester. The habits of the returned soldiers belonging to our town are as good as when they left for the war, and in some cases better. Charles W. Knox, George S. Williams, B. B. Eastman, Selectmen. Chesterfield. They are as good men, and in some cases better. P. Bryant, Chairman Selectmen. Chicopee. The habits of our returned soldiers are better than before they entered
Salem (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
One man, who was a pest in society, came home at the end of three years a reformed man, with about six hundred dollars saved from his wages and bounty, and has been sober and industrious ever since. E. H. Potter, Chairman Selectmen. Royalston. As good citizens as before they went, and in some cases I think better. William W. Clement, Chairman Selectmen. Sandwich. On the whole, they are better citizens than before their enlistment. H. G. O. Ellis, Chairman Selectmen. Salem. My short experience in the army led me to expect that the discipline which was necessarily enforced there would have a beneficial effect on the men composing the army, and my experience the past year, as marshal, has given me no reason to change my mind. R. Skinner, Jr., City Marshal. Saugus. Their conduct has been as good, if not better, than before they entered the army. William H. Newhall, Chairman Selectmen. Savoy. It is my opinion that there is a marked improvement
Stoneham (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
at some public notice should be taken of this remarkable and most gratifying fact of the absence in them of that demoralization which we surely had good reason to fear. S. Tolman, Jr., Chairman Selectmen. Spencer. The habits of the men generally have been better than before entering the service. L. Hill, Chairman Selectmen. Sterling. I think I can safely say that they have improved; certain am I that they are as good citizens as before. E. Sawyer, Chairman Selectmen. Stoneham. We have made a thorough investigation, and find that, as a whole, they are better members of society. John Hill, Chairman Selectmen. Stockbridge. Take the soldiers that we sent to the war, as a body, they are not only as good men now as they were when they enlisted, but even better. M. Warner, Chairman Selectmen. Stoughton. We think none of them are any worse, and many of them are better than when they enlisted. J. Adams, Chairman Selectmen. Sudbury. I think t
Southampton, Mass. (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
ectmen. Southborough. On the whole I am constrained to say that the war has made our men rather better than worse. P. Torry, Chairman Selectmen. South Danvers. 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 restraint to which they were subjected in the army enabling them to govern themselves at home. J. Poor, Chairman Selectmen. Southampton. As to their habits, as a whole, we are decidedly of the opinion that they have undergone a change for the better while in the service of their country. Z. E. Coleman, Chairman Selectmen. South Scituate. None seem the worse, but many better, than they were before they became soldiers. It seems due to the soldier that some public notice should be taken of this remarkable and most gratifying fact of the absence in them of that demoralization which we surely had good reason to f
Becket (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
Rocxwood, Chairman Selectmen. Ashland. To-day, as a body, they are better men than when they enlisted in the service of their country. J. N. Pike, Chairman Selectmen. Andover. The men, as a body, are better citizens than they were before enlisting into the service. William S. Jenkins, Chairman Selectmen. Bedford. Those who have returned to their homes in this town are as good men, if not better, than when they volunteered. William A. Stearns, Chairman Selectmen. Becket. As a whole, they are more industrious and better citizens than they were before they enlisted. Stephen W. Carter, Chairman Selectmen. Berlin. I am of the opinion 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. Bernardston. As a whole, they are a better class of citizens than when they enlisted. John F.
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