III. how the soldiers were sheltered.
After enlistment, what? This deed done, the responsibility of the citizen for himself ceased in a measure, and Uncle Sam took him in charge. A word here to make clear to the ninformed the distinction between the militia and the volunteers. The militia are the soldiers of the State, and their duties lie wholly within its limits, unless called out by the President of the United States in an emergency. Such an emergency occurred when President Lincoln made his call for 75,000 militia, already alluded to. The volunteers, on the other hand, enlist directly into the service of the United States, and it becomes the duty of the national government to provide for them from the very date of their enlistment. Before leaving the State these volunteers were mustered into service. This often occurred soon after their enlistment, before they had been provided with the garb of Union soldiers.“The heath this night must be my bed,
To-morrow eve, more stilly laid,
The bracken curtain for my head,
My lullaby the warder's tread,
Far, far from love and thee, Mary.
My couch may be my bloody plaid,
My vesper song, thy wail, sweet maid.
It will not waken me, Mary.
”lady of the Lake.
