During the Civil War the late Colonel Bouck organized a
regiment, says _Everybody’s Magazine_, which he controlled
as a dictator. It was while the army was resting after the
colonel’s first campaign that an itinerant evangelist wandered
into camp and, approaching the colonel, asked if he was the
commanding officer.
“Ugh!” snorted “Old Gabe,” as he was affectionately called,
“what do you want?”
“I am a humble servant of the Lord endeavoring to save the
souls of the unfortunate. I have just left the camp of the --th
Massachusetts, where I was instrumental in leading eight men
into paths of righteousness.”
“Adjutant,” thundered Colonel Bouck, after a moment’s pause,
“detail ten men for baptism. No Massachusetts regiment shall
beat mine for piety.” (Text.)
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=Formation Versus Reformation=--See ECONOMY IN
WORK.
=Former Days=--See CRIME IN FORMER DAYS.