"Give my love to all friends of the Stars and Stripes, and my eternal
hatred to its enemies.
"Yours Respectfully,
"KNOTT V. MARTIN. To WM. B. BROWN, Esq."
During the latter part of April, active measures were taken to recruit
another company to join those already in the field. In a few davs the
"Mugford Guards," a full company of fifty-seven men, was organized, and
Captain Benjamin Day was commissioned as commander. Every effort was
made to get the new company in readiness for departure as soon as
possible. The men were without uniforms, and the school teachers at once
voted to furnish the materials for making them, at their own expense.
Mr. John Marr, the local tailor, offered his services as cutter, and
they were gratefully accepted. On Sunday, May 5, the ladies of the
Soldiers Aid Society, with a large number of others, assembled at
Academy Hall, and industriously worked throughout the entire day and
evening to make up the uniforms.
On the following day, the town voted to appropriate the sum of $400 to
furnish the company with comfortable and necessary clothing.
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