Comrades,
While transcribing letters written by a member of the 124th NYSV, the writer uses the term Strut Sergeant. Has anyone heard this term before? It is a first for me. here is the term used in the letter:
"The other day the strut Sergeant came down to our tent and asked for four men to carry boards. There was three or four Irishmen in the tent but there did any one stir. He spoke to one of them and the Irishman said that he was not going to carry boards. So the Sergeant took hold of him to put him out doors, then all of the Irishmen jumped on and kicked him (the Sergeant) out doors. He went and reported them, I saw the general coming so I went out of the tent, but Dan and Hughes, one of the other boys staid in. The guards took both of them out to the guard house. When I went back they said they had taken Dan and Hughes to the guard house. I was in quite a stew for a while, but I wen to the sergeant, and Lieut. And told them who it was and in the afternoon, they gave me a piece of paper and I went and got the boys out. We had a good laugh, I tell you. If I had staid in they would have taken me to, for they would not wait for any explanation. I thought it was best to leave."
Thanks in advance for shedding any light on this subject
While transcribing letters written by a member of the 124th NYSV, the writer uses the term Strut Sergeant. Has anyone heard this term before? It is a first for me. here is the term used in the letter:
"The other day the strut Sergeant came down to our tent and asked for four men to carry boards. There was three or four Irishmen in the tent but there did any one stir. He spoke to one of them and the Irishman said that he was not going to carry boards. So the Sergeant took hold of him to put him out doors, then all of the Irishmen jumped on and kicked him (the Sergeant) out doors. He went and reported them, I saw the general coming so I went out of the tent, but Dan and Hughes, one of the other boys staid in. The guards took both of them out to the guard house. When I went back they said they had taken Dan and Hughes to the guard house. I was in quite a stew for a while, but I wen to the sergeant, and Lieut. And told them who it was and in the afternoon, they gave me a piece of paper and I went and got the boys out. We had a good laugh, I tell you. If I had staid in they would have taken me to, for they would not wait for any explanation. I thought it was best to leave."
Thanks in advance for shedding any light on this subject
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