1                        Bucks County Intelligencer, Soldiers at Home.  June 18, 1861  Page 3  Col. 1                        1

 

Soldiers at Home.—Jackson Pierce and Samuel N.

Garron, privates in the company of Doylestown Guards

now encamped at Washington, paid a visit to their friends

at home last week.  They obtained a furlough from their

commanding officer on account of sickness of near relatives. 

Jackson Pierce returned to Washington on Saturday, and

Samuel Garron started yesterday morning.  They report-

ed our men all well, and satisfied with their quarters, to

which they have now become accustomed.  Under the

efficient tuition of Capt. Davis, the Guards have attained

great proficiency in drill and the use of arms, and they

are at least equal in these respects to any other corps in

Washington.  They begin to feel a desire to share in some

of the active movements now going on.  While it is de-

sirable that there should be a proper guard kept at the

Arsenal, it is thought that the service can be performed

by green troops, which have yet to receive their military

training.  If the Guards have not yet received marching

orders, there now indications of active business for them

very soon.  A portion of the men are desirous of enlisting

for the war when their present term of three months ex-

pires, but the general opinion is that most of them will

come home as soon as they are discharged.  Much will de-

pend, however, upon the exigencies of the public service

when that time shall have arrived.