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The army was composed not only of the strongest, but also of the noblest men of the nation. THE ARMY WAS COMPOSED NOT ONLY OF THE STRONGEST BUT ALSO OF THE NOBLEST MEN OF THE NATION
o eagerly and whole-heartedly as the American nation at this crisis. Private individuals subscribed vast sums of money, teachers of schools voluntarily gave up a fixed proportion of their salary, churches and societies made regular collections, farmers carried their produce into the camps, and women devoted their skill to nursing the sick and wounded. The highest honour that men could claim was to serve in the ranks of the army; and rich and poor alike shouldered the musket and slept side by side upon the field of battle. On one occasion the money which was needed for the pay of a New England regiment was delayed, and it was feared that the families of the soldiers, as well as the soldiers themselves, might in consequence be placed in distress. Elias Howe, the inventor of the sewing-machine, who was serving as a private in the ranks, stepped forward, pulled out his cheque-book, and wrote on the spot a cheque for 20,000 pounds, which he handed to his colonel for the use of his comrades. IR TREASURES SO EAGERLY AND WHOLEHEARTEDLY AS THE AMERICAN NATION AT THIS CRISIS PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS SUBSCRIBED VAST SUMS OF MONEY TEACHERS OF SCHOOLS VOLUNTARILY GAVE UP A FIXED PROPORTION OF THEIR SALARY CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES MADE REGULAR COLLECTIONS FARMERS CARRIED THEIR PRODUCE INTO THE CAMPS AND WOMEN DEVOTED THEIR SKILL TO NURSING THE SICK AND WOUNDED THE HIGHEST HONOR THAT MEN COULD CLAIM WAS TO SERVE IN THE RANKS OF THE ARMY AND RICH AND POOR ALIKE SHOULDERED THE MUSKET AND SLEPT SIDE BY SIDE UPON THE FIELD OF BATTLE ON ONE OCCASION THE MONEY WHICH WAS NEEDED FOR THE PAY OF A NEW ENGLAND REGIMENT WAS DELAYED AND IT WAS FEARED THAT THE FAMILIES OF THE SOLDIERS AS WELL AS THE SOLDIERS THEMSELVES MIGHT IN CONSEQUENCE BE PLACED IN DISTRESS ELIAS HOWE THE INVENTOR OF THE SEWING MACHINE WHO WAS SERVING AS A PRIVATE IN THE RANKS STEPPED FORWARD PULLED OUT HIS CHECK BOOK AND WROTE ON THE SPOT A CHECK FOR TWENTY THOUSAND POUNDS WHICH HE HANDED TO HIS COLONEL FOR THE USE OF HIS COMRADES
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