 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1870 - 272 pages
...fatigue-duty on Sundays, except at the ship-yards, and on special occasions, until further orders. The general is sorry to be informed that the foolish...he hopes the officers will, by example as well as by influence, endeavour to check it ; and that both they and the men will reflect that we can have... | |
 | Frances Mary Owen - 1873 - 280 pages
...from fatigue duty on Sundays, except at the ship-yards, or on special occasions, until further orders. The general is sorry to be informed that the foolish...the officers will, by example as well as influence, endeavour to check it, and that both they and the men will reflect that we can have little hope of... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Northwest, Old - 1875 - 958 pages
...sorry to be informed that the foolish and profane practice of cursing and swearing, a vice hitherto little known in an American army, is growing into fashion. He hopes that the officers will, by example as well as by influence, endeavor to check it ; and that both they... | |
 | Virginia - 1878 - 530 pages
...vice and immorality." Again, we find in August of that year an order in these remarkable words : — " The General is sorry to be informed that the foolish...practice of profane cursing and swearing — a vice hitherto little known in the American army — is growing into fashion. He hopes the officers will,... | |
 | James Walter (major, Lancs. artillery volunteers.) - 1882 - 506 pages
...that ever lived, had the moral courage to issue a general order against this vice, thus worded:— " The General is sorry to be informed that the foolish...cursing and swearing, a vice heretofore little known in the American army, is growing into fashion. He hopes the officers will, by example as well as influence,... | |
 | Charles H. Evans - 1884 - 234 pages
...Sunday as much as possible, expressly to allow them to attend public worship. He writes again : — ' The General is sorry to be informed that the foolish...the officers will, by example as well as influence, endeavour to check it, and that both they and the men will reflect that we can have little hope of... | |
 | Philip Schaff - Christianity - 1885 - 324 pages
...from fatigue duty on Sundays, except at the shipyards, or on special occasions, until further orders. The General is sorry to be informed, that the foolish...wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing, a vice hitherto little known in an American army, is growing into fashion. lie hopes the officers will, by... | |
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The General is sorry to be informed, that the foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing, a vice heretofore little known in an American army... 
