GDG- Muster

[Molly and Walter Wells]

  CHuck,

Wow, he must have been in some pickle!

Molly and Walter Wells
1962 Fairwood Lane
State College PA 16803

How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!
Here will we sit and let the sounds of music
Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night
Become the touches of sweet harmony.

(SHakespeare: MERCHANT OF VENICE)



On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at  8:11 PM, Chuck May wrote:

> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
> As we all look forward to another great Muster, I was moved to ponder 
> some
> of the forms of punishment used in the 1860's. For instance:
>
> I was recently looking over some compiled roster data for a regiment. 
> I
> think it was the 27th Indiana, but don't quote me on that. What caught 
> my
> eye was the unfortunate soldier who must have done something horribly 
> wrong.
> Right there in black and white it said, "mustard out for disability",
> thus-and-such a date. I wondered what the mechanism for that might be. 
> Is he
> the source of that chill some of feel when standing in the hot dog 
> line -
> condemned to spend eternity in a world of condiments without ever 
> being
> allowed to have a hot dog? Were there any other soldiers who actually 
> looked
> forward to the end of their service with relish?
>
> Perhaps it's something the ghost hunters should look into.
>
> Chuck May
> Gettysburg PA
> ChuckMay at may-engineering.com
>
>
> 
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