Lrcronxaines did gallant work last spritig when the Connecticut River overflowed its banks. Legionnaire Charles H. Dans, who was in charge of one the boats, relates one of the incidents which relieved the tragedy of, the moment "People had utile time to prepare for gelting out of their houses, and many were evacuated with considerably Jess than their usual quota of garments. One mother of a brood, Including a daughter of seventeen, was distressed at. the necessity for liber daughter's descent into the rock-Ing boat below, but the father, patting her gently on the shoulder, said: 'Don't worry, mamma, they won't peek—they're soldiers.'
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