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1861. The first legal town-meting to act upon matters in
regard to the war was held on the 30th of April, at which
it was voted that each volunteer belonging to the town should
receive one dollar a day for very day occupied in drilling, which
payment to be made weekly and continue until otherwise ordered by
the selectmen; also, that every enlisted man “from this town”
when called into actual service shall receive an amount of money
sufficient to make his pay fifteen dollars a month, and those who
have families or persons dependent upon them for support shall
receive in addition thereto eight dollars a month, “to be paid as
the selectmen shall think best to such family or dependant;” also,
that each Brookfield member of the military company being raised in
whole or part in the town for the Fifteenth Regiment “shall be
furnished with a plain and substantial uniform, army blankets, and
revolver at the expense of the town.” E. Twitchell, J. S.
Montague, and Charles Fales were chosen to carry this vote into
effect***
***The committee furnished forty-four uniforms, at a cost of
$523.63; Thirty-seven revolvers at a cost of $536.56, and paid
for drilling $289. Total, $1, 349.19
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