CHAPTER VIII.

OFFENCES AND PUNISHMENTS.

The Offences Enumerated—“Back Talk”—Absence from Camp without Leave—The Punishments—The Guard Tent—The Black List—Its Occupations—Buck and Gag—The Barrel and its Uses—The Crucifixion—The Wooden Horse—The Knapsack Drill—Tied up by the Thumbs—The Sweat-Box—The Placard—The Spare Wheel—Log-Lugging—Double Guard—The Model Regiment—Commanders often Tyrants by Nature, or from Effects of Rum, or Ignorance—A Regiment with Hundreds of Colonels—Inactivity Productive of Offences and Punishments—Kid-Glove Warfare—Drumming out of Camp—Rogue’s March—Ball and Chain—Sleeping on Post—Desertion—Death of a Deserter Described—Death of a Spy Described—Bounty-jumpers—Amnesty to Deserters—Desertion to Enemy—Hanging of Three Criminals at Once for this Offence Described—Number of Executions in the War 143