Not Time to Send for the Colonel

Clinton B. Fisk was chosen colonel of a regiment made up largely of ministers and religious men. The morality of the regiment was a matter of favorable comment, not only in the camp where they were drilled before leaving the State, but also as they advanced down the Mississippi River. Some one suggested that Colonel Fisk should do the swearing of the regiment, as he was "as religious as a preacher."

The colonel, who was not to be nonplussed by such a proposition, readily accepted the duty, the men all assenting.