While recovering from injuries, he was reassigned to New York to recruit new soldiers.
William B. Barnes received orders to return to his hometown of Rochester and recruit new soldiers.
Originally, the recruiters said, they would have been happy netting 1,110 new soldiers.
Every morning, he would give a short speech to new soldiers arriving at the division replacement center.
The new soldiers elected officers, a common practice in volunteer organizations, and voted Alexander, 42, captain and commander.
But, he said, since the new soldiers arrived, "the situation is becoming a little more normal".
His station recruited 65 new soldiers in 2007-8, mitsing itargetget by 10.
When new soldiers are around, and a mortar or rocket hits, they scatter (they are probably the smart ones!).
There is constant training, new gear and technology to be mastered, new soldiers to fit into the units.
As the new soldiers came in, the old soldiers faded away, sometimes with a final, bitter flourish.
When the Civil War began in 1861, thousands of new soldiers and their families became acutely aware that it might soon be too late.
