The only item in the account that is perplexing is one which states that "one recruit" was furnished under the second call for five hundred and ninety dollars, this being, probably, at a time when the draft was nearly over and matters carelessly managed.

The Grand Army Post.s.-- This chapter would, by many, be judged to have been properly completed with the disbandment of the soldiers and the payment of the debts accruing from the Civil War, but the publishers of this history have considered that the real Ixistory of the contest in Westchester County can never be said to be finished till that of the "Grand Army of the Republic," within its borders, be also told.

That the writer of the preceding pages should have been requested to add thereto on account of the organization of the Grand Army in the county seems both natural and proper, and he undertakes the ta.sk with willingness, injismuch as there is a great deal of misapprehension, among the people at large, as to the object and scope of action of the body of veterans which e.xi.st.s'undor that name. A brief sketch of the order itself, and of the connection of this county

therewith, will prove of interest to all patriotic citizens, of whatever faith in politics.

The first " post " of the order was formed in one of the Western States, in the year after the close of the war, but it was not till the year 18()7 that the idea was developed into a harmonious whole, with a regular system of military discipline, and the different units of " post," "department" and " national " headquarters. In its hierarchy, the familiar routine of military life was followed, as tar as [)ossible, with features common to secret social and benevolent societies, following the father of all such bodies -- Freemasonry.