This edition of the paper was only two pages long.Two pages most likely with all the news items was not on this reel of microfilm. The Alleghanian, Ebensburg, Pa. Thursday, October 10, 1861 Volume 3, Number 3 Why Men Should Enlist The N. Y. TRIBUNE gives the following as some of the inducements that should impel loyal men to promptly enroll themselves in the army of the Union: 1. The Cause. We fight for the life of the Nation, the maintenance of free institutions and the protection of our homes and property. Patriotism, love of liberty and self-preservation call to arms. 2. Our common soldiers, under the recent act of Congress are better paid than those of any other nation. 3. The rations provided for troops have been recently increased. They are now more liberal than those given to any other army in the world. 4. The clothing furnished, we hope, will from this time onward, be of an excellent quality. The reign of “shoddy” is over. 5. Camp equipage and hospital furnishments are being placed upon the very best footing. All the modern improvements to secure the health and comfort of the men are being adopted. 6. The weapons now being supplied to all arms of the service are of the most desirable and effective patterns. 7. For all these expenditures, the Government has ample means to pay. Its treasury is full and its credit firm and unquestioned. 8. Special care is being taken to place none but competent officers in command of regiments, brigades and divisions. Imbecility and ignorance are either resigning or being forced out of the service. 9. The Autumn, with its healthy sun and bracing breezes has arrived. The Summer solstice deterred tens of thousands of Northern citizens from following their flag into the sultry rebel States. From this time onward, for the coming eight months, the country below the Potomac and the Ohio will, to our Northern troops be one long genial Autumn. 10. The harvest being over and the hard times upon us, swarms of men can find no employment so profitable viewed as mere work for hire as going into the army. This is true of traders and mechanics as well as farmers and applies with great force to the redundant population of our large cities. 11. Hereafter our troops along the frontier lines will not be compelled to fight against such an overwhelming superiority of numbers as heretofore. It is plain that henceforth the Navy is to give the traitors plenty of employment upon the Atlantic coast. The rebels will be compelled to withdraw large masses of their soldiers now in the Border States in order to defend their menaced and harassed harbors and inlets. _________________________________________________________________ See how Windows connects the people, information, and fun that are part of your life. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093175mrt/direct/01/