Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 144, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1913 — "Mustered In” With Real Mustard. [ARTICLE]

"Mustered In” With Real Mustard.

The boys of the 117th N. Y. tell of a real "mustering** In of a darky attached to that regiment, who became fearful be would be deprived of• his pay unless he joined the service. A huge mustard plaster was applied to his back, and under the belief that all soldiers were thus "mustered” in he wore it until It began to get pretty hot Then they took it off and he was formally declared "mustered fa,” according to the law. If that darky didn’t get his wages It was not because he was not “mustered” fa good and plenty.