A list was at once opened, and after the close of the meeting four young men came forward and put down their names, amid the applause of the assembly.
"I wanted to do it before," said John Drake, one of the number, to Mr.
Frost, "but I've got a wife and two little children dependent upon me for support.

I couldn't possibly support them out of my thirteen dollars a month, even with the State aid.

But your motion has decided me.

I could do better by staying at home, even with that; but that isn't the question.

I want to help my country in this hour of her need; and now that my mind is at ease about my family, I shall cheerfully enter the service." "And I know of no one who will make a better soldier!" said Mr.Frost heartily..