Fast Riding
Summary
Attention is called to the dangers arising from drunken soldiers "fast riding" through the streets of Frederick, a problem the Provost Marshal should handle..
Transcript
We are again under the necessity of calling the attention of the Military authorities to the dangerous practice of fast riding through the streets. We scarcely know who ought to be held responsible for this unbecoming habit, whether the soldiers who indulge in it, or those who furnish them the liquor which renders them so unmindful of law and order. At all events, we think, if the authority with which the Provost marshal is invested, was promptly interposed, the evil that exposes the lives of our citizens, especially of the children, would find an efficacious remedy.
Article Source
Newspaper: The Frederick Examiner
Publication Date: September 6th, 1865
Page/Column: 2D
Town: Frederick, MD
County: Frederick
Subjects
- Soldiers' Lives
- Home Front / Effects of War
