Excerpt from Unofficial Proceedings in Connection With the Twenty-Fourth National Encampment, Grand Army of the Republic, Held in Boston, Week August 11-16, 1890: Issued Under the Direction of the Executive CommitteeHis grandfather, Richard Devens, was conspicuous for his patriotism at the outbreak of the Revolution. He was selected by his fellow-citizens as one of the committee of safety, to, provide arms and ammunition for the patriots of 1775. Ou the evening preceding the battle of Bunker Hill, after the departure of the troops under Prescott from Cambridge, with true military fore sight he went to General Tani, in command of the Americans, and urged that Stark's and Reed's regiments of New Hampshire troops at Medford be ordered to the support of Prescott. Gen. \vard was reluctant to issue the order, but through the persistent efforts of Devens and others it was finally given on the morning of the seventeenth of June, but it did not reach Stark till nearly noon. The world is greatly indebted to Richard Devens for this forecasting of the needs of the hour, for had not those regiments been at the rail fence on Bunker Hill, it is altogether probable that Prescott's force would have been overwhelmed at the beginning of the battle.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.