"2d we all Left Cambridg this morning I went to mr. Granger and staid all night.
"3d I went to methuen.
"5d I went to Haver hill to by some Leather for Bretches.
"6 day I come to Andover and Staid at Mr. osgoods.
"7 day I come to Cambridge about Six a Clock at Night.
"Jany the 8 1776 This Day I Began with Mr. Watson....
"Jan 14.[141] This Day I wint to Cobble Hill & to Litchmor point and to prospeck hill & So Home again. Nothing new.
"22. I listed with Leut David Chandler in Coln Sergant Regment."
And so David How, veteran of Bunker Hill, and doubtless many other young men, found the lure of the camp, and let us say the chance to serve the country, too much to withstand. Freedom to earn their own wages, and to stroll about the fortifications on Sundays, were not to be measured against the romance of soldiering and the hope of battle.