New Milford has always been loyal to the cause of freedom. In 1779 the town voted 4 bushels of wheat a month to every man who volunteered for six months, and three bushels a month to the militia men who marched when ordered; but, if they failed to report within eight days after marching orders, they forfeited this premium. The town also supported the families of men while absent in the Continental army. In 1778 the Articles of Confederacy proposed by Congress, styled “The United States of North America,” were adopted in town meeting, except part of the 5th article, which respects the mode of choosing Delegates to Congress. It was “Voted that the Freemen will always hold the prerogative and sole power of choosing our Delegates in Congress by vote.” Subsequently, “said Articles of Confederacy were adopted in full by the meeting without a dissenting voice.” In 1783 it was voted, and a Committee was appointed to enforce the resolution, that all refugees, or “skedaddlers,” as they would now be termed, as well as all who had voluntarily gone over to the enemy during the war, should be prohibited from returning and settling in the town. The Adjutant-General of Connecticut, reports the names of 222 men from the town of New Milford as having served in the armies of the United States during the Civil War of 1861-65. This does not include the 37 who deserted nor the _one_ who was _dishonorably_ discharged. The town, as such, has always upheld the cause of morality and good order. In 1787 certain persons were fined “for bringing into the town and entertaining unwholesome inhabitants.” So early as 1729 it was voted in town meeting that “James Hine have oversight of the female sex during exercises” in Church. And so late as 1821 a certain person was fined $1.67 for “breach of the Sabbath,” but this fine was remitted. The way in which they cared for the poor and guarded the interests of the town, appears from the vote of 1771—“That a black bonnet, a red woman’s cloak, and a worsted gown be kept for the daughter of Hannah Beeman; if she die under age, the town to have them.”