Nothing can better prove the disinterested motives and objects of Willard Glazier in undertaking his long and tedious journey on horseback, than the numerous voluntary offerings he made to certain military organizations whose claims so forcibly presented themselves to him. This was simply characteristic of him. He has never valued money but for the practical uses to which it may be applied in the amelioration of the condition of others. Simple in his habits, and unostentatious in his mode of life--indulging in no luxuries--he has managed by sheer hard work to accumulate a fair fortune, which is of value to him only so far as he can do good with it--first to those having the strongest domestic claims upon him, and secondly, to his comrades of the camp and the battle-field. The following letters will explain themselves: Delavan House, Albany, _May 28th, 1876_. Captain John Palmer, Past Grand Commander, Department of New York, G. A. R. Dear Sir and Comrade: I feel great pleasure in handing you herewith, forty dollars, which I wish to be applied to the fund for the erection of a Soldiers' Home, as lately proposed by our comrades at Brooklyn. Should it be your pleasure to endorse my lecture tour across the State, I feel confident that I could raise from five hundred to a thousand dollars for this most worthy object. Pledging my best efforts in the work, which I hope I need scarcely add, enlists my warmest sympathies, I have the honor to remain, Yours in F., C. and L., Willard Glazier. Captain Palmer, in acknowledging the donation, wrote as follows: Headquarters Department of New York, "Grand Army of the Republic," Albany, _May 31st, 1876_. Captain Willard Glazier: Comrade: Your gift of forty dollars to the fund for the erection of the "Soldiers' Home" is duly received, and the same has been forwarded to Captain E. O. Parkinson, Chairman Soldiers' Home Committee, Brooklyn, New York, for which accept my thanks. Very truly yours, in F., C. and L., John Palmer, Department Commander. On the twenty-second of May, "'Paul' being in good condition and the best of spirits," our soldier-author started for Schenectady, paying his respects to Captain Palmer on his way up Washington Avenue. Schenectady was reached at four o'clock P. M. through frequent showers of rain. Putting up at Gwinn's Hotel he delivered his lecture at Union Hall at the usual hour in the evening, to a fair audience, notwithstanding the rain.