The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-08-08
THE FOURTH GETS ITSPAY.
PAYMASTER MATTHEWS WAS A
POPULAR MAN LAST NIGHT.

How the Services of Officers and Men
in the Sea Girt Campaign Were APP
praised by the State-FulI Pay for
Major Mason's Horse.
Paymaster Frank c. Matthews was the
biggest man in town last night in the eyes
of the Fourth Regiment, and he and his
small yellow satchel commanded an
amount of respect which the Brigadier
General, with all his feathers and gold
lace, cannot always win. He came down
to the armory about eight O'Clock, accom-
panied by the small satchel aforesaid, for
the purpose of paying the boys off for the
arduous duties which they performed for
the State while encamped at Sea Girt last
month.
1t was the second time the boys had
expected to be paid. On the first occasion
some irregularity was discovered in the
checks and they had to be returned to
Trenton for correction. This time they
were found to be all right and the distrf-
button of the funds went merrily on.
When the paymaster reached the arm
ory he was greeted with characteristic
enthusiasm and invited on all hands to
visit each company first. He declined
these polite attentions and went to the ad-
jutant's room, where he proceeded to dis
pose of the commandant and staff first,
Colonel Wanser was not present and his
severely plain check on the Trenton Bank
ing Company, signed by the paymaster
general, was carefully laid aside. The
colonel will receive IS a day for the six
days which the State recognizes as the
official duration of the camp and 81 per
day for the keep of the fiery charger
which it was so hard to make go on the
Spring Lake road.
Lieutenant Colonel Abernethy s worldly
possessions were increased by $36-$4 per
day for his own work and 80 per day for
the horse which rode SO gallantly on re-
view
Major Mason received the same amount,
and thus set at rest the rumors regarding
Lieutenant Evans efforts to have the pay
OF the Majors horse docked for throwing
the lieutenant off and nearly killing him.
1t was said, however, that the Board of
Officers had determined to dock the
horses tail, instead of his pay.
DR.. Lampson, the mighty man of pills
and powders, also received $36 for his
labors in alleviating the miseries which
the diabolical trot of his $12horse inflicted
upon one of the civilians who was attached
to the camp.
The other members of the staff were
paid according to their rank-captains So
per day and lieutenants So. 80. The non
commissioned staff each received 50 per
day, the first sergeants 81 and the
sergeants $1.75.
When the staff had pocketed their
checks the paymaster went upstairs to
pay off the men. Light skirmishers had
been threwn out at frequent intervals
during his stay below and his first ad-
vance upward was quickly known to the
entire regiment. When he reached the
top of the stairs various stratagems were
adopted by the members of each company
to induce him to pay them first, but he
entered the first door he came to.
There he spread out his papers and as
each mans name was called he stepped
forward and received his check for So
six days pay at S1.50 per day. This was
repeated in each company room until the
regiment was paid.
A noticeable feature of the occasion
was the absence of the money lender and
with but very few exceptions each man
drew his full SO. The general verdict was
that the State was most kind to her sol
dier boys and the only regret heard was
that it will be two years before they can
go to camp again.