The herald., 1898-09-04
RECEIVED BY MEN NOW AT THE
PRESIDE
SEVENTH STARTS ON MONDAY
Thirty-Day Furloughs to Precede the
Formal Mastering Out-Orders
to Other Organizations
Associated Press Special Wire.

and Seventh California Regiments came
noon today. 1t calls for the immedia
abandonment OF these regiments. Tran
portation and ra;iors for the homewal
bound trip will be furnished. The Seven
will be sent to Los Angeles. where it will
mustered out, and the Sixth 10 Stockton.
The officers and men will be given fu
loughs for thirty days before being TO
mally mustered out. This is done to pr,
vide agains. any possible emergency whi(
Nigh; arise. and for which the regimen
might be needed. AT the end of the th.rt
days some regular mastering officer. y
10 be appointed, will so through the forma
ity of dsmissing the regiments.
Both regiments will probably break cam
Monday and proceed to their respectiN
rendezvous. The garrison duty at the Fr
sidio for,ifica,ions. Alcatraz Island. Lin
Point and Benicia Barracks, which some
the companies OF the Sixth have been fu
filling. will now have 10 be done by the fe
regulars that are here, or by some otht
volunteer regiment Of the eXpeditionar
forces.
A Sleepy Sentinel
Private Henry G. Sutton of Company
Of Pasadena has been convicted by court
martial of sleeping at his post and wa
sentenced to hard labor for six months an
to pay a fine of $50. On account of exter
uating circumstances, General Miller com
muted the sentence to one month and $40.
Camp Notes
Private Edgar L. Adams of Company ]
and ]. H. Timmons of Company NJ hav
been removed to the division and Alamed
hospitals.
The medical inspecting board has recon
mended to General Miller that the compan
sinks be cleaned out daily by civilian con
tract on account of the non-absorptiv
quality of the soil.
Although no vote has been allowed in III
Seventh Regiment, canvass of Compan,
A has been made by a San Francisco paper
It resulted as follows:
For mastering out Observation-Disclosures. G
Against mastering out ................... .
............. ..............
Total number questioned .................. 6
Number of prlvates in company.......... S
Number of non-commissioned officers. !
Total number in company 10
1t is well known that Company A is on
of the most conservative and best discip
lined organizations in the regiment.
In refusing to allow a vote of the mel
Colonel Berry is supported by General Nil
Ter.
The Medical Report
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. S.-The medica
board of inquiry appointed 10 investigate
the condition of the soldiers here made {
preliminary report today regarding sick
ness in the Seventh California Regiment. I
states that out of total of 1860 men in the
regiment there are 73 who are sick, or about
) per cent. OF the 73 cases of sickness, l!
are due to typhoid fever, which is IL pei
cent of the regiments total strength.
Other Orders Issued
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3,-The appended
bulletin was issued by the War Depart
mcnt today announcing the add!tiona! reg
ments TO be mustered out OF the service:
Adjutant-General Corbin said that in al!
probability few If any other troops would
be ordered relieved from duty at this time
TIE bulletin of the organizations to be mus
cred out is as follows:
First United States Volunteer Infantry at
Galveston, Texas.
Ninth Massachusetts, Infantry, from Mon
aux Point TO South FRAMING CHAM.
Batteries B, C and D, First Maine Ar
...ler~ at Augusta.
Companies A. b, C and D, Second Wash.
ngton Volunteer Infantry, Vancouver
Barracks, Washington.
District of Columbia Infantry from Mon
aux to armory, Washington.
First Battalion, Nevada Infantry, al Car
son City, Nevada.
Ninth New York Infantry. from Hunts
Vile, Ala, TO Troy, N. Y: Third New York
from Camp Meade. Middletown
Pa, to Troy, n. Y; Fourteenth New
ork Infantry from Huntsville, Ala, tc
Troy.
Second New Jersey Infantry, from Jack
3onville, Fla, TO Seagrt, n. J.
First Massachusetts, Heavy Artillery
from Fort Pickering. Mass, to South
birmingham, Mass.
In connection with the orders mustering e
out The above named regiments +, IS sig
a.ncant cf the governments intention to
'etain many OF the volunteer regiments
n the service, that orders We're issued
transferring thirteen regiments from their
state camps to the various camps of mobi-
zation throughout the country. II is un-
lerstcod that the orders were issued with
he view TO rententior in the service, per-
haps until next spring, Of the organizations
named in the orders. The regiments in
,luded in the orders are as follows:
Third Georgia from Griffin. Ga, to jack
sorville; Fifteenth Minnesota, from ST.
Fourth New Jersey from Seagr to Camp
Meade; Eighth Infantry regulars from
Fourth New Jersey from sSeagrt to Camp
from South Framingham
% Camp Meade Thirty-hfth Michigan from
sland Haven to Camp Meade: Third Mis-
issippi, TO Lexington. Ky; Twenty-frst
New York from Hampsted 10 Camp Meade;
Third North Carolina from Fort Macon to
Fourth Kentucky from Lexing-
on to Knoxville: Third Alabama to SACK
onvilc; Third Regiment United states En-
,ineers from jefferson Barracks TO Lex
ngtor, and First Territorial Regiment from
tucson, Ariz., to Lexington.
At Camp Poland
CAMP POLAND, KNOXVILLE. Tenn,
;ept. 3.-Two of the nine regiments en-
amped here have been ordered mustered
ut. These are the First Pennsylvania and
)ne Hundred and Fifty-eighth Indiana.
he former will be moved to Philadelphia
r~t.