The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-23
MUSTERED OUT AND PAID OFF.
Accounts Squared With Company G Las,
Sunday Noon.


Sunday Noon.
The long awaited and much wished for
day has come and gone, and the boys of
Company g, SD Mich. Vol. Inf'y have been
mustered out and paid, after keeping up
the record to the last for good work by do
ing such accurate work for the last few
weeks in making out final reports that they
received marked compliments on the work
by the mastering officers.
All last week the out of town members
kept dropping In on old associates In re-
spOnse to the messages sent by their captain.
On Thursday Lieut.. Wrenn of the regular
army arrived and made the best use of his
experience In assisting to get things in read
iIess for the mastering Office, Capt. Irvine,
and the paymaster. In the absence of Maj
King. who had been announced as the
examining officer. Majoy A. M. Hume was
commissioned as the examiner and the work
of making the physical examinations was
ton of the preliminary work. the examina-
tions, and the necessary records and after
the arrival of the mastering officer, the
comparatively short ceremony of mastering
out was performed. About four o'clock
Capt Van Epps gave the order to Orderly
Sergeant Gardener to form the company
and at the command of the latter to fall in,
the company aligned themselves for the last
time as part of the United States army.
A brief inspection by the officers present in
full uniform completed the spectacular part
of the work.
With the arrival of Major Pickett u. S.
", the paymaster, and Lieut.. Ryther, of the
9th U S. .lnfy., with their force of clerks. the
work of preparing the pay rolls was rushed
at their headquarters in the Widermuth
House. Arrangements had been made with
M. l.. Stewart & Co. to furnish the money
for the payment of the company, and plans
were made to have everything in readiness
to pay off Sunday.
1t was about noon before everything was
in readiness and the men assembled in the
Armory before stepping up to the paymas-
ter's table where the piles of money amount
ing to over eleven thousand dollars awaited
them. The amount received by the differ
ent men varied widely, the amounts receiv.
ed by Sergt. Angevine and Corp. Woodruff
approaching comfortably near the two hun
dred dollar mark. The average amount
seemed to be in the neighborhood of one
hundred and ten dollars. Each man received
with the amount due him, his discharge
from the service. Capt. Van Epps and
charges and pay until their various reports
and accounts are verified and changes made
which may be necessary. As some degree
of compensation for the delay however,
their salary goes right on as before.
In the afternoon the members held a
business meeting to organize some sort of
an association to keep up the memory of the
campaign. Officers of such an association
were elected and a suitable name will be
adopted. The officers elected were:
President-Fred Kamm.
Vice Presidents-S. w. Gruner, of Cold
water; David FitzgibbOn, of Pt. Huron;
Albert Baird, of FentOn; Gerald God
dard, of Illinois, and l.. II. Osburne,
of COldwater.
Secretary-Leo G. Brewer.
Financial Secretary-Jay Matteson.
Captain-A. j. Van Epps.
Leuts.-Lee II. Retain, Willard M. Case.
The intention is to hold reunion in
Owosso every year, and about fifty dollars
OF the company fund, which remained when
over to the new association. The two lieu
tenants, Corporal Beers and Privates Loomis
and Williams were appointed committee
to draw up a constitution and bylaws.
The records on the mustering-out rolls
show the following history: April 20,
called out; May Is, mustered in; May 81,
left Island Lake; May 80, arrived at Camp
Alger; June %, left for Fortress Monroe;
June %, embarked on Yale: June 81, land
ed near Siboney, Cuba, encamped there;
July 1, in action before Aguadores; July 8,
at Siboney guarding prisoners; July 81, left
Siboney for Sardanaries; August 90 left
Sardanaries for La Cruz, wrecked on lighter
there; August 80, embarked on Mime.
waska; August 30, arrived at Montauk
Point; September 2, left for home; Sept. 4,
reached OwOsso; Dec. II, mustered ont
Dec. 1s. paid and given discharge papers.
Saturday night the two lieutenants of the
company entertained and banqueted the
members at the home of Lieut.. Case, or
Milwaukee street. Each of the boys were
presented with pictures of the two lieuten
ants and a most enjoyable time was had by
all present.
On Monday night the boys we're banqueted
at the Wildermuth House by citizens com
mittee, and toasts were responded to by
Messrs Parkill, Bumps, McCanghna, North
rop, Hadsall and Kamm.
The members of Co. g surprised thu
officers Monday night by presenting eacl
of them, Capt. Van Epps and Lieuts
Retain and Case, with fine quartered oaI
easy chairs.