Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-14
EXAMINING SOLDIERS
THE SURGEON BEGINS MS PART
or THE WORK OF MusrER-our.
T PROCEEDS VERY SLOWLY.
Major Price Asks for nm Additional
surgeon-The Men Will BE Paid
when Mustered Outline sick-he-
Iigfous Services.

The work preliminary to the muster
out OF the Third Virginia Is all under way
now, the physical examination of the men
having been begun yesterday.
This work will require a great deal of
time IL 1t all has to be done by one sur
geon. as Assistant Surgeon Chamberlain
worked hard yesterday and only sue
ceeded in getting through with about NIFTY
men. He began on Captain WIZARDS
company and will finish with 1t to-day.
Major Price wired Surgeon-General
sternberg last night TO have another sur
geon sent here TO assist Surgeon Cham
berIain. He thinks it highly desirable
that Surgeon Chamberlain be given as
sistance, as the government has to pay
the men for the time they are kept wait-
ing here to be examined, and maintain
them as well. In addition to this the
men are very DESTROYS of being sent home
to their families and business. The idle
ness of their lives here is not pleasant to
them.
MAKING OUT THE ROLLS.
The making out Of the rolls OF the va
rious companies preparatory to muster
ing out the men, Is proceeding rapidly.
While a great deal Of work Is involved.
the. hang OF 1t has been gotten and II Is
proceeding finely.
The quartermaster's stores and ord
nance are also being checked up. and
will soon be ready to turn over to the
government.
The men will not be paid off until mus
tered out They have been paid for the
t,t
pay for what will probably be the whole
OF October will be due them when mus
tered out.
Officers, as well as men, are tired by
the delay, and 1t seems that some ar
rangement will be made to expedite mat
tiers. Captain Willard Is endeayoring TO
arrange to pay his men out OF his own
pocket and let them go home as soon as
the physical examination Of the men
is completed, and they have been given
discharges by Major Price.
THE SICK SOLDIERS.
OF the fifty-odd soldiers Of the Second
Regiment sent to the Old Dominion Hos
pital upon the arrival of the regiment
here on the 10Th of September, only four
teen are in the institution at pres
ent. All the rest have been sent away
recovered, or about so, with the exception
of Private Albert j. Rouse, Of Company
/. who died There are seven members
of the Third Regiment in the hospital
now, but none of them are very seriously
i'll. Officers and men Of both regiments
speak in the highest terms OF the treat
ment the men received and are receiving,
and one of them said yesterday that had
he the power he would give Miss s. III.
Canniss. the superintendent, the commits
sion and pay of colonel.
SERVICES FOR SOLDIERS.
The ministers of this city, realizing that
the men of the Third Regiment are liable
to be led into temptation during their
stay in this city, have decided TO take
steps looking to holding religious meet
ings in the vicinity of the Exchange
Hotel each night Chaplain Ferguson,
of the Third, and Rev. j. Calvin Stewart,
of the Church of the Covenant. have the
matter In charge and they have invited
the ministers of Richmond to meet them
at the Young Mems Christian Association
this afternoon at o'clock, when the MAJ
ter will be discussed.
The meetings will begin tonight, when
DR.. j. William Jones will speak to the
men, and some we'll known singer will
tsbe heard. DR.. Hoge has signified his
willingness to talk to the men one night
| and it is thought that all Of the preachers
| in the city will be glad Of the opportunity
| to assist in the cause. An effort will bt
made to get Polk Miller to contribute u
| the pleasure of the meetings by recital