The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-04
THEY LOVE THEIR COLORS
INDIANA SOLDIERS WANT THEIR
FLAGS KEPT IN THE STATE.
Are Now the Property of the Govern
mountaineering Out of the
15Sth Begun.

The question as to where the colors of the
Indiana regiments are to be kept after the
military has disbanded is now being dis
cussed. Originally they belonged to the
State as represented by the National Guard,
but when the regiments were mustered into
the service of the United States the colors
became the property of Uncle Sam. With
the other equipments they have now been
turned over to the government and have been
receipted for. But the soldiers do not like
to see the flags under which they suffered
from the diseases of the South carried away
from their State. They feel that the record
of their services is somehow connected with
them. They love their colors as the soldiers
of the civil war loved the flag that fioated
above them, and they are not prepared to
lose them without protest. The men think
that there should be some agitation of the
question before the final accounts between
the State and the United States government
are made out. In future years the colo4s
Of the Indiana regiments which served in
the Spanish war will be among the most
priced of the States relies.
Company H, with its Indianapolis boys,
had the honor of being the first company of
the observation-disclosures ifty-eighth Regiment
to receive it's discharge. BY special arrange
ment the men were mustered out at the
Statehouse last night. Captain Tarleton
earned the honor of having all of his papers
completed before any of the captains. The
guard at the camp, composed of seventeen
men from the company, was relieved from
duty yesterday afternoon and there were
very few to remain on duty around the
grounds. So scarce were the nickels of the
men in the company that large proportion
nsN To-
ceive their pay and their discharge.
The mastering out of the other compa-
MES will begin bright and early this morn
ing. Companies I, c, and L will be the
order 1t is intended to get the outside conn
panies away first. With few exceptions the
men will leave within a few hours after
they have been discharged There will be
cars standing on the tracks of the grounds
for one or two companies. Quite a number
will get away early in the afternoon. 1t
will be a hard day for the paymasters 1t
will require nearly $4,000 to settle the ac-
counts for the regiment.
Colonel May yesterday received a mes
sage from the United States paymaster gem
eral which was warmly welcomed by some
of the officers of the misunderstanding
seventh and One-hundred-and-ffty eighth
Regiments. Those officers who were unable
to secure their certificates of nonindebted-
ness from Washington not only failed to re-
ceive their salaries, but their travel pay as
we'll Several were hardly able to get out
of Indianapolis on account OF financial Strin-
gency The telegram says that these men
may be paid their travel pay allowance inn
mediately.
Yesterday was very quiet day at the
camp At the headquarters of the One-hun-
dred-and- fifty-eghth Regiment the time was
spent in packing up and cleaning out quar-.
ters DR. Harry Moore was given charge of
the hospital yesterday and prs. Stewart and
Dodds were relieved. There are now only
sixteen patients and all are doing well.