Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-09-21
CAMP POWERS.
The Paymaster Arrives With
Plenty Of Money.
The Batteries and Nearly All Of lst
Regiment Paid OF.
list Regiment Property Iuras1 il and Fur.
'osahs win Be Issued. Today.

pervade the air to sucl, an .extent tha
meme could throw It of. Men became
like boys again. and lost the ..dopy.
air that they have carried TOR SO long
Officers lost a part Of their dignity dur.
ing asle morning hours, for wasn't ttis
the day ttsat the pay was to be given
each. for the time he has served tfs
country?
In the LIST Reglment there was ar
especial amount Of csieerfuaness for mo,
only had the pay arrived for aapean, bu!
only one day was between them ami
their homes. as the word was passed
along that the furloughs that wcmld, b.
given them would date from Wednes.
day. Sept. q.
Men danced about in their high srir.
It's. and one man, Capt. Martin Of Co
G. was injured in good natured scuf.
file. He fell upon The edge of q. board
and injured a rib so badly that he was
treated at the hospital. The INJURY il
not thought to be very serious but il
caused the man lets of pain, during the
day
While all this Qualification was going
on did the men think of the homes that
would not SIC those who left them in
May, return as the other more fortu-
nate homes will do? Perhaps there
were thoughts Of the 40 homes that are
minus a member all through the dead
ly typho-malarial fever contracted in
the South. but there wasn't time to
long think of such matters, and it did
no good either, SO they enjoyed the
thoughts of their own homes, and cast
aside all dark thoughts
The paymasl,er, Maj. J. A. Watrouse
of Boston. and his assistant, Civilian
Clerk H. H. Eyman, arrived in the city
on. the early Pullman. Tuesday morn
ing. and his money followed on the
train Tuesday forenoo1. 3 was at the
time of the arrival of the $40 train up
on which the major was expected, that
the LIST Regiment band and the crack
Co. I, consisting OF. the three officers
and 66 of the men, marched to the de-
pct. where they waited to escort the
paymaster and his treasurer to the
camp. The start was made about Il
o'clock, and the company of escort
marched to the American Express Of
flee, where they were drawn up in Nne.
making an excellent appearance, that
was noticed and remarked at by the
great crowd of people who assembled
to see wllat was going on to call out the
company.
The company was formed in two plat
oons. An express wagon, with Agent
Cook of the Express Co., and two SOL
diers with bayonetted guns, carried the
boxes of cash that in all amounted to
over $4,000.
Following this wagon was the team
with Major Watrouse. his clerk. and
Lieus. Dutton of Battery c. These
two vehicles were placed between the
two platoons, and the march to the
camp was taken up. The company
musicians were in attendance, as the
1st Regiment band was at the time en-
gagged in the parade of Canton Au-
gusta.
The money was taken to the head
quarters building at the camp, where It
was placed in the Governors room, and
a detail from the guard was placed
over it.
At the request of the officers OF the
1st Regiment, the payment was begun
with the batteries. Battery A was lin
ed up and marched 10 the front OF the
building. Each man waited until his
name was called, responded here,
went into the building where the mon
ey was counted out before his eyes, and
then he went hack to his place IN the
line, which was at ease. An omcer o.
the company has to be present TO re-
ccipt after all is over to show that ens
men have been paid. There are enough
clerks TO attend to everything, SO sna'
the work of payment goes like q piece
of clockwork.
1t required but one order to fall II
at the camp when the time came 1ol
the mem to go and receive their pay
There is nothing, not even the order t
fall in for mess, that will call the mel
out with greater dispatch than the OF
der to fail in to be paid
One of the steps taken toward tn
furloughing of the LIST Regiment men
Tuesday, was the collection by IN
quartermaster CT all the property tina
VITA be turned back into the quarter
masters department of the Unite'
| States
Each company commander had nj
men bring all the shelter halves, IN
canteens, haversacks. plates, ann 81
such equipments to his quarters, wher
they were turned over to the regimen
tai rtermaster. who in turn, tufne