The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-27

that they found the men called upon
yesterday in a very satisfactory con-
dition, with the exception of Amell and
Wintersgill. The physicians said that,
in their opinion, all the other men
would recover within ten days or two.
weeks. One or two men were accident
ally overlooked by the physicians. They
will probably go through the ordeal
when Lieut.. Shea returns from his la
bors at Gardner Major Magurn and
Lieut.. Shea both left Worcester for
Boston at $50 last evening" They will
examine the Gardner company today.
The captains of the companies We're
busily engaged during the day signing
the discharge certificates of their men.
These certificates will be taken to
Springfield November g. and as soon as
the men are mustered out of the Unit
ed States service Lieut.. Col. Weaver
Will countersign the documents and
give them to their owners Every man
in the three Worcester companies of
the I'd Massachusetts regiment will go
out of the service with the endorse
lment-''an honest, faithful soldier, who
did his duty nobly"
Every certificate signed yesterday in
the armory contained the above words
and Worcester people may well be
proud of that fact. They are all he
roes and not one man will be dishonor-
ably discharged.
The work at the ar1nory is practical
! ~ over. The men will remain at their
posts one. week longer and will then
fall in" and march to the place where
they will be released from further duty
and will be honored and cheered to
the echo by the civilians of the Bay
State, who for years to come will re-
member the men who avenged the vic
Tins of the Maine
/ Franz H: Krebs, Jr., Of Fl Company
has accepted the republican congress
sional nomination in the 9th district.
| He came down from Boston yesterday
and answered the roll call and was ex-
cused by Capt. Holden until the last
day of the tour of duty.
! Lieut.. Col. Shumway, Major Ma
gurn, Lieut.. Shea and Regimcntal q.
M. Z. e. Sawtelle, were guests at din
ner yesterday of H Company. 1t was
a jolly party and many stories were
] told by the guests that kept the COM
pany in laughter during the time that
| they were discoursing the meal.
4 Henry Grover of A Company made
his appearance for the first time at the
armory yesterday. He was in the ar
| mory during the time that the surgeons
were visiting the hospital and homes
of the soldiers who were unable to
leave their beds, and missed examina-
ton. At supper time Grover was
searching for the surgeons with tears
in his eyes. His physical condition is
much improved.
Lieut.. Fish of H Company was strick-
en- with an attack of chills yesterday
morning, and was obliged to go to his
home.
Harry T. Chaplin, who is a patient
at city hospital, is improving But he
is still considered to be a very sick
man.
The vacancies in the non-comnis-
| stoned staff of Fl Company, caused by
the deaths of Corporals Marion. Haye
and Ames, have been filed by Capt.
Holden. The following men We're chos-
en-: A. G. Newcomb and f. w. Taft.
The muster rolls of May June, July
and August, which were either lost or
mislaid at Washington, D. c., have
been recopied and were forwarded to
| the adjutant general Of the United
/ States army yesterday. The rolls must
be in the hands of the Washington
authorities today.
| Corporal Vaughan of c Company,
who did not report for duty Tuesday,
was at roll call yesterday.
The officers of the three companies
have received papers from Assistant
mastering Officer Edwards certifying
to their Observation-Disclosures to the United
Olttlto SONSIIIIlGut. These documents
will be sworn to before a notary public
and forwarded to the quartermaster
generals department.
Yesterday 40 men of c Company were
present for duty. The absentees num-
bered II. Five men of C Company are
on the sick list. They are Sergt. Long
ley, Corp. Rix, Bugler Chaplin, Wagon
er Maynard, Privs. c. E. Butler, w. H.
/ Butler Woodbridge, Gilman, Knibbs,
Briggs, Browne, johnson, Rheutan,
Sands and Wintergill A Company's
company detail yesterday was; Sergt
Holbrook, Priys. Pierce, Dennis, Zae-
! der as clerks, orderly, Priv. Taylor,
company clerk, Corp. Eldridge.
Samuel e. Clapp of A Company was
sent to Springfield at 4 10 yesterday af-
ternoon, by Capt. Barrett, with the
copies of the muster rolls of the com
pany He returned on the late train.
A Company absentees were Privs.
Ballou, Christensen, Davis, Fairbanks,
Hall and Turner. A Company furnished
the guard detail for the day. Corp.
Hagberg and Priv. Allison were ex-
cused Immediately after roll CALL owing
to their not feeling well. Sixty-six en-
listed men Of A Company were present.
H Company had 10 absentees. Privs.
Reynolds and Nault reported for duty
for the first time. G. +. Sleeper, who
was on the sick list Tuesday, appeared
at roll CALL