The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-11-16
Mastering Out the First.
THE CHEF MATTER OF
INTEREST IN COLUM-
BIA FRIDAY.

bla had two SHOWS to DAY, both OF
which were interesting to citizens
One was TIM unusual sight of seeing
a whole regiment go through the pro
cess of being paid and mustered out.
The other was Pawnee Bill's Wild
West aggregation
By 92G this morning ak compa
nies OF the lst regiment were march
ed up from camp TO the front of
Agricultural Hall. where the pay.
master had established temporary
headquarters 1t was cold day, .
brisk north wind chilling the men
TO the bone as they awaited the final
act which would make them ordinary
citizens once more
Capt Fuller Of the q S. army,
mustered them out, and as each
mans name was called he stepped
forward from the compsny's ranks
This was doae in order to ascertain
frat all soldiers on the pay roll were
prevent There were no absentees,
of course.
Majors Carr and May were the
paymasters. and they arrived prompt
II at their Office They brought.with
them two heavy iron boxes. conts n,
inY about sos, 600 in crisp, new
greenbscks Almost whole COM.
pany was detailed TO guard the
precious boxes. 1t took bnt con
parativeiy short time to adjust mat
tiers. The officers were first served
with their cash Some of them had
been s.dockea" for more or less
amounts on account of articles Of
supplies which had been lost or
otherwise failed to turn up. The ad
jusanss. however, played in hard
luck For some reason no provision
has ever been made for paying them
They have received sheir pay hereto
fore under s.she protest" OF the,
psynas.ers. but nothing ever csme
Of it. 4 telegram was sent TO Wash. !.
instoB about the matter. but no reply
was received
Each private drew on an average
about Sos, and by 4 80 all had
received their money Many of
them lefs for their homes during the
morning Others had TO remain
here until TO morrow. The Southern
Railroad, however. ran two trains to
the up. country this afternoon. They
went over the Greenville aud Spar
tanburg roads, and carried away q
large msiorisy of members of the
companies living along the line OF
these roads, The dispensaries were
closed, and those who might be
inclined to elbow i'm their money
in libasioos were disappointed
There we're other places where the
shirsty could quench their longing
for drink. but the blind tigers were
running short Few of them knew
Of the proposed plan of shutting
down the dispensaries
Every tent of Camp Fuller has been
turned over to the Government OH
GERS and nothing remains there 10
show what it has been, except beaten
paths. or company streets. Capt.
Fuller and his assistants will have
several weeks of work yet straight
ening out matters
Col. Tillmap issued farewell orders
In the regiment, of which the follow.
sng is copy:
Headquarters 1st South Carolina
lniantay Camp Fuller. Colombia.
SC, Nov, 10. 1898-General Order
No. 19 1t is with feeling of sad
ness. at the same time one
os pleasure, that this forma
,,cD is the last for this regiment.
Sad because we sever our relations
as an organization be.
cause we are about TO return TO our
fresides and our bappay homes
I'm parting l desire to state
that If at any time have
given offence to any man, whether
be be officer or private, l take this
opportunity to publicly announce my
apology / have Intentionally of
Tended no one, and ever striven to
be jus, aud fair
On the part and behalf of the regi
ment | desire to tender tbasks to
our chaplain, the Rev G W Busy,
whose gentle voice has smoothed the
pathway to the graves of our com
rades who are dead. and his was the
kindly hand that closed their dying
eyes A nooler man has not worn
the Uniform of our Government dur
ing shis OF any other war.
Your record as regiment can be
surpassed by none You have no
cause TO be ashamed. but every
reason to be proud. You were first
IN war and first IN peace
A.x ~ no ~;li novar meet AGAIN