The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-20
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OUR BOYS WILL BE HOME IN A
FEW DAYS.

He Wet and Escorted From the Depot
With a Great Procession Order of the
Parade
AS indicated in The Messenger a few
days ago through reports from Raleigh,
the Second Regiment, North Carolina
Volunteers, will be furloughed next
Tuesday. The following special dis
patch giving the definite Information
was received by The Messenger last
night:
Raleigh, N. c., September 1.-Two
orders were read this afternoon at the
dress parade of the Second Regiment.
One of the orders read as follows:
This regiment will be mustered u
of the service of the United States in
compliance with general orders from
the war department. Except for the
public officers and men required to act
as a guard of the camp and protection
for the public property pertaining to
sence, a thirty days leave of absence
and furlough will be granted to all Of
ficers and men to take effect Tuesday,
September goth. and to expire Thurs
day, October goth, at which latter date
all officers and men will report at camp
Shipp-Bagley. Those failing to do so,
unless prevented by sickness, which
must be satisfactorily explained by the
certificate of a reputable physician,
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s~erters. On the return of those alb
sent on furlough a thorough physical
examination of all officers and men
will be made Immediately prior to their
muster out Of service, after which ex-
animation on the day fixed by the pay
master those present will be paid off
and finally discharged from service.
Those officers and men not wishing to
avail themselves of this offer of fur
Tough will be permitted to remain in
camp subject to discipline n routine
of duties.
The other order designates Major W.
+. Wilder, Major B.. F. Dixon, and Cap
tain David Clark as a board of survey
to make inventories of all property re-
ceived from the state and from the
government, me to fix the price at
which each article should be charged
to the enlisted men, and also to fix the
money value of the property received
from the state at the time such property
was received. This board begins it's
sessions next Wednesday.
After these orders were read the reg
iment was formed in a hollow suqare
and was addressed by Chaplain Os-
borne and by Colonel Burgwyn whose
language was touching. Chaplain Os-
borne will preach a sermon to the reg
iment tomorrow morning.
The adjutant general offers to mus
ter out the Second regiment immed-
lately, and without furlOugh, If it is
desired. 1t appears that some of the
officers and some of the men are per-
fectly willing that this be done. The
thirty days furlough is intended by the
secretary of wal asa compliment to the
men and a vacation for them. / is said
by one officer here that fully 500 men
of the regiment are broke. Another says
he feels sure more than three-fOurths
of the men have money. Arrange
ments are being made for getting the
men home, in some cases by companies
The Wilmington company, for example,
will go home in a body. Major Gotten
expects all the companies Of his bat
talon to go home solid.
ARRANGEMENTS TO RECEIVE THE
w. l.. l.
The Second Regiment will hardly
be mustered out in time for Com
pany X, Wilmington Light Infantry
to leave for home that day, but they
will no doubt be here Wednesday or
Thursday. In the mean time the COM
mittee appointed at Monday nights
meeting of the home contingent of the
company and the veterans and reserv-
ed corps of the organization, have
completed the arrangements to give
the boys a rousing reception upon
their arrival in Wilmington. The
home coming soldiers will be met at
the railroad station, and will be es-
corted to the Wilmington Light In
fantry armory where a sumptuous din
ner will be spread for the boys, after
which an address of welcome will be
made on behalf of the home comrades
of the company and the people of Will
mington. Our eloquent townsman, the
Hon. A. M. Waddell, has been selected
to make the welcome address. The
reception committee furnishes us the
following as the order of the process
sion from the railway station, where
the organizations named will meet the
company to wit:
Colonel Roger Moore, Chief Marshal,
Aides.
Second Regiment Band.
Naval Reserves, Gun Detachment,
McIlhenny, commanding.
Naval Reserves, Gun Attachment,
Lieutenant J. G Morrison,
Commanding.
Zeb Vance Division, Uniform Rank
K. of P, Colonel w. ]. Wood
ward, Commanding.
Colonel Walker Taylor's Boys Brl-
gade, Lieutenant Loughlin,
Commanding.
Baptist Boys Brigade, Lieutenant
Herring. Commanding.
Wilmington Light Infantry, (Home),
Captain T. c. James, Commanding.