Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-19
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MUSTER OUT PLANS.
The Four Portland Companies Will
Be First to Leave the Service.
Batteries Paid. Tuesday-The Weather and
Other Camp Talk.

The muster out of the LIST Regiment
companies will commence at Portland,
October 25th. according to the present
plans. Captain Rogers, the muster Of
ficer, arrived in the city, Tuesday
afternoon, and made known his plans
to Colonel Kendall, who will issue an
order, today, to his command that will
give all the directions and notify the
captains of the various companies
when they are to have their companies
at their home stations. ready for ex-
animation and discharge.
According to the present plans, the
work will begin in the Portland
armories, next Tuesday. Captain Rog-
ers thinks it will take about two days
to muster out the four Companies of
that city. This will of course include
the examination of all the men, over
400 in all. The examining surgeons will
be two regular army surgeons. They
are Major c. X. Parker Of Camp
Meade. Pa, and Captain Stiles of Fort
Preble, the latter being the officer who
was in charge at the time the men
We're mustered into the service.
From Portland they will go to Bidde-
ford. then to Norway, Auburn, Lewis
ton, Brunswick. Rockland, and finally
to Augusta, where they will muster
out Co. F, and last Of all, the field,
staff and band. This latter part of the
organization will probably not be
reached for two weeks.
In the meantime the company COM
manders have got to hustle with the
company records, as the five sets will
have to be made out in full and SUBJ
mitted for inspection before their dis
charge.
Captains Baker. Dow and James
Moriarty have been detailed to inspect
the rolls of the captains of the COM
panies, after they are completed, and
see that all are correctJ.t
Captain Lovejoy of Co. r, was at
work, Tuesday afternoon, sending
cards to all the members of his COM
pany not to come to Augusta until
further notice from him.
The batteries received their pay for
the month of September, Tuesday
morning. 1t was thought the payment
would net take place until the after
noon as the paymaster had not sent
word he would be ready at that time,
but he appeared upon the morning
Pullman and was ready in the morn
ing. The payment was made in the
commissary building instead of in the
headquarters building, as formerly.
Beside the large amount that had been
deducted from the amounts of many
men for fines there were many who
did not receive their pay because thay
did not sign the pay roll, not being IN
the city at the time. These men will
receive double portion the next time.
A great deal of grumbling was heard
when some of the men We're being
paid. This came from the men who
been fined for being away without
leave. They did not understand that
they were to lose the pay for the time
they were away. beside their fine. In
the>cases where a man was away 10
days he lost $3.50 in pay and was fined
IS. This took over $40 out Of his
months wages of $3.50.
There will be less leaving the camp
without leave this time, as many have
had a lesson they do not care to
repeat.
Major Newcomb has sent a let
ter to the war department. stating that
the exposed condition of the camp and
the approaching cold weather, makes
it necessary for the health and comfort
of the men to move away from this
camp. 1t is really getting uncomfort-
one tent, Tuesday morning, the tenn
perature was two degrees below freez-
ing, and in the water pitchers, flakes
of ice had formed. This was one of
the officers tents. The officers are
having more of time to keep warm
and comfortable than the men, for
they are usually alone in a tent that
cannot be closed so tightly as the pri-
Yates tents.
There have been no new cases of ty-
phoid fever reported for several days,