Evening journal., 1898-11-08
SOLDIERS ARE VOTING
Majority of Them Vote a
Straight Democratic Ticket.
THEIR INEVITABLE POSITION

THE MEMBERS OF THE FIRST
DELAWARE REGIMENT ARE
AROUSED AT THE COURSE
TAKEN BY II. c. KNOWLES AND
WANT VENGEANCE.
There is a great deal OF feeling
among the members OF the First Della
ware Regiment against Horace Greeley
Knowles for the course he has taken, In
being instrumental in having them
mustered out This Is especially true
among the men and officers OF the
third battalion. They had drawn their
clothing and made all preparations to
go South, and as they express It, were
stopped by his d. interference"
The result is that the majority Of
them, and it would be safe to say all
Of the third battalion, are voting the
straight Democratic ticket. The SOL
diers consider Mr.. Knowles course en-
tirely a political scheme, 50 that N
after years the Republican party can
boast OF having been the party who
secured the release OF the Delaware
soldiers.
The mastering out OF these men is
entirely against their wishes, and they
lay the Blame entirely on the RepuSli-
can party, and in their desire for ven
geance they are voting a Democratic
ticket.
Word has been received from the
paymaster and he Is expected TO ar
rive in this city tonight, and pay of
the men tomorrow morning. The
pay-rolls have an been made out, so
Everything Is in readiness for him.
After the men are paid they will be
Immediately furloughed for thirty days,
commencing from Thursday, Nov. TO-
The examination Of the men and Of
hcers OF the first two battallons is be-
ing pushed With rapidity so that they
will be ready for mastering out on No
vember l6.
The detail sent to Columbia, S. C.,
for the purpose of preparing a camp
p for the Delaware troops returned to-
day, very much disappointed at hav-
ing TO leave the sunny South
. Ths men left there at o'clock last
night and arrived here at 9.4S this
moralng.
n There were twenty-eight men and
h four officers in the detail.
s In an interview this morning a
u prominent officer Of the Third Battal-
len said: "The treatment the men OF
the Third Battalion received regarding
10 mastering out was outrageous. Nearly
e every man expected and wanted to re-
e main in the army service, and all but
@ seventeen out Of 300 men signhed their
- desire to do so by signing a petition to
= that effect They fully expected to 90
j. South this Winter, and In view of that
T. nlct had already purchased heavy Win
q ter clothing and clothing OF lighter
"a weight for moderate weather for use
# In Winter campaign in the South.
"And what IS the result? Each man
. has an allowance OF 81 cents per day, a
. liberal one, admit with which to buy
y clothes, and 30 cents for rations. This
a amount has been more than expended
n ard the Overdrafts will have to come
a out Of their regular pay Of S1650 pei
4, month that Is, to privates. The conse-
quence is that the average amount that
y. the priyates OF the Third Battalion
~ will receive on the next pay day viii
~ y be about s.. On this they will be com
- PEELED to live for the next month OF
=, - until they get their furlough money
ie which Is % cents per day. payable a
the end Of the thirty-day furlough
~ But what are these men to do in thl
&C meantime? Many Of them live at dis
~ tant points and the money they draw
- Will not take them home. They know
le no one here, and can get no work
l9 What is to become Of the men? viii
a. the city provide for them during tn
N next thirty days? Do you blame tn
Ue men for feeling bitter against the MAJ
II who was instrumental in having the1
na mustered out?
u The ordinary workngman receive
ue an average OF So per week, and has {
al support himself, while these men ge
II $16.50 per month, and had not a cent q
ny expense. But here they are now, man
et OF them far from home, cast out of EN-
on ployment at the beginning Of Winte
I'm almost without a cent.
nd when the order for muster ou
raj came many Of the officers and me
lp- were in the Southern States, preparin
ng, for the coming of the men for a VIII
wa ter's stay. 1t was a great surprise I
I'm them, and they could scarcely reaii7
* it, II is a shame, as Delaware to-da
yht rs the only state that has No renrese,
lc- ton in the army and vet hos ol,rs,
yer ctood foremost in the ma+ter fer 81 y" f,,' ~
her nishing troops in time of war,
to
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