The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-17
PUSHING MUsTER-oUT WORK.
Company Clerks Have n Hard Time
Now.

Company Clerks Have n Hard Time
Now.
The officers who are now engaged in
mastering out the men of the First Geor-
gia at Macon are expected here In day
or two to aid Capt. Trippe in completing
the work Of mastering out the First Bat
TALON of the Second Georgia.
The company clerks out at the camp of
the First Battalion are working night as
well as day now getting the muster out
rolls in readiness for the inspection of the
officers assigned to this work. The rolls
will first be inspected by the committee
Of officers of the First Battalion. who will
compare the several copies of the COM
pany rolls for the purpose Of seeing that
they agree and that no errors have been
allowed to creep in. As five rolls must be
prepared for each company this means an
immense amount of work for the company
clerks
The rolls contain a great deal more than
simply the names of the men 10 be mus
tered out. Each company roll must give
complete history of every man who has
been connected with the company, no mat
ter for how short time. Men who have
been previously discharged, deserters and
even those who have died are included on
these rolls. The number of times a man
was sick, the cause of the sickness and its
duration, if contracted in line of duty or
otherwise; the number of times he was ar
rested, if any, for what cause and what
punishment was inflicted, all must be
made 20 appear on the roll In other
words it is intended TO be a complete
record of each man from the time he en-
tered the service until he left it.
This is done for the protection of the
government, in case of claims for pensions,
as well as for the benefit of the men. If
a man has suffered any injury while in
the service, the fact and circumstances
of the manner in which the injury occur
red are shown upon the muster out roll.
Should the injury disable him in after life
the record will be valuable as evidence IN
his behalf should he seek to secure PEN
sion.
Five copies of each company roll have to
be made. One goes to the officers of the
regiment, and is finally handed by them
to the adjutant general of the state, who
files It with the military archives. Two
are kept by the mastering officers, as a
record of their work Two are taken by
the paymasters, as a record of their work,
one being sent to the paymaster general
at Washington and the other being kept
as a receipt for the money they have paid
Oct.
There will be a physical re-examination
of some of the men of the battalion to-
day. These ale men who claim to be suf-
fering from diseases or injuries contracted
while in the service of the government,
which Affections the four medical officers
who conducted the recent examinations,
failed to discover. In cases of this kind a
second examination IS provided for by
three other medical officers. This is for
the protection of the government. If the
second board fails to locate the alleged in
iuries or diseases the claimant wiz have
little ground on which to base a claim for
a pension.
The outlook is that there win be suff1-
cient work on hand to keep the officers
and clerks busy squarely up TO the date
fixed for mastering out, Nov p. 1t is
possible that the men may be enabled to
sign The paper and get their pay on Mon
day. The majority of the men will be sat
isfied to get out on Tuesday. however All
they want to know is that it is a sure
thing