Evening star., 1898-11-08
WILL LEAVE THE SERVICE
Future Of the District Regiment Definitely
Settled. u
Army Omcer Selected to Take Charge
of the Muster Out-SoIdlers to
Assemble Thursday.

Maj Gen. Miles today issued the follow
ing special orders in connection with the
mastering out of the 1st Regiment. Dis
trict OF Columbia Volunteer Infantry:
BY direction of the Secretary of War,
Capt. George K. McGunnegle, 18th United
States Infantry, now on leave of absence,
is assigned to temporary duty to date No
vember Q 1898, as chief mastering officer
for the District of Columbia. Upon COM
pletion of the above duties he will revert
to the status of leave.
Second Lieut.. Clarence H. Mcneil, 9th
United States Artillery, and Second Lieut..
Hugh LaF Applewhite, 9th United States
Artillery, will report to the chief mastering
officer as assistant mastering officers, act
ing assistant quartermasters, acting COM
missaries of subsistence and acting ord
nance officers
Rumors Disposed Of.
The foregoing orders, promulgated today
at the War Department, would seem to ef-
fectually dispose of the many rumors cur
rent of late that the 1st Regiment District
of Columbia Volunteers Infantry, would be
retained in the service of the United States.
The furlough for two months, granted the
enlisted men of the regiment, will expire at
10 o'clock Thursday morning, and the COM
missioned officers, who have been on wait
ing orders, will also report for duty at that
time.
Rumors from many sources, several said
to have emarated from the War Depart
ment, have been current of late, to the eff
feet that the District command, being re-
garded as one of the model regiments Of
the volunteer service, would not be muster
ed out at this time, but would be granted
an additional furlough, pending the receipt
of further information from the peace COM
mission. In order that the government
might have the regiment where it could be
reached at any time, SO 1t was stated. or
ders would be issued retaining the COM
mand in the service.
The orders today assigning captain of
the regular army chief mastering Off
Ger for the District of Columbia, and two
army lieutenants as acting quartermasters
commissaries and ordnance officers, remove
all uncertainty. incidentally this uncer-
tainty has been widespread.
Will Assemble Thursday.
Now, however, the officers and men of
the regiment will report at 10 o'clock
Thusday morning, with the definite under
standing that the regiment will be mus
tered out and without delay. That proceed
ing, it is estimated, will consume a week
or ten days. The enlisted men will be fed
at government expense until finally dis
charged. 1t is not known whether they will
be required 10 sleep at the armory but the
Indications are that they will be permitted
to spend the nights at their homes All
must undergo a physical examination sim
liar to that made at the time of uster-in
Any man who fails to report at 10 o'clock
Thursday morning will be -classed as a de-
serter, unless absence is due 40 illness, and
the certlhcate OF reputahlei physician is
furnished in relation thereto.
1t is among the possibilities that certain
of the officers of the regiment will no.
leave the service SomeI may receive ap-
pointments in the regulargarIny and some
may Re assigned to duty with volunteer
troops that are to continue in 1.-The service