Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-11-08
EXAMINATIONS PASSED.
Members Of Co. F, lst Maine VoIun.
teers, Examined, Monday.
They will Be Finally Paid and Mustered
Out, Today.

The members of Co. F, 1st Maine
Volunteers will be common citizens OF
the United States after today, with the
exceptions of one or two who claim
that they received wounds or con-
tracted illnesses during their terms of
service, that will entitle them to a
pension. These men will be retained
and there is no telling when they will
be mustered out. m
One of the first things that was done,
Monday morning, after the men had
assembled at the armory was the Civ
ing to each man a certificate to pc
signed by the captain of the company,
after the men had signed it. 1t asked
the question whether the man whose
name appeared at the top is disabled.
Then if he is, it is asked that he state
in writing on the space left blank, how
badly he is disabled, the nature of the
disease, or whatever it is, when and
where contracted.
The paper further goes on to say that
if the man claims disability and it is
not apparent on the surface to the ex-
amining surgeon, the man will not be
mustered out, but will be retained un-
til after the regiment is mustered ont
until such time as a general board of
examination shall be detailed by the
war department to make the examina-
ton. 1t further explains that though
the man will be under pay for all the
time he is waiting. he will receive
nothing at present in the way of pay
ment for the service which he has ren-
dered. To many who would have in
some cases claimed a slight disability,
this served as a check, and they said
nothing about their complaints, claim
ing no disability.
The men We're ordered to be at their
armory at 5 A. NJ, Monday to be ready
for examination. They came in from
all parts of the State, for the Augusta
company is like all the others, made
up of men from all over the State.
They were there in force, 95 of the men
being present. There We're in all 105
men in the company. Five of the men
have died, and two or three more have
been transferred to the band First
Sergeant Tolman has been promoted to
sergeant major on the staff of Colonel
Kendall, and will have to go to Port
land, next week, to be mustered out
with the rest of the staff. So without
the men who have died and have
been transferred. it would seem as
though all the men of the company are
in the city.
Captain Rogers and Lieutenant Bar
rett, the muster officers, were not in
the city during the work performed,
Monday. but they will be present, to-
day.
Captain Stiles, the surgeon detailed
to examine the men, was present, and
Major Wathouse, the paymaster. was
also there getting all in readiness for
payment, which takes place, today
1t was like a reunion to the men,
many of whom were placed in the hos
pital after reaching Chickamauga, and
have not seen the others since that
time. They assembled in the main
room of the armory and whiled away
the hours of the day, amusing them
selves in many ways.
AS soon as Surgeon Stiles was ready,
he made it known. and the men APP
peared before him in the headquarters
room stripped and ready to be exam
ined. 1t was an odd scene in the main
room where the privates were making
they We're in all manners of deshabille,
waiting their turn. AS fast as one
man would come out of the room, an
other would enter, and another man
would begin to take off his clothes,
while a row of nearly naked men stood
near the headquarters door. A man
would come out of the room, and there
would at once be a crowd about him to
ask if any defects were found in him.
why, there is nothing to the exam
ination,' said one man, "all that he
does is to see that there is no rupture.
that the joints are all right, and then
he tests the heart and lungs. It is