The San Francisco call., 1898-09-03
Orders Are Issued to
 Muster 1t Out.
THE SIXTH GOES OUT ALSO
PROMPT RESPONSE TO HUGH
 CRAIG'S TELEGRAM.
President Mckinley Referred the Dispatch to the War Depart ment, Which Acted at
 Once.

AS exclusively intimated in The Call of yesterday, in a dispatch received from Washington, D. C., the Eighth Regiment will remain in service, while the Seventh and Sixth will be mustered out.
 The troubles of the Seventh California are nearly at an end. There was much joy In the camp last evening, caused by the announcement that a dispatch had been received by Hugh Craig, president of the Chamber of Commerce, from Ad- jutant General Corbin, saying that MT Craig's telegram to the President in ref ence to the California regiments had beer referred to the War Department, and ir reply the adjutant general stated: T peg to inform you that orders will issue to- day or tomorrow for the mastering out of the Sixth and Seventh California regi- ments of volunteer infantry"
 The result of the agitation in behalf of the enlisted men of the Seventh in their fight against Colonel Berry and other officers of the Seventh Regiment came much sooner than was expected. It was no doubt, so promptly accomplished by President Craig s'dispatch and the appeal of Senator White. MT. Newberry, who started for Washington on Thursday to make a special effort on behalf of the en- listed men, can now return to Los An geleS.
 The Seventh Regiment, which comes from Southern California. will return to at its armory. The orders for the muster ing out will be received at military head quarters to-day, and, of course, will be immediately acted upon.
 The Sixth Regiment, in command of Lieutenant Colonel Johnson, Is largely made up Of men from the Sacramento Valley, and will be disbanded in San Is stationed at Benicia with the regiment headquarters and several companies of the regiment. which are doing garrison duty and guarding the arsenal. No gen. eral desire on the part of the Sixth to go out of the service has been manifested. and to many of the men the order will. no members of the companies sta Merriam last evening and held a sort of jolliflcation meeting with men of the Sev- Sweet Home" However, there was no great excitement caused by the muster ing-out order, as it was the expected that had happened.
 Colonel Berry was not in camp last evening, and the other officers refused to discuss the matter for publication further grined at the outcome of this affair which they regard under the circum- stances as disgrace, upon the regiment and at present would like to retaliate upon the persons who have brought this thing about.
 Ninety five per cent of my men prefer
 
 rather than disgrace the Seventh by asking for their discharge. It is the re- maining per cent who are doing all the kicking and who have been doing 1t all along. They are that per cent of worth less soldiers who are to be found in every ree1ment. To kick is all they care for and they would run If they got into a fight. The men of this regiment are will ing to perform the contract that they en- tered into with the Government. They will no doubt not kick if they should be mustered out, but they are not going to petition the Government of their own free will to be mustered out The re~ort that l want to continue the regiment in service because l am getting a good sal ary Is not worth considering. M--self and my officers sacrificed business interests Tn going into the service for which our salaries do not begin to compensate us. Personally my salary does not begin to meet my expenses, and, besides, I am sacrificing business interests that would more than amount to what l would get in the service in ten years. I shall take no further steps in this affair but await developments. I was visited to-day by two prominent gentlemen from Los An geles. and they went over the camp and examined the reports of the sic in fact they made a close investigation of the whole matter, and they declared wher they left that there was no ground for all the sensation that was being made oi the sickness in the camp"