The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-09
GEORGIANS TO MUSTER OUT.
FIRST AND SECOND REGIMENTS
WILL BE RELEASED SOON.


senator Bacon Takes Up the Cause Of
the soldiers and Presents 1t to the
Observation-Disclosures Rule
10 Re Enforced, Giving the Firse
and second Their Discharge-senn-
tor BacOn Puts the Facts before
the President aud the Chief Execu-
tive Directs the Release of tho
Men-IndivIduaI Applications to Be
Taken Up.
Washington. Sept. s-senator Bacon
had long consultation with the Presi-
dent Secretary Alger and Adtt Gen. Cor
bin, relative to the mastering out of the
Georgia Volunteers AS a result of the
conference two regiments will be muster-
ed out and as The rule Of the war depart-
ment Is first in, first out" the First and
Second regiments, who came first in the
service, will probably be mustered out
first.
The President asked what Senator Ra-
cons idea was as 10 how many Georgia
troops should be mustered out. The sem
ator urged that in considering the ones.
ton, the Third Immune Regiment Raw.
whlch had been recruited largely i'm Ceor.
Bla' should be considered as a Ceoro;a
regiment and as the announcements i'm
tue press indicated, half of the volunteers
are 10 be mustered out then cseorsia
should be considered as having contrih,,.
ted four volunteer regiments. and sbo,,,a
oe ehtllled to have two regiments mus
ee'eu out The President demurred to this.
ne SAID that Rays regiment and the 9th.
erS OF the same kind were United states
volunteers. and not state volunteers ana
mat the two classes should not ba CON.
sidered together.
senator Bacon urged the question a.
iehsth with him, showing him that c,eor.
gla contributed almost every nernber 90
that regiment and outside Of a. fovr oe,s,s,.,
1t was as distinctly Georgia as the s.a..
uoops' FINALLY the President agreed that
''''' was iair way to consider the ques-
''on' lie sent to the war department for
AdJt' Gen. Corbin and went over the mar
Ter with that official. and while the d,s-
ousslon was ON Secretary AIger also came
In and took part In the talk.
Inc PRESIDENT instructed the adIntant
general to issue the necessary orders for
the mastering out of two of the C7eoro,a
regiments. He asked Senator Bacon IN
ueslgnate which should be the two b,t
TO this the senator demurred. saving ha
did not care to take the responsihaIitv 90
saying what two should go ont as tbot
would involve saying what one should STAY
IN. He said that If the President desire1
IT, he would consult with his colleaeua.
senator Clay the Governor of the stare
and the members of the House delegation
ana they would make joint recomunenda.
tioh' Inc PRESIDENT then said that this
! would not be necessary as that vvo,,Id ~
settled by the officials here. Gan Cor
Dn indicated that the rule adopted was
that those first mustered In should be
| hrst mustered out unless the C,overnor
OF that state had reasons to make a con-
| trary recommendation
Senator Bacon explained that he cay,,a .r,
! Washington solely for the purpose Of see
| ing what could be done toward eecurino,
the mastering out of some of the Georgia
regiments. He referred to the recently
published lists In which It was made To-
appear that all three of the Georgia VOL
unteer regiments were to be kept in the
service. This, he said had created some
dissatisfaction among the Georgians who
| had enlisted for the war and are anxious
to get back to the avocations of peace.
now that there was no prospect of fight.
ing.
The President asked Senator Bacon II he
did not think that the troops would be
satisfied to stay in the service If they were
| given furloughs for thirty days and al
lowed to go back to their homes for al
visit
Senator Bacon described at length the
conditions and the character Of the men
who form the Georgia regiments He
stated that almost all Of them were young
men who had gone from professions or
business or schools to serve the country's
cause; that he had letters from many OF
them, and from the parents or employees
/ OF many more urging that they be mus
tered out so that they might resume their
! places in business or in the professions
which would be lost to them II there was
| delay in their return to their homes.
Professional men would lose their chance
for clients, business men would lose the
! positions now being held open for them
but which must be filled now that the
! busy fall season Is opening up; boys who
enlisted from the schools and colleges
ought to go back now to resume their du-
! ties.
The senator also explained that a num-
! Der of those enlisted were young married
men with families. some of them with no
means to support their wives and child
ren.
Senator Bacon brought with him re-
quests from a hundred or more men for
| individual discharges, but will do nothing
| with them until after 1t is determined
which regiments are to be mustered out,
then he will take up the cases of those
who are In the regiment which is to re-
main In the service. IL will be a easy
matter for those men in the two regiments
| selected who desire to stay in the SER
vice TO get transfers to that which Is to
remain. There are some men in each of
the regiments who want to stay In the
service for the present at least.
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GEN. LAwTON's PLAN APPROVED.