Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-08
MAY NOT MUSTER OUT
THE THIRD REGIMENT OFFICERS
ARE STILL HOPEFUL
A MEETING TO BE- HELD TONIGHT.
n. object 4. 10 Ascertain the senti-
ment Regarding staying In the
serv,ce-The Men Returning to the
City Rapidly.
City Rapidly.


Their Burroughs do not expire until IL
O'Clock tonight. but many Of the boys
couldn't walt for their leaves to run out
"l'u bet YOU a lot of them who were
anxious to be discharged now want to go
TO Cuba in uniform" said an onicer OF
| the Third yesterday. II knew how II
would be. and know how 1t Is from my
own experience. Several months OF the
strict routine Of camp seem hard to ON
GERS and men, but when they are foiio"-
| cd by month Of relaxation and irrespon-
| sibility and idleness at home. we are anH-
| ious 10 get back. A poll OF the regiment
| would show that nine-tenths OF the OH
| Gers and probably three-fourths OF the
! men. are DESTROYS OF remaining In ser
| vice. This. / think, is much larger pro-
portion than existed when the regiment
| left Camp Alger." r
meeting OF the officers OF the req,
ment will be held tonight, and steps VIII
4 he taken 10 learn the exact sentiment OF
the men in the various companies 1t is
| confidently asserted that at least 70 per
cent of them desire to remain in the ser.
vice IL is believed that when poll OF
the entire regiment is taken, and the re-
| suit is officially communicated 10 SoVer-
nor Tyler. who will lay the matter before
the department. the Secretary OF war
will reconsider his determination to mus
ter out the regiment ard rescird the or
der
An officer OF the regiment stated last
| night that the chances in FAVOR OF inc
regiments being retained were not at MI
bad II am confident three-fourths OF
kn ant
continued. II am also confident that not
nearly 60 large proportion OF the
Fourth Regiment, which is to be retained
I'm the service. desires TO be sent there.
therefore believe the department VIII
| recognize the advlsability of sending 10
the island men who want TO go, instead
| Of sending there a regiment one-haH OF
whose members want to come nome.
think we can show that such large pro-
| norton OF our men wish TO be retained
that the department will heed the request
the Governor will make for US. The mat
ter will rest with him"
Colonel Baker, OF the Second Regiment,
IS also DESTROYS of being retained IN the
service He is understood TO be hopefui
| of having two battalions OF his regiment
take the place Of the Sixth Virginia (col-
ored) There is said to be prospects OF
the negroes being mustered out. and Col
onel Baker has been TO Washington TO
see the department officials, with view
| 10 having eight Of his companies retain
ed II is understood that none of the
! companies proposed to be kept In the
service are from Richmond, though Com
panies B, /. and NJ, OF the Second, are
from this city.
WORK BEGINS MONDAY.
Little will be done toward mastering
out the men until Monday. Major Snanks,
the ouartermaster, has arranged to have
them quartered and fed In tie old Elk
change Hotek The men will receive, In
addition to a little over months pay
when mustered out, ration communication
OF 80 cents a day for the thirty days OF
their furlough, and also considerable
clothing communication. making the total
amount paid each enlisted man something
over $50.
Though the contract with Mr.. Thomas
Hulcher. who is 10 feed the men, did not
require him to begin doing so until to-
morrow, yet he had meals prepared for
all who came last night, and will feed the
men to-day free of charge. Water and
gas connections were made at the old no.
tel yesterday, after some difficulty, as the
CITY requires the bills for these TO be paid
for in advance, and 1t Is standing rule
with Uncle Sam to pay for nothing until
he gets 1t. Major Shanks, however final
~ settled the matter by paying the bills,
and he will settle with the department
The work OF making out the rolls of the
twelve companies will be begun tc-cay
under the immediate direction Of the va
rious company officers This involves ar
immense amount OF work. Major Price
the muster-out officer. desired the depart
ment TO allow him TO employ clerks te
get the rolls in shape while the men were
away on their furloughs for thirty days
each, but this request was refused, the
department directing that the rolls be
made out by the proper company officer
This decision will greatly delay the time
when the entire regiment is mustered out
1t is thought that two weeks. ut least
must elapse before the regiment is final
iy discharged.
Few Discharges Given.
Captain Clarence Wyatt, of Company II
Fourth Regiment. will return to CAM
Cuba Libre in a day or two after a shor
stay at home During his stay her
| Captain Wyatt has been besieged b,
wives and mothers asking him to approx
applications for their husbands or sons
Some he approves. but very few
Under a recent ruling of the depart
ment. there will be no more discharge
granted upon the application OF thir
parties Every soldier who wishes to b
discharged from the service must max
written application TO his captain, an
It must reach the Secretary of Wa
through the regimental, brigade, division
and corps commanders, and the com
mander-in chief. The result is that fe,
men are getting out of the service thes
days Captain Wyatt thinks that niue
Of the dissatisfaction which once existe
is disappearing.
Private George H. Snead. of the Ambu
lance Cops of the Third Brigade. Secon
Division. Seventh Corps. returned I
Camp Cuba Iibre after thirty days spen
at his home. in Richmond on sick leave
He is about entirely recovered. Mr.. Snea
enlisted in Company II. Fourth Regiment
but was transferred to the ambulanc
corUs.
A SOLDIER DEAD.
Private Albert j. Rouse, OF the Secon
Regiment, who has been i'll at the OIL
Dominion Hospital for several weeks
, died Yesterday. He returned from Jack
sonvilfe III about two weeks ago, an
later went to the hospital. His funera
; will take place from st. Peters Cathedra
at 3 p NJ. Sunday,
Corporal Waller Holiday, Company NJ
Fourth Regiment. who has been iii wit
typhoid-fever at Jacksonville, Is nov
about recovered. His father. Mr.. Fred
n. Holiday has come back home. Cor
moral Holiday was cared for In a pri
waite home in Jacksonville, and receive
splendid attention.
Il. the World Growing Better OIL
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