Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-08-27
THE MASTERING OUT.
The Process to Go Forward 90
Rapidly as Possible.
DELIGHTED At BEING MUSTERED OUT
The Porto Rican Forces That Are Ordered
Home Pleased st the Prospeot-No
More Troops for Honolulu-Navai
Reserves 20 Go Homo.

Washington. Aug. 1b.--Adjt Gen.
Corbin's list of regiments to be mus
tered out of service did not include
any Of the Missouri regiments. They
will be In the list however. to the ex-
tent of ut least two regiments. Those
included In yesterdays muster-out or
der are: First Vermont, First Maine,
Fifty-second Iowa, Sixth Pennsylva-
mia, Fifth Maryland, Second New
York, Second Nebraska, One Hundred
and Fifty-seventh Indiana and all vol
unteer infantry; also batteries A, d
and c of the Ohio light artillery, First
Illinois volunteer cavalry, battery A
and b OF the Georgia light artillery,
Twenty-eighth Indiana light battery
and the New York and Pennsylvania
cavalry troops now In Porto Rico.
The mastering out process Is to 60
forward as rapidly as possible ninth
100, 600 men have been discharged.
Temporarily all the volunteers at
Montauk point will be held In service
until the president can find time TO re-
view them. For ut least week or
ten days he will be kept In Washing
ton preparing instructions for the
peace commissioners. This work com.
pleted. he will 20 for his vacation. and
will begin 1t by q grand review Of
Skaters men, who endured such hard.
ships and fought SO heroically at San
tiago.
DELIGHTED AT BEING MUSTERED OUT.
Ponce, Porto Rico. Aug. 2s.-The
coasting schooner Dolores, flying the
Spanish flag, entered the harbor yes.
terday morning. Her captain was I'M
certain whether state Of peace or
war existed, but decided to take his
chances The Dolores was not mo-
Tested. The Alamo, with supplies and
clothing for Gen. Henry's men, sailed
for Arecibo, on the north coast Of
Porto Rico, yesterday. Gen. Brooke
Is still awaiting his credentials On
their arrival he will Immediately
leave for San Juan. o troop Of the
Sixth regular cavalry acting as escort
Preparations are being made for the
embarlkation of the volunteers and
cavalry ordered home. The cavalry
includes troops A and c, Of New York,
and the following Pennsylvania troops:
The Philadelphia City troop. the Sher.
idan troop and the Governors troop.
These are concentrated here and at
Guanica, and will probably sail on the
transport Mississippi in the course OF
few days The men are delighted at
the prospect
no MORE TROOPS FOR HONOLULU.
San Francisco. Aug. 25.-The mill.
tary authorities In the city have re-
ceived instructions from Adjt Gen.
Corbin, countermanding previous or
ders to send large body of soldiers to
Honolulu. No more troops will leave
here until further notice, and the
three steamers which were TO have left
early next week will not 60, ut least
not rs transport steamers The
Scandia has been ordered to depart ss
soon as possible, aud will be used rs
q hospital ship. Two companies and
half of New Workers., besides band,
were to have sailed on the Scandal To
Join their regiment at Honolulu, and
as the New Workers are not q part Of
the regular expeditionary force, tele.
gram has been sent to Washington
asking II the countermanding order
includes them.
NAVAL REsERvEs TO 60 HOME.
Washington, Aug. 25. Naval OH.
cials say that within the next week
all the men called from the various
states to man warships Of the auxil.
larry navy will be on their way home,
with the possible exception Of those
ON the four old monitors around Bos-
ton. The department is deluged with
inquiries rs 70 how soon these men
can return home. The letters come
not only from relatives, but from bust.
ness firms. who say that, rs the war Ia
over, they want their clerks to return
TO duty. These influences have been
aided by pressure from senators and
congressman and the department feels
some satisfaction in stating that all
the men will be released by September
|, except those on four OF the old mon