Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-17
THE OFFICERS PLEASED
At Orders to Muster the Men Out at
Company Home Stations.
Batteries to Be Paid, tuesday Lonsnss for
the Sunny South.

Deen received dt augusta, saturday
morning. when Lieut.. Barrett, the Off
Ger of the quartermaster department
who is to assist in the muster out, re-
ceived a telegram to that effect from
the muster officer, Captain Rogers
who was at the time at Portland.
This is in accordance with the wish
es of the officers of the regiment, who
feel grateful to General Richards for
suggesting the idea to the war depart
part. that the muster out be done at
the home stations of the companies for
the sake of economy to the men and
for \the good of their health. No or
ders had been received by Captain
Rogers up to the time General Rich
ards suggested the idea to the war de-
partment. and after waiting a few
days he telegraphed for Instructions
1t was felt that General Richards idea
would he adopted, and to assist in the
matter Colonel Kendall expressed his
oSSAiC t1iaI Lie AuCed pC AOlIo GU.
Taken as a whole the government:
will not save great deal at present
but in the end it may be great saw
ing in pensions as there might have
been several deaths result from the
exposure that the men would be sub
jected to in now going into camp.
Colonel Kendall and Captain Rogers
were both out of the city, Saturday and
Sunday, so none of the particulars of
the muster out could be learned. 1t
is understood though, that the officers.
will complete the work of making out
rolls have been examined by the prop
er officials of the war department, the
men will be summoned to their respec-
tive armories on the date that the mus
ter officer may decide upon, to be ex-
amined physically and to receive their
pay after which they will be formally
mustered out.
Another thing outside the health of
the men and the economy, that is con-
sidered, is the reputation of many of
the men. Some of them would proba-
bly, fail to come TO Augusta, who will
of those who would fail to come to be
mustered out. they would be classed as
deserters. and would forfeit not only
their pay but all rights to pension
should they in later years deserve one,
unless Congress later made some pro-
vision for the men who deserted CD
in this manner, which it probably will
never do.
Tuesday will be a happy day in the
routine life of the men of the batteries.
as it will be another of the monthly
pay days. Major Watrouse, the pay
master, has notified Major Newcomb
that ne will be here on that day with
the pay for the month of September,
which is good news to the men. 1t will
not take as much money as before.
though the months wages of those
who are now here will not be far from
$4,000.
The wind whistles about the tents
now in a way that makes the men
glad to remain inside during the time
that it is not necessary to be outside.
The few visitors a the camp, Sunday,
were glad to return to the city, where
the full blast was not so strong, and
where they could sit by comfortable
fire in room that did not keep threat
ening to collapse. The situation of the
camp is such that the slightest breeze
seems to he hurricane, and the way
that it rocks the tents seems danger
Gus to a civilian.
OF course this breeze is appreciated
in the summer. but now it is another
matter. Not that the boys are suffer-
ing from the cold to any great extent, but
they are suffering more in their minds
at what is approaching and what they
not very soon arrive for them to go
to the South or somewhere they can
be protected from the storms of the
fall.
One man rubber necked" the camp,
Saturday evening, by carrying an Off
cial CO notice among the men of Bat
terry A, that they were to be moved
At once there was cheering, and the
news spread throughout the camp.
When they learned the news was from
the fertile brain of the JOKER they
made the weather warm in his vicin-
ity.
No new cases of severe illness were
reported, Saturday and Sunday,
though there are the usual number of
slight colds that can but be expected
Private Parkhurst and Corporal Sweet
of Battery c, were allowed to go to