The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-23
TO GOVERN MYSTERIOUS
General Corbin Lays Down the
Mode of Procedure.
DUE PRECAUTIONS TAKEN
Volunteers May Retain Their r fies and
Other Equipment by Paying a Slip
ulated Price-Other Property
Must Be Accounted For.

Washington. Aug. 22.-Adjutant Cen
eral Corbin has issued an order gov
erning the mastering out Of volunteers.
II goes into the duties Of the officers
in detail. The following are the more
important features of the orders. only
officers Of the regular army will be
detailed by the war department To mus
ter out troops. To avoid expense to the
government and hardships and annoy
ancc to individuals concerned. by the
unavoidable delays that win occur IN
the I'M payment Of officers and enlist
ed men absent from their commands
on muster-out, commanding officers
will make every effort to effect the re-
turn OF all absentees and detachments
prior to the muster out of the organiza-
ton. Officers who at any time were re-
sponsible for public property of any de-
sCriptiun must obtain certificates OF
non-indebtedness before their final pay
ment can be made.
Officers who nave not at any time
been responsible for public property
will be required to furnish the muster
ing officer with their afiidavits to hat
effect. All officers will be held to a
strict accountability for the discipline
of their commands and the preservation
of public property. Mastering officers
are empowered to prefer charges against
officers who neglect i'm any manner TO
take the proper measures to insure the
government against loss of property or
to keep their commands together ana
under proper discipline.
The supply departments of the army
viii continue to furnish ORGANIZATIONS
with needful supplies until date Of maj
payment and discharge. All persons
borne on the muster in and on all oth-
err muster rolls. and all who have Joined
or belonged to the organization at any
time since its muster in, must be ac-
counted for on the muster-out roll,
which is required to be a complete rec
ord of all the officers and men who ever
belonged to the organization.
Discharge certificates will be prepared
for every officer and man present and
absent, except absent officers and men
held I'm service by proper authority, and
deserters. The certificate Will be de-
livered TO the regimental and company
commanders. The discharge from the
United States volunteer service in the
case Of all absentees Except i'm special
caseS) will axe effect on the date OF
the muster out of the organization.
In the case Of enlisted men absent on
account of sickness and unable to join
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Gates with carefully prepared descrip-
tive lists of account of pay and clearing.
giving the address of the soldier, VIII
ha given TO the mastering officer for
Transmission with the muster-out rolls
to the adjutant general of the army,
ana the soldier will be officially notified
to apply by letter to the paymaster gem
eral for final payment.
officers absent from any cause VIII he
furnished discharge certificates tunless
specially held to s~ervice) and viii be
notified to apply to the paymaster gen
eral for certificates of non-indebtedness
and settlement Of their accounts.
As "A rule, mustor-out of organlZa-
tons n their final payment will a
place at the state or regimental rendeZ-
vous. except when otherwise author
lied by the war department.. The prep
aratiun and completion of the muster
out rolls. returns and papers. n the
inspection and transfer of public prop
erty to the officers Of the supply depart
ments of the army, except as hereinaf-
ter provided. will take place before the
organization is ordered 10 it's state.
The only property that will be al
lowed to be retained until muSter-Out,
unless otherwise ordered by the muster
ing officer. is the rifles, cartridge belts,
cups canteens, meat cans, knives, forks
and spoons. necessary medical supplies
ana tent tNulIdSt, the tblbTS anu tHs
regimental and company records.
The supply departments officers will
arrange through the chief commissary
and chief qu"artermaster of the depart
mcnt within which the state rendezvous
is located, for meals, camp ground. shell
ter. transportation and quartermaster's
supplies for the time of the encamp.
ment of the organization at the state
or rcgimental rendezvous. AS soon a
the muster-out rolls have been fully
and satisfactorily completed. the mus
tering officer at the place of departure
will fill in the date of the muster-out
as of a date 10 days later. the probabl,
time necessary required to transfer the
organization to its state rendezvous
and making Of the physical eNamina,
tons of officers and men. etc.
As soon after the arrival of the or,
SANITATION at its state rendezvous a
possible, the physical examination of al
officers and men will be made hefor,
muster-out and payment. SO as to IA
Cilitate the payment of pension claim
that may be made on account of dis
ability incurred in the United state
service. and to protect the rights of per
sons who may be entitled to the benefit
of the pension laws as well as to guar,
the interests of the government.
Provision is made for turning over 4
the proper officers records. Colors, ord
/, nance. etc. belonging to the troops q
! be mustered out and as to their tina
y payment. The troops will be allowed &
% retain certain property. such as rife
P and other equipment, by paying a stip
. ulated price for the same.