The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-03
Second Regiment Will Be
Mustered Out Today.
Settled Also That the Boys VIII Have to
Wait For Their Money, Which Doesn't
Please Them--Three Companies
Were Late With Pay Rolls,
and Hence the Trouble.

day, with the exceptions Of tfls first day
OF their tour of duty. They exchanged
stories and played jokes upon one an
other for hours, and during q greataE
portion OF the day the arnory was de-
cidedly a lively place.
When the soldier boys awakened vas.
terday morning and read that general
orders issued by Colonel Clark, which
were printed in The Spy in advance of
the receiving of those orders bv Aha
captains OF the three companies. thew
at once became interested, and visited
lhe armoFy much earlier than usual
ana when the companies We're lined I'm
Tor ron call, every man knew what tbe
orders were, because they had read the
S - news IN The Spy at their
breakfast table.
Following the general orders to he
III Springfield this morning, came tele-
phone orders from the ad1utsnt Tdau-
tenant Paul r. Hawkins, for the Wor-
cester companies to leave Worcestar AZ
900 ana to wear blue uniform and
campaign mats In case a man did not
nave UNIFORM, he was ordered to wear
QUEENS clothes and campaign hat
Ihese orders were received AZ II "a
Two hours after roll call. But the car
talns of the three companies had orda,-
ed their men at roll call to report az ff,a
armory at o'clock in the afternoon
anticipating the arrival Of the orders by
telephone
The announcement that the nav rolls
Wer not completed, and that there was
a possibility that the government would
not pay the men, was not reIished The
men have endured so many privations
hardsh1ps and disappointments. that
lhey were not in any mood to be told
tnal lhey would, perhaps, be Obliged to
wait Tor the dollars for several DAYS
The companies will GO to Springfield
To-Day, 1t is thought, with nearly an
tnelr members, excepting those who
are connned to their beds and those who
are too weak to stand the journey.
In = company, IA men are in a con-
aatlon which viii not warrant a state
1llent that any one of them will be able
10 appear at the muster out TODAY RI
company has Is men ON the sick list but
II is thought that nearly one-half of
uhat number viii be ready to 90 10
Springfield this morning. A con9nanv
mas -FOUR men on the list Of real Sicix
men, and there is no reason to believe
elat one man out of that number will
answer the roll call.
Capt. Allen was officer, Of tbe day
Yesterday. The guard detail was com.
posed OF two men from each comnanv
uhuef the command OF Corp. + T, Will
mot of G company.
company, after roll call YESTERDAY
voteQ unanimously to extend vote az
thanks to the Volunteer Aid Associs
ton for their kind eonsideration 90
lne good they had done. Cant p T
Rider, j. w. Knibbs and Iieut n NJ
clark We're also thanked for their ,,o,.lr
among tine volunteers of C comnanv
Lieut. WalWorth was also thanked for
nAs work upon the muster rolls.
n ietuer settlng forth the companY's
actlon was written and signed nv Cam
r.. L. Allen yesterday, and then noafIsd
70 the various parties mentioned above
= company also voted to place d. me-
moral tablet in the company's rooms
Whlch Will appropriately cornmemorate
the tallen dead of the command Tdeut
w arfeli, Sergeants Hill and Barton
were appointed a committe to confer
with committee of the Light Tnfantrv
ana report at a later date regarding the
taptets construction and the place IL
VIII occupy upon the walls of G comma
ny's rooms.
Emil zaeder, Of c company, sent a
PHYSICIANS certificate, yesterday to
Captain Allen, to the effect that he was
suner1ng with a severe attack Of mals-
ria
George Martin. of c company. is said
oy Sergeant Hill to be the sickest man
IN the company, but that he refuses TO
go to his bed. He appears at the ar
mory every day, but looks like a ghost.
y company mas accepted the invita-
ton to go to Boston, Friday night to
attend the rally which is to be given to
Franz Hugo Krebs FL company also
voted to go, but A company has not
as yet taken any action
A company was ordered by Capt. Bar
rett at roll call to be sure and have
money enough to pay their fares today
from Springfield to Worcester
A company will at once follow in the
footsteps of C company and form a
permanent organization of Cuban cam
paigners. They voted yesterday to an
point an executive committee to pre-
pare bylaws and make all arrange
ments. The committee is headed by
Lieut.. Plummer as chairman 1t was
further voted that all moneys in the
hands of c company from various sour
ces after the muster-out be turned over
as a permanent fund for the relief Of
the members of the COMPANY