Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-18
At CAMP POWERS.
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one OF the great hotherS in the line
Oh equipments is in the uniforms. There
are a great plenty of them, but the
sizes are so large that they will not
ccme anywhere near fitting the I'M
uniformed men. Then the arms are
not yet all issued, though the ordinance
officer, Lieut.. Rice. is busy making
acquisitions for them.
The long longed-for bounties have
been paid. and the men are happy.
that is they We're happy at the tina
that they received their money. though
perhaps there are many sorry ones
this morning, especially those who
could not keep the money in their pos
session for fear of burning holes in
their clothes. And how would these
clothes ever be repaired? These men
looked upon ii as a sin to have Uncle
Sans clothing destroyed. so they
yielded to a strong desire to part with
the bounty money. that was given
them in appreciation of their loyalty
by the State of Maine, through its
wealthy Chief Magistrate, and visited
too many places where the strong drink
is said to flow, and there they left the
greater part of their money There
also for the time, they left their good
tho
sorry this morning
There were not so very many of this
kind of the men, but enough so that
the more serious ones who wisely kept
their money, feel thankful today.
Loyal Governor Powers had the
bounty money, amounting in all to
$26,4S0. ready for the men last week,
brought from his private bank account.
as the funds in the State treasury are
very conspicuous by their absence.
This money was to have been paid.
Monday, but owing to the inability of
the officers to have their rolls made out
in time, the payment had to be post
poned until Tuesday Every man had
these rolls went to the paymaster, who
in turn put them in shape.
1t was announced Monday. that the
payment would begin at II O'Clock,
Tuesday morning.
1t was promptly at that hour, when
the companies had been recalled from
drill, that Colonel Kendall ordered the
members of the second relief guard to
he posted about the Headquarters
building. In calling this guard togeth-
er, it was found that some of the men
had strayed from the guard tents, and
when found the riot act was read to
| them by the officer of the guard, who
| threatened to punish them, should they
again be guilty of such breach OF
discipline.
They were marched to the building
and posted about it on the piazza, witt
several in front of the place.
w Itli!Il were <AuJut6ilIl NiCIiti oil iAiNl
ards. Who is also paymaster general
Cashier c. S. Hichborn of the First
National Bank. Colonel Kendall Adju
tant Davis and several assistants.
The first company to be paid was
Captain Moriarty's Company 1 of Lew
| iston. They were marched over tC
| the chain that encloses the space in
front of the building, and halted.
AS their names We're called. they ad-
vanced into the building and there re-
ceived their pay, which was in bills
and was counted out before their eyes
50 that no mistake could be possible
and even if there We're any, they coui+
be discovered before the man left the
building.
AS the men emerged from tho
building. each had a roll of bill:
in his hands that caused then
to wear satisfied smile and that on
smile would be so catching that all th'
company would smile. 1t was on'
grand smile from start to finish. L
all there was to this cruel war wa
the paying of the men, what a HAPPY
army there would be. But it Wouit
be necessary to first find several Gov
ernors like Governor Powers, before
the payments could be effected.
AS fast as one company could d
paid. its place would be taken by an
other. and in this way it took but (
very few hours to pay the $50 men.
Each company pay roll has to ID
signed by the mastering officer, to Ger
! tify that the men are all duly muster
ed into the United States service; d.
the CAPTAIN of the company to certll,
that the men are paid, and by the act
ing paymaster to certify that all nav
been paid.
These rolls are preserved at the adJu
tant generals office. All the rolls ina
were made during the Civil War are |
be found at this office.
IT is probable that if many lclt III
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