Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-15
OUT OF ALL SERVICE.
MUSTERED OUT SOLDIERS NOT
STILL IN STATE VOLUNTEERS.
MUST BIZ REORGAHIzED.
Enlistment I'm the United states Ser
vice Served ms a Discharge from
the Service of the state--MiIitary
Notes.
Notes.

Officers and men OF the volunteer regi-
ments have recently been surprised to
learn that when they are mustered out
Of the United States service they are no
longer In the service of the State.
OF course. IL was understood that men
who had joined companies at the begin
ming Of the war, and were mustered into
the United States service without ever
having been in the State service, would
not be members Of the State volunteer
organizations when they left the national
service, but 1t was thought that the men
who had belonged to Virginia volunteer
companies prior to the war, and were
mustered into the service of the United
States. would still be State soldiers when
mustered out Of the Federal service.
OUT OF EVERYTHING.
1t seems now that such is not the case.
The State military law is construed to
be such that the enisting OF State organi-
| cations in the service of the United
States takes away from them their cha
racter of State soldiers so effectually that
1t is never restored except by re-enlist-
.ment. When the men are mustered out
they are no more soldiers Of the State
| than any other citizen. This construction
| of the law seems undisputed.
| 1t is presumed, however, that the Vir-
ginia companies will be reorganized,
though the Governor and Adjutant-Gene-
| raj have not yet formulated plan for
| doing so. The guns wtfh which the men
are armed will be returned to the Ma
| tional Government, but new ones will be
obtained when needed
great deal OF disappointment is ex-
pressed by members OF the Third Regl-
ment. and also of the Second, at the in
telligence that the War Department will
allow no more enlistments. Many Of the
men Of these regiments expected, when
they should have been mustered out, to
enlist in the Fourth, as they wanted to
see service in Cuba.
1t seems to be the policy Of the depart
ment TO grant discharges to all who ask
for them. AS a result several Of the
regiments which have been designated to
remain in the service have lost many men
by discharge, and some are thought to be
near TO the minimum. 1t is believed to
be the intention OF the department to
have mustered out every regiment which
falls below the minimum, and therefore,
discharges are freely granted. In this
way something very like a poll Of the
regiments on the question of continued
service will have been taken.
GOTTEN A TRANSFER.
The method of transferring a soldier
from one regiment TO another Is quite
cumbersome. and the department will not,
as rule, allow IL 10 be adopted. An ex-
ception, however, was made in the case or
Private w. Harry Cardoza. of Company
NJ formerly Company b, Of the Blues,
Fourth Regiment, who has just been
transferred to the Volunteer Signal Corps
attached to the Seventh Army Corps at
Jacksonville. Private Cardoza Is one OF
the most popular young Richmonders in
the service.
When the first call for volunteers was
made he resigned a good position with
the Richmond Telephone Company and
enlisted as a private in Company b. OF
the Blues While in quarters at the
Blues Armory, in the absence Of must
clan, he tapped" his comrades TO dinner
every day. At Camp Lee he was a valu-
able assistant 10 the officers In many
ways and soon became prime tavorite.
While on duty as a member of the de-
tail to guard the reservoir near the camp |
he contracted a spell of sickness that |
kept him in the hospital awhile, but his |
letters home never referred TO this fact. |
His practical knowledge Of electricity and |
wiring caused him to be detailed TO as
sist in such work around corps, division, |
brigade, and regimental headquarters. |
Some weeks ago he stood an examination |
for a frst-class private's place In the |
Signal Corps with much credit. The |
transfer papers were held up some time, |
but yesterday the record was made, and |
h. lie ogs,, Il
Private Cardoza will go TO Cuba, but |
before going expects TO come home on
furlough.
MR.. VAN DYKE JOHNS ILL.
The many friends of Mr.. Van Dyke
Johns, book-keeper for the Richmond
Stove Company, and member Of Com
pany NJ, Fourth Regiment, will hear with
regret that he is sick in Alexandria with
typhoid-fever.
Mr.. Johns went to Jacksonville with
the Fourth Regiment and after the ter
mination of hostilites he was honorably |
discharged. and had returned to his home,
in Alexandria, before coming TO this city.
Upon his arrival in Alexandria he was
taken with fever, which at first was
thought to be malarial, but it has now
developed into typhoid.
Death of Corporal Burwen.
Corporal John r. Burwell. Company NJ,
Fourth Virginia Regiment, died at
O'Clock yesterday morning in a private
residence at Jacksonville. The remains
will arrive here this afternoon and will be
taken TO the residence of DR.. Blanton l..
Hllsman. l014 west Main street, from
whence the funeral will take place at IL
o'clock Friday. The interment will be in
Hollywood.
Corporal Burwell was only about 81
years of age. and was a young man of
great popularity. He was the son of Mr..
Jack Burwell. a well-known citizen of
Powhatan county. and had for some time
been connected with the Life-Insurance
Company of Virginia, i'm this city. He
was well known in society here, and his
fine qualities created for him a wide circle
Of friends. He leaves sister and two
brothers. His sister married DR.. Blanton
l.. Hilsman, of this city.
Corporal Burwell was taken i'll about a
month ago with typhoid-fever, and for
some time ii had been seen that his case
was desperate, so that his death was not
a shock He will be buried with the
honors of war, a detachment from the
First Regiment escorting the remains TO |
and firing a farewell volley
over his grave.
There was gloom in the offices of the
Company of Virginia yes
terday when the news OF Mr.. Burwelrs
death was received He had been in the
employ of the company since he was
boy and was extremely popular. His
mother and father are al the residence of
DR.. Hllsman.
CRITJCISES SURGEONS. {
A number of men who have been dis
charged from the Fourth Virginia Regi-
nent are very free I'm their exprassiOns