The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-30
RETURNED:T0..
! | CAMP TUNNEL
Members Of Company K Recon
slider Their Disgraceful Action
and Forty Go Back.
DENY BEING "lIN SOLDIERS
Decide to Fight Any Place For
the American Flag.
They viii Make Amends for Their
Action in Returning HOMEGROWN
the State Troops Refuse to En-
list and Can Now be Classed
as towards.

Returned--But this time not entirely
in disgrace. Such i'll brief is the history
Of Company X of Wilmington. Captain
E, E. Rutan, commanding.
After reconsidering their ''dshonor-
able' action of Thursday in refusing to
enlist in the regular army at Camp Eoe
w. Tunnel, MiddletoWn, the members
Of Company X of the National Guard OF
Delaware yesterday decided to make
amends and last evening forty members
Of the company LETT this city at y. %
O'clock and returned to the camp which
they few short hours before had lett IN
disgrace. 4,
In order to catch Tie train the COM
panv was compelled to march under
forced orders or double quick skip down
Market street and from thence to the
station.
Thev were accompanied by every one
OF their officers with the exception OF
Quartermaster Sergeant O. l.. Young,
who was compelled to stay here owing
TO illness in his family. They paid for
the return trip themselves.
When interviewed the boys stated that
the reason they had left camp was that
they had been informed by the com
manding officers of the regiment that a
regular army officer would be placed IN
command OF their company.
A number of them had already signed
the papers of enlistment but Captain
Rutan had refused for the reason that he
did not want to leave the lnltec
States.
The members then demanded thai
Second Lieutenant l.. Ellison be etctet
captain, they having first gained TIL
consent OF First Lieutenant {. NJ
Dillon.
An election was held, it is said, TIN
required number OF votes not received
and when the commanding officers re
fused to ratify the election the conpan.
stood by the officers and were disarmed
Although the members OF the compan
have returned to camp yet this does nc
wipe out the 'disgrace' which the
brought on the escutcheon Of the stat
and honor of the city,
Action will in future speak louder tina
words and it remains to be seen Wethe
or no they will fulfill the promise the
n.ssle in leaving the city-that Of enlist
ing to a man at Camp Tunnel and
cdlleu W liiahC Wal usalusN pun Wv =
without u murmur, under any con
mander, and again regain the respect {
the people of Wilmington by fighting
sIfe last and show that they are not a
Tin Soldiers
The statement appearing in TIE st
of yesterday as having emanated lro
the lips OF Col. A. L. AInscow is emphat
cally denied by that gentleman. Til
source from which it was received at II
lime was believed to be reliable, b'
such, it has since been asccrtaln"d, W:
not the case.
The concensus Of opinion for the re-
son of the return Of the company is tn;
THE Sl,N was instrumental in makil
the company reconsider their action an
plainly shows the efficacy OF a roa
where such a roast is needed and d
served.
The action OF the troops from dow
the State is the talk Of the regiment,
nearly L of them refused to enlist.
'Cowards' not wanted should be Il
motto thrown broadcast in their face
and they should receive the attentic
they richly deserve from tn. State-th
of dishonorable discharge as mcmbe
of the Delaware State militia.