Evening journal., 1898-04-29
SOLDIERS RETURNED.
Nearly Two-T birds of Them
Left Camp Tunnel Yesterday.
SOLDIERS ANXIOUS 10 EXPLAIN
NOT WILLING TO SERVE UNDER
A WEST POINTER, BUT WILL
SERVE THE GOVERNMENT UN-
DER THEIR OWN OFFICERS.

Owing to a MISUNDERSTANDING In |
the n. G. ID. over having to serve in |
The regular army under West
Pointer, instead OF under their own |
officers, about $50 members left Camp |
Tunnel for their homes yesterday af- |
ternoot
Governor Tdnnell was tnere, and af- |
ter a consultation with the officers OF |
The regiment IL was decided to at once |
ask the men how many were willing to |
70 into the service or the United |
states. The canvass was made, and at
noon Colonel 'Wickersham issued or
cers for the men who were not going
into the regular service to go home.
These orders were read to the COM
pany commanders. The men were
marched to the Quartermaster's depart
ment where they surrendered all OF the
arms and property in their possession,
except the clothing which they wore.
Out Of the 557 officers and men in the
camp 300 left and returned 10 their
| homes This action was something OF
| q surprise to the officers OF the regi-
ment. All OF the field staff volunteer
/ cd, and so did the on-cOmmissioned
staff officers.
The men who remained in camp by
companies and on the stan were as
| follows: Field STAFF, officers; Com
| pany A, Wilmington, 46 men and 8
| officers; Company B, Milford, 10 men;
| Company G, Wilmington, 3 officers and
4S men; Company T., Wyoming, 1 Off
Ger and IL men; Company +, VIII
J mlngton, 3 officers and SO men; Conn
| pany G., Harrington, men; Com
pany III, New Castle, 8 officers and is
men; Company /, Laurel, IL men.
| The men marched to the station,
where they took the trains for their
| homes. The men who returned home
| claim that they did so because the food
| supplied was not enough, and because
| they, were not sure OF having theil
own officers. In addition TO this. the
weather has been very bad since the
men were in camp, and some OF them
had suffered considerably COmpan!
TX, of this city, came home IN
der peculiar circumstances. CaptaiI
Rutan, Of the company, could not g
TO the front. and the company elect
ed Second Lieutenant Ellison 10 b.
, | captain. Then they informed the gov
ernor that a majority Of the member
" the company would volunteer II El
I lison would be commissioned as cap
! tain. The governor could make n
| prmises, so the company came tome.
Company f, which is known as tn
= | Irish-American Company had sixty
4 | enc men and three officers. Fhty-nin
a | men and three officers volunteered
s 80 into the service OF the governne n
4 | and the other two men will 90 II the
/ | can arrange their affairs.
e Governor Tunnel has appointed D
i John M. Curtis. Of Wilmington, to I
| recruiting officer in Wilmington, an
e | the regiment which Delaware is TO ful
.e | nish the government will be furnishe
a ia a short time
/ The field officers who remain wit
Il The regiment are Colonel /. Puse
| Wickersham. OF Wilmington; LieuteI
J. ant-Colonel Charles M. Stevenson,
N | Wilmington; Major Theodore TowI
5 send. Of Milford; Adjutant John
Dunn, Of Wilmington; Quartermast'
III. V. d. BOotes, OF Wilmington; Su
geon J. L. France.
" Many applications were made la
t. n.ght for enlistment at the Armor
Is headquarters OF Captain Curtis, WI
S. has been appointed by Governor Tu
lie | nell to recruit the n. G. d. membe
/. | ship to 1,200 men, the number requir,
ut 90 make a full regiment. called fro
to this state by the president.
~ The members OF the Wilmington
D. | cycle Club who were members OF Il
II guard remained at their posts with Il
! | exception OF three OF them, who HI
it the best Of reason for returning
to their homes.