The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-07
FOURTH TENNESSEE GONE.
.rGIMENT PAID OFF AND MUSTER
ED OUT OF SERVICE.

sbree Paymasters Were at the Camp
"a Give the Soldiers Their Final
pax-ResponsibIe officers Did Not
cot All Due Them, Owing to Re-
can't order That Holds Up All Their
paw. Except That for Travel Ex-
aDses Until Certificates of NOn-In-
debtedness May Be Secured-FOrm-
erIy only a Part of the Pay Was
Held.
The Fourth Tennessee Regiment was
clustered out of the service yesterday.
The three paymasters, Majs. Howell, Ar
,o,d and Huston, who had the payment
81 the regiment in charge, were at the
camp early in the morning, making their
last Dreparations. AT 8 O'Clock they com
,nenced paying off the companies, and by
noon they were through.
Fvervthing wore n air of expectancy
IN the regiment until the paymasters be-
..ar their work The men were lined up
from time TO time, to be in readiness for
the word to march to the tents from
(Which the pay was to be distributed.
Care was taken to have another company
of A battalion ready just as soon as one
was paid and in that way no time was
lost.
Until the payment of the soldiers com
roenced they were busy discussing what
they would do when they got their money
and discharge papers. Two or three knots
had blankets In which they were tossing
darldes who had gone out to the camp
70 gather up the cots, clothing and hun
drad other things the soldiers were ready
"a throw away on leaving the service.
Now and then a soldier was tossed. but
,be men with the blankets confined them
selves principally TO the darkies.
After bit the cry "Toss the officers"
u.as heard Several Joined in the shout in
half hearted way, but they were speedily
souelched by the other men, who did not
,,ronose to see their officers subjected to
such treatment. Speaking about the Incl
dent during the afternoon one OF the cap
tains said: when the One Hundred and
Switch Indiana Regiment was mustered
ort the officers were tossed. The camp of
that regiment adjoined ours, and some OF
orr men thought 1t was great joke on the
officers We thought there might be some
thing of the kind attempted, but all of us
were determined that it should not be car
ried out l would have resisted to my last
shot. I do not believe such a practice
should exist. certainly men should not toss
their officers"
There was no eech-making at the mus
ter out. Day before yesterday Lieut.. Col.
II IT Hanna addressed the soldiers at
a their request and that was the only thing
in the way of oratorical effort on the dis
bandment of the command. A stand was
rugged up by the soldiers for Col Hanna,
n and from 1t he congratulated the regiment
upon the record it had made, and babe all
the men a touching farewell.
At the muster out everything was busi-
ness The men got their money and left
for the city as soon as possible afterward
to collect the packages they had laid aside
for them in the stores. The merchants had
another good run of business from the
Tennesseeans.
one soldier had his pocket picked of $50
81 before he left camp. 1t could not be
learned who had committed the theft. The
n soldiers seemed TO think it could be laid
"a 10 the credit of some one of the darkies
q who infested the tents.
"a During the afternoon the troops got
away for their homes. Special trains were
run for them by the Central Railroad and
the Florida Central and Peninsular. Ii
is to the regret of the friends the Ten
nesseans made while in the city that the
regiment has gone.
The Tennessee officers were the firsl
mustered out here who suffered by a re-
cent order received by the paymasters
The order directs that everything due re-
sponsble officers be held up for an indefi-
mite time. That means colonies, captains
commissary, quartermaster and some 9th
er officers, who are held accountable fol
government property until certificates Of
non-indebtedness can be obtained receive
nothing but their travel pay on being mus
tered out. Hitherto only a comparatively
small proportion of the pay due then
finally has been withheld Some officers
VIII have as much as $1,000 held anywhere
from month to two or three years under
III the new order.