The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-28
NOW A REGIMENT OF THE PAST
FOURTH VIRGINIA HAS BEEN MUS
TERED OUT OF THE SERVICE.

The Morning Was Devoted to the
Discharge of the COmmand-RegI-
| ment One of the Most Popular
That Has Ever Been in savannah.
Officers and Enlisted Men Had
Many Friends Who VIII BE Sorry
| They Have GOne-Most of the Sol
diers Have Depnrted-Sergt
Young Remains in the Army Hos
pitaI with Honorable Scars-CoI.
Taylor Addressed the Regiment
| Virginians' Farewell TO the Forty
Ninth IOwans.
| The Fourth Virginia Regiment was mus
tered out yesterday. The pleasant relations
that existed between many of the members
OF that command and citizens Of Savannah
before il left for Cuba, and renewed upon
its return after three months service in the
Antilles have been discontinued, TO the re-
sret of every one. OF all the regiments
that have been stationed at Savannah
there have been none that has had more
friends than the Virginians. Many of the
members of the regiment, enlisted men as
well as officers, represented the best farni-
vannah homes and attended social func-
tons Some brought letters of introduction
that secured them recognition in the best
circles, and not a few will be sorry the
men from Virginia are to be among them
no longer.
Lieut.. Harris of the Third Artillery was
the mastering officer who has been in
ol,a Frr IF ha
that were made for the disarmament of
the regiment. The officers of the command
rendered him valuable assistance, and the
arrangements were so well made that the
muster out proceeded without delay or
trouble of any kind.
Mai Arnold and Maj. Huston were the
paymasters assigned 10 the payment OF
the Vlrginians. Usually there are three
paymasters disbursing when a regiment is
discharged, and the muster out of the
Virginians did not, therefore, progress as
rapidly as would have been the case with
a paymaster for each battalion.
About SIS was the average sum received
by the enlisted men of the regiment on
being discharged. That was for their pay,
the balance on their clothing accounts and
travel pay to their homes To reach home
the average cost was about $7.25 man,
but the members of Companies A, and
+ Jared better than their comrades of
other companies for the citizens of Nor
folk, their native city, subscribed large
sum to defray the cost of the transporta-
ton of the three companies from Sayan-
nah to that place.
The soldiers left during the afternoon
over the Central Railroad and the Florida
Central and Peninsular Two or three
companies were taken by the latter road,
the bulk of the business falling TO the Cen
trail on account of its connection with the
Seaboard Air Line at Augusta, along
which route through Virginia the homes
OF most of the soldiers lay. The Central
ran three special trains, leaving at 1880.
and o'clock. A number of the Virginians
waited over TO leave by regular trains.
For the next few days there will prob
ably be several members of the regiment
besides the Savannah recruits, who joined
lit here, remaining in the city, as each reg
iment mustered out has left few stray
glers who have waited over a while after
being discharged for one reason or an
other. The health of the men of the
regiment has been very good since the re-
turn from Cuba, and only two or three
are left in the hospital. One of those is
Sergt. Young of Company M. That gal
liant young soldier is not sick, but is laid
up on account of injuries honorabiy sus-
famed. his knees are DaQly torn and lac
Grated, and a medal for bravery could
be worn as honorably by him as a SOL
der who wins one on the field of battle
Several days ago Sergt. Young was in
iured. He was riding a bicycle on Dale
avenue, when he. saw a horse running
away An Old colored woman and child
we're the occupants of the wagon
the animal was pulling, But the
former was soon pitched out,
and that left the child alone Seeing
the peril of her situation, the soldier rode
as rapidly as he could until he could seize
the rein.s Kicking his wheel away. he
chung to the horse and was dragged some
distance. He brought the animal to stop
and the child suffered no more than her
fright, but the young soldier is painfully
injured.
Col. George W. Taylor addressed the reg
ment "a short while before the payn1as-
ters began their work. He had the com
mand drawn up near his tent, and his ad-
dress indicated the confidence he reposed
in his Virginians, and the honor he had
esteemed it to command them The col
onel said he would like to be with the
Fourth again if ever another call for vol
unteers should be made.
AT about O'Clock the paymasters began
| their work, Shortly after noon they were
| through, and the soldiers were soldiers no