Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-04-19
THE SECOND IN AUGUSTA.
TO BE CONTINUED.

South Carolina Soldier Boys to Be Free
Today.
Correspondence Of the Yorkvills Enquirer.
CAMP MCKENZIE, AUGUSTA, Ga,
April l2.-Since the 25th of March
the Second Regiment of the old Pal
metto state has been in Augusta, occu-
pying the comfortable camp left by the
Tenth Ohio, and will be he for about
a week longer-until the e~19th-the
day definitely set for the muster-out
of the regiment.
The immense amount of preparatory
work for the muster-out of the COM
panies has been going along with
hum, for if the company officers have
not their muster-out rolls and records
ready by that time, they will have to
stay at their own expense until every
thing is complete.
The officers and clerks in charge of
the work, however, have been pushing
it rapidly along, working night and
day. Several have already finished,
and no doubt all will be ready by the
appointed time.
The men generally though, while
impatiently awaiting the 10th, are see-
ing an easy time, with no roll calls, no
drills and only little fatigue and
guard duty. Quite a contrast to the.
eight roll calls and four hours drill q
day, the continual fatigue and frequent
guard duty that was the custom when
we were mustered in at Columbia.
Then, when mustered out on the
18th, each man will receive in addition
to his regular pay up to that time, the
two months extra pay allowed to SOL
diers who have seen service outside of
the United States, whatever may be
due him on his clothing. account and
travel pay to the place where he was
enrolled. This Is calculated on the
basis that if be would walk home at
the rate of 20 miles day, he will re-
ceive one days pay and one days
ration money for each 20 miles-sever-
al times more than his fare would cost
him. So making general estimate,
each man will receive with his dis.
charge about $4,000. The non-com-
missioned officers little more. Not a
small fortune, it is true but to most
of the men q comfortable little sum
that will tide over until they can get
back to work again.
Any one whose service is not desig.
mated by his captain as "honest and
faithful" will not, I understand, re-
ceive the two months extra pay but
"volunteer" is the mantle that covereth
many sins, and there will be few, if
any, so unfortunate.
While the men will receive all their
pay on the 10Th, the officers will re-
ceive only their travel pay-at the
rate of 7 cents mile. Their pay will
be held back, maybe several months,
until everything is checked up, and if
anything is found to be short, they will
be the losers.
Since we arrived in Augusta, two
regiments have been mustered out
the Thirty-fifth Michigan and the Fiji
teenth Minnesota. They are two of
the northern regiments that were en-
camped here during the winter the
Fifteenth Minnesota is the one in which
u munity occurred some time ago over
the killing of one of their number by
a barkeeper; but to US they both SEEM
ed composed of congenial, nice fellows,
anxious to listen to our yarns about
Cuba.
The Third Georgia and Second 1lli-
nois regiments which came little later
than we, will also be mustered out
very soon-the Third Georgia on the
22d aud The Second Illinois little
later.
The Fourth and Ninth Illinois regi-
menths which were brigaded with Aas
in Savannah and Cuba, will arrive in q
few days, and understand others will
follow.
The men have already been examin-
ed by the surgeons and presented very
healthy appearances.
The ordnance, guns and so forth, has
all except what was retained by the
men, been turned in, and it will now
be only few days until we will be
citizens again and have a volition of
our own. AUGUSTUS DEAL.