The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-21
PASSING OF THE THIRD.
COMPANY OF REGULARS SAW THE
CONNECTICUT WEN OFF.

Regiment Was by No Means In
eventful-StrOng Talk at the Camp
and Ill Feeling shown an officer.
Crowd of Railroad Men and Others
to Profit by the Muster Out Were
on Hand-PIant system Took the
Greatest CrOwd-ReguIars Taken
to the Depot to Suppress Any Dis
Order-One Guard Had quite "a
Time With a Man He Had Arrest
ed.
The Third Connecticut Regiment was
mustered out Of the service yesterday, and
nearly all the soldiers are now on their
way home. The payms ster began handing
out the men their money at O'clock in
the morning and before in the afternoon
everyone of them had been paid off and
given his discharge papers.
The paying off and discharge of the Con-
nectieut soldiers was much on the same
plan as that followed when the Sixth I'm
munes were mustered out a week ago.
There were some variation, the chief be-
ing the method followed in discharging the
debt of the government to the men. Three
paymasters, Majs. Dwight, Wallace and
Huston, were at the camp, and to each of
them battalion was assigned The work
was thus facilitated and expedited. 1t
went along smoothly and rapidly until
some question arose from time to time
about name on the rolls. Delays were
caused, but in some way or other matters
We're adjusted and the routine proceeded.
AS a rule the men were very quiet and
orderly. The mastering officers said they
had never known mastering out to pro-
coed with as much quietuess. The men
showed respect for their officers and were
deterential up to the last in most instances
There were few who had too much treas
ured up against their officers to let the op-
portunity pass of showing just what they
thought of them.
The captain of Company 1 got rather a
sharp dig from his men. He was sitting
in a hack about 10 start for the city. His
men were standing around. They had got
tnelr pay and discharges, and were no
longer soldiers. Real or fancied wrongs
were stirring them, and they did not re-
spond very heartily 10 the proposal that
the captain be given three cheers Three
cheers had just been called for for a lie
tenant of the company, and the men had
responded with a Will When THAI for the
captain was given however, it was as with
one voice that the men shouted vulgarity
expressive of the most supreme disgust
Not content with the expression to their
feelings given in. the yell, one OF the men
went up to the hack in which the captain
sat and and let loose an outpour of pro-
family in which the ex-officer figured in
no very creditable manner He seemed to
be the object of the mans particular de-
testation, and the invitation extended him
n l1iUhf 10 6obf
for a settlement of grievances was not
accepted. The soldier was shaking his dis
charge papers all the time he was talking
and calling attention to the fact that he
was no longer in the service and was will
ling and able TO get a return for what he
had suffered at the hands of the officer
One of the men was asked why the SOL
diers had il in for the captain. He said
the feeling was not confined to the COM
pGny of which he was in command. but
to the entire regiment. 1t seemed the cap
tain was judge advocate of the field court
and had been the cause of severe fines be.
ing imposed on the men. That had rank
led in their hearts and they were anxious
to get some sort of satisfaction
In many commands talk has been heard
among the enlisted men of what they pro-
posed to do to their officers as soon az
they might be mustered out of the SER
geance. Such threats are common but It
is usually the case that the men who talk
the loudest about the thing are those who
are the quetest when they have been dis
charged. The occurrence at the camp of
the Third Connecticut was probably one
of few similar instances of the officers he
ing appnsed OF the opinion existing among
their men of their actions in the service.
When the men went up in turn 10 pet
their fro he
were given an average of about $50 eacn.
Officers and non-commissioned officers
got considerably more, but there. were not
a few who also got a great deal less. Some
got nothing at all. and probably quit IN
debt to the government DishoporabIe
discharges do not admit of men beine
given their pay or travel money. so thev
get or with nothing There were some
such cases, and their comrades had to take
up collections to raise enough money for
them 10 get home on The soldiers re-
sponded to the invitation to assist those
who had not Jared so well at the handa
of the paymasters, arM no men win he lef,
behind through not having received onv
pay
The usual assortment of all sorts of
dealers and fakirs was at the camp and
very good business was done The SOL
diers were ready to buy almost anvthiro
shoe men, clothiers. sellers of trunks ana
vahses, peddlers Of shoestrings pocket
books, suspenders, collar buttons knives
ana many other articles on hand. and the
soldiers had chance to buy anything thew
wanted before ever getting TO the civ
a special effort was made to have tho
camp left in clean condition. and detait.,
were at work during the morning gettins
up all the paper and trash that had acs
cumulated. Col Rodgers had given stric,
orders about the policing of the capon os
he desired it left ready for use bv anv
other regiment that might be assipna1
to it, ~"
As was the case with the Sixth Tmn,nros
when they were mustered out. the Thru
connecticut was besieged by a crowd Of
railroad men. There were not ouita o.
many on hand. for the Georgia ana Ala
Dama did not made bid for the business
IL was thus left TO the Ocean Steamship
Company and the three other lines mn
ming into Savannah and their connections
TO solicit passengers. The work for tbc
ocean steamship Company was done nv
the representative or aba Co.,, , - ~