The morning news., 1899-04-15
NEW WORKERS OUT, TO-DAY.
OFFICERS PRESENTED LOVING CUP
TO COL. sEYBURN.

Lieut.. Col. Francis G.. Ward Made
the Presentation in Behalf of the
officers of the Regiment After Re-
freat-CoI. Seyburn Is Greatly
Loved, Admired and Esteemed by
His OHcers-LOying Cup Instead of
sword Was Presented to Represent
the Three FeelIngs-COmPanies
VIII BE Formed at O'Clock This
Morning for Pay.
The Two Hundred and Second New York
Regiment viii be mustered out of the serv-
ice to-day. Orders were issued yesterday
Tor the companies to form at O'Clock in
the morning for payment -Four paymas-
ters will be at the camp to pay off the
troops, and 1t is expected the work will be
completed by noon.
The paymasters have succeeded in get
ting their muster rolls all Strengthened out,
having made the corrections necessitated
by the reduction of the pay of enlisted
men from what it was during time of war
to the figures at which 1t stands In peace.
The rolls had all been made up on the
basis of the 20 per cent. Increase, and the
paymasters and their clerks had to do
some hard work in order to get the
amounts due each man fixed up. Among
the enlisted men of the regiment there was
great deal of dissatisfaction over the
reduction, and several of them reported
that Col Seyburn had interested himself
in their behalf and sent several kilograms
to the war department invoking a revoca-
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and the men will get the reduced pay for
the two months extra, as well as for the
time they have served since April 10.
The representatives or the railroads will
be busy at the camp. Tickets by an the
routes will be sold on the grounds, and
baggage will be checked.
1t cannot be said the New York soldiers
will return to their homes in anything like
body, for all the lines running out of the
city expect good share of the business.
rate of something over s14 is charged
by the rail lines, and it Is admitted that
all of them will have a number of the SOL
diers travel by the routes they offer. The
water route will also be used. Some will
get more and some less, as Is always the
case with troops movements. the passen-
ger men being unable to tell how the cat
will jump until she has made her move.
The captain of one of the companies said
that about the only movement in body
will be that of Companies e and NJ and a
part of K. Companies and M are from
New York city, X Is from Utica, and the
others of the regiment are from Buffalo
or it's vicinity. He stated the soldiers of
those commands would move In body
over the Seaboard Air Line route.
The passenger representatives of the sew
eral local lines were out with committees
Of the soldiers showing them their equip
ment and telling them what could be done
in the way of quick and commodious SER
vice. Agent c. G. Martin of the Georgia
and Alabama and Travelling Passenger
Agent Dunnavant of the Queen and Cres-
cent, had twenty-four men representing
the twelve companies in the Georgia and
Alabama yards inspecting the tourist cars
that will be used for the movement of the
troops that route secures. A special coach
was in waiting at the depot, and Mr.
Martin took the soldiers out into the yards
10 see the cars which they were to con-
slider for their home going. 1t was said the
men were very well pleased. The Plant
System, the Florida Central and Peninsu-
lar and the Central also showed the boys
what they could do for them.
The privates of the command lose al
most as much by the reduction in their pay
as their railway fare to Buffalo, while the
non-conm.ssioned officers will lose
amounts varying according TO their ranks.
After retreat yesterday the officers of
the regiment gathered at the quarters OF
Col. Stephen Y Seyourn, where they pre-
sented him with a magnificent loving cup
The presentation address was made by
Lieut. Cod. Francis G.. Ward, who happily
expressed the sentiment of the gathering
in a neat speech. He said it was depar-
ture from the ordinary run in military mat
ters to present a cup instead of sword
but explained it by saying that while a
sword would indicate the esteem and res
pect in which their colonel was held by
his officers, the loving cup would so even
further and testify to their love as we'll
Maj. Myer, Maj. Wood and Mai Burr,
regimental surgeon, also made speeches.
The officers said there is probably no reg
iment that has had relations more cordial
and Pleasant existing between officers and
colonel than the Two Hundred and Sec
ond.
The loving cup is inscribed as follows:
Presented to Col. Stephen Y. Seyburn,
Two Hundred and Second Regiment New
York Volunteer Infantry, by the officers of
the regiment" and on the other side
Camp Black, N. Y, July 20-Sept. 13, Camp
Meade, Pa, Sept. 14-Nov. IS; Camp Has
kell, Ga, Nov. 1S-Dec. 8; Camp Barrett
Cuba, Dec. 12-Feb. 8: Camp Young, Cuba,
Feb. 9-March IS; Plnar del Rio, Dec. 12-Jan
10. and Savannah, Ca, March S1-Aprl 15."
The officers agreed to have a reunion at
Buffalo early in August
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