The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-14
'01II TURN SOLDIERS LOOSE.
-o,tAH OFFICERS WAITING ron
THE SIXTH INIMUNES.

,,ut }. Mel. Carter OF the Fii'h o"V-
,r, and Lieut.. It. w. Darrah of
- twentieth Infantry Are the
.,..criug OHicers-Chester With
si.tb on Board Left Yesterday
.o,annah and Is Expected TO
,.rt,e Thursday or Friday-Regi-
VIII Be Furnished With
- and VIII Go Into Camp on
+,a ste Of the Third Nebraska.
'., Mel. Garter of the Fifth Caval-
and lieut.. T. w. Darrah- of the
18th Infantry have been assigned to
~. 5utv of mastering out the Sixth I'm
an7ss the regiment expected this week
'-.,, Porto Rico on the Chester.
The mastering officers arrived in savan-
,,b Yesterday from Macon, where they
have been engaged in similar work to that
,bieb will occupy them here. The expe
.scoe they gained in mastering out the
commands at Macon will facilitate their
3i.missal of the immunes. They under
san5 lust what they have to do and how
IN do it.and the result should be that the
muster ont of the command should be ac-
complished without trouble.
Telegraph was received received at
me- office of the depot quartermaster that
,be Chester had left San Juan during the
morning. Col Bellinger says that this
should put the vessel here Thursday night
or Friday morning If there is a good
tide at the time of her arrival, even
though it be Thursday night, the ship
will come up at once and tie up at the
Ocean Steam ship Companys wharves.
II is understood that the war depart
r,ent has caused two or three officers of
the regular army in Porto Rico to be as
signed to the duty of assisting in getting
all The details of the regiments accounts,
rolIs etc. in perfect order for mastering
out. These officers, it is further under
stood. are 10 come to Savannah with the
regiment and render continued assistance
here In case this report is correct, and
Il is known that 1t was the intention of
me department to have made such an
ossfqnmant il is thought the mastering
o,,t Of the regiment will be greatly facili-
tatad and that it eau be accomplished in
short order -.
An officer of the army was asked yes
terdav how long, in his opinion, 1t would
take the mastering officers 90 complete
their work and turn loose the men. He
repIied that this would depend altogether
upon how much of the preparatory Work
had been accomplished by the time or the
arrival here. If, as he thought likely
would he the case, If the report tnat reg
MAR officers had been assigned to the
duty. the work is now well in hand ana
is to be continued while the regiment is
on the way here from Porto Rico, it
should not take more than week for
the men to be paid off and provided with
their discharge papers. On the contrary
if no sucn provision has been made and
the work incidental to the discharge OF
the regiment has not been pushed, there
is no telling how long viii be required.
It was stated that there is a great
amount of work connected with the turn
Ing Of the men loose from the service of
their "Unce." All the stores and ord
nance has 70 be turned over to the off,
GERS designated, but, preliminary to this,
five muster rolls must be made out. These
involve great labor and much time, it be-
ing necessary for the military history Of
every man during the time he mas Deeh
ii the service, correct as 10 every detail,
10 be carefully compiled by company
clerks and transferred to the muster rolls.
The Sixth viii go into camp here. Its
camp will be that which was occupied by
the Third Nebraska on Dale avenue. This
site has, in a measure, been made ready
for occupancy. Tent floors have been
piled in order, and only await the COM
ing of the regiment for use and the ground
mas been cleared of debris. Tents will
De issued the command from the ware
house Of the depot quarternaster upon its
arrival, the tents used in Porto Rico hav-
ing been left there by the immunes.
1t IS said the Sixth is a fine regiment.
II comes from Tennessee and Kentucky.
Inc colonel is Laurence D. Tyson. VINO
was IN command of the military school
at Knoxville as an officer of the regular
service. He is said to be splendid Of
A'er and thorough gentleman. His com
hand sailed from New York on Oct. 7
lor Porto Rico, after having spent several
months at Chickamauga. 1t was. in fact.
'he last regiment to leave Camp Thomas,