Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-14
COLONEL TAYLOR HERE.
Talk With Him About the Fourth
Virginia.
Officers Getting Ready EOrthc Muster
Out on eth. InatRnt-The Kcgi-
mcnrs Fine Reputation audRecord
Glad 10 Got Homo.
g Ready For no Muster

Colonel George w. Taylor, of the
Fourth Virginia Regiment, is at home
on a leave of absence from the War
Department, and will remain here
about a week. when he will return TO
his regiment at Savannah to complete
the final preparation for the muster out
on the 9th instant This is the first
visit of Colonel Taylor to his home since
last September, when he was here on
Il leave of absence for Il few days.
Yes. the officers are getting ready
now for the muster out of the Fourth"
said Colonel Taylor to n Virginian- Pilot
representative yesterday afternoon.
1--WE expect to be out of the service on
the 21th of this month. The regiment
is i'll splendid shape in every way and
is regarded everywhere we have been
as the equal or superior of any regi-
ment. volunteer or regular. 1t has been
my special aim TO take care of the
health of the men. and I have looked
after the sanitary condition of our
camps with the same care that / have
looked after the military discipline of
the regiment.
ONLY ONE DEATH IN CUBA.
"As consequence the regiment has
record for good health almost I'M
paralleled Our death rate is, in fact,
lower than Norfollks. During our stay
Of three months in Cuba only one death
occurred, that of a private in one OF
the Suffolk companies. caused from
mininSitiS. The climate of Cuba about
Havana. where the Fourth was camped.
IS excellent. ana l have never drank
better water than was supplied to us
from a spring. We were very near
General .pn'C ,ta
Vista. on very pretty slope, from
where we could see the ocean. about
three miles away. General Lee visited
us often and reviewed the regiment
lie looked upon the Fourth as one of
the best regiments in the Seventh
Corps. Ours was the ranking regiment
OF the brigade, of which General Has
brough, who was long time at Old
Point Comfort, was the commander"
NO "EMBALMED BEEF"
Asked about the supply of rations
furnished the regiment while in Cuba
Colonel Taylor said that as II whole the
supply was very good: otherwise, he
would have Kicked. He had reports
from the officers of the companies as
to the rations issued, and there were
practically no complaints. He said the
men were furnished mostly with re-
frigerated beef and it was very salts
factory. General Lees corps was noted
for making less complaints than any
of the other CORPS
GLAD TO GET RACK.
Colonel Taylor said the men would be
glad to get back tn their homes. They
are happy over the idea of being mus
tered out at so carly n date. They have
turned in their guns and equipment
with the exception of the tents and
other nccessaries of camp life. to the
State and arc doing no cnD1t, 1Itv ,,n,.
simply waiting for the muster papers
to be completed
Speaking Of the fight between some
members % the Fourth and n North
Carolina regiment. Colonel Taylor said
the incident had hecn unnecessarily
exaggerated by the newspaper ac-
counts. and that the affair had been
entirely smoothcd over by the colonel
Of the North Carolina regiment and
himself