Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-11
Return of the Fourth Immunes With
District Soldiers.
SAILING NORTH ON THE DIXIE
VIII Go to Camp Meade for
Muster Out.
p r z P A R NC A WELCOME

Adjutant General Corbin received tele-
gram this morning from Col. Pettitt, com
manding the 4th u S. V. Infantry (im-
munes), saying that forty-five officers and
40 enlisted men of that regiment left Man
zanillo, Cuba, this morning on the transport
Dixie, bound for New York. There is espe-
regiment, for the reason that five OF its
companies We're recruited in this city and
the surrounding country. 1t will take the
Dixie about four days to make the trip to
New York, where she will be compelled to
remain in quarantine for twenty-four hours.
At the expiration of that period the regi
ment Will be transported by rail immediate
ly 10 the military camp at Middletown, Pa.
where the men will be detained only long
enough to go through the official routine
of being formally mustered out of the serv-
ice of the United States. The men will re-
ceive two months extra pay account of
their service in Cuba, and will be provided
with transportation and subsistence to the
places of their enlistment.
1t is expected that The citizens of this city
will make some arrangements for public
reception to the Washington contingent of
this regiment on its arrival in this city.
Praise for the Regiment.
The companies of the regiment coming
from the District-A, b, c, D and F'-were
recruited in Washington after the LIST Dis
trict Volunteers were mustered into service,
and most of them have been connected with
the military organizations Of the District.
and some are ex-members of the High
School Cadets.
The 4th L. S. Volunteers have won high
praise by their soldierly qualities. 1t
the first volunteer infantry regiment to re-
ceive the krag-Jorgenson rifles, and claimed
to be the only fully equipped regiment
ready to leave for Cuba on twenty-four
hnt pnfn Loo aclyc liz.
for Cuba the regiment was inspected by
Col. Maus, inspector general on the staff of
Gen. Miles, and was complimented for its
fine showing.
When the 7th Army Corps passed in re-
view before Secretary Alger the regiment
and band were loudly cheered by the citi-
zens OF jacksonville. All this due to
the fact that Col. Petit and his battalion
commanders, Lieut.. Col. Cole, Maj. Lang
den and Maj Parker, are army officers and
gave the regiment unremittng attention.
The regiment was sent to Manzanilo
about seventy-ffve miles from Santiago
early last fall. The order was greeted with
cheers wher read to the men.
WeH-knOwn Washington Recruits.
Among those who enlisted in the COM
panies recruited in the District are the fol-
lowing:
Professor Zimmerman is director of the
hand; Drum Major Johnson, the band
leader, formerly connected with the
Mt. Pleasant Drum Corps; Regimeatal
Sergt. Maj. Wilson formerly lieutenant
In Company A, 9TH Battalion; First Sergt.
BCteler, formerly a lieutenant of Company
a, 9TH Battalion; First Sergt. DanfOrth,
formerly lieutenant in Company Is, 4th Bat
talon; Sergt. Ryan, formerly a sergeant in
Company b, 9TH Battalion; First Sergt.
Robert I. Patterson, Company F, formerly
lieutenant Eastern High school; Sergt G..
West Byron, Company F, formerly leuten-
a ~ 9 -tlf
seant, all of the ID. c. N q.
Others well known here were Fred w
Alexander, detailed to the band upon its
tailed as company quartermaster, formerly
of Morton Cadets; Sergt. Geo. A. Berry Of
Eastern High School; Sergt. Paxson; Cor
poral Hugh Ruckman, a young dentist Of
Washington; Corporal James I. Clifford,
formerly connected with Columbia Thea
ter; Corporal Samuel Gould, Corporal Har-
~ Wtningder of the Unit ID Sta.as marine
hospital service; Corporal Dellisser, now
provost sergeant, formerly of regular army:
Corporal Harry Brown, formerly connected
with leading thaatical companies of the
Pacific coast; Corporal William T. Ryan
formerly connected with the Post Odice De-
partment; Corporal Hugh H Ward, for
merry sergeant strict militia; CORPORAL
Paul Melville of the regular army; also Jas
X. Simms, Samuel Cockerille, William
II. Chapman, son of Rev. Or. Chapman;
Garnett Denham, Jerry O'Hara. James r.
MoWry, James r. Quad, Geo. Thomas
alter Marlin, William Wall. and the two
company cooks. John Streif and Geo Stew
art, formerly cooks in the regular army