The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-02
VOLUNTEER ARMY WILL
SOON Be But HISTORY,
Last Soldier will Be Mustered Out
Before Next Saturday-Time
Limit Really Expires To Day.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Washington. July 1.-The volunteer army
expired by limitation to-day. but the troops
VIII not be entirely mustered out before
next Saturday. The entire volunteer army
in the Philippines. numbering at one time
5000 men. was landed in this country be-
fore the organization went out of existence
by operation OF law, but several Of the regi-
ments arrived SO late that It was found to
be impossible to muster them out within
the time fixed by law, viz. to-day.
The organizations still to be mustered out
are the Forty-seventh Infantry, the Forty
first Infantry. the Forty-third Infantry,
Company B. Thirty-eighth Infantry. and
Company B, Forty-second Infantry. They
will probably all be discharged before Sat-
urday next. The last arrivals from the
Philippines were the two companies last
named. They came over on the transports
Thyra and Kintuck. respectively, and were
landed at Puget Sound. The troops will be
forwarded to San Francisco by rail.
There may be some delay in the movement
OF Company B. Forty-second Infantry, for
the reason that case Of bubonic plague
occurred on the vessel on the voyage over.
and 1t may be decided to detain the passen-
gers In camo until there is no danger from
tffsie release. :
There are no provisions to pay the troops
Tor services after to-day, and those yet to
DC mustered out will receive pay only up
to to-day. unless Congress makes special
provision to pay them for the few days
sefvice overtime necessary to permit their
formal muster out.
This will amount to only q small sum
In each case. and it is possible that some
enterprtsthg lawyer or claim agent win adj
vance the discount on the claims and await
an appropriation from Congress. 1t is not
p1ooapie the oedciency will exceed $4,000.
Record Of the Volunteer Army.
The volunteer army was organized under
March Z 1899 ' -p''-o'eN
On July 5. 1889. ten regiments Of the TWEEN
V-nve permitted were ordered to be raised
aered to be recruited in the Philippines: on
August 10 the Eleventh Cavalry was or
SH n: likewise to be recruited In the is
infantry were ordered. and on September
the last two regiments were ordered. These.
tne rorty-eighth and Forty.ninth Infantry
Thns 49,. were composed Of negroes.
reelmentE. that is. they drew on the pop-
uiatlon OF vaguely defined sections OF the
t GhoHntry. SO that during their entire service
certain groups Of States and Territories.
Inc neld officers, the Colonel, Lieutenant
C9lone! and Majors of these regiments were
taken from among the commissioned on
c cer OF the army. with the exception Of q
teW commanding officers Of State yolun-
teers who had distinguished themselves in
sne Spanish war. On the other hand. the
company officers were chosen almost vhoilv
IRON the volunteers Of the Spanish war.
Inc line officers Of tho two negro regi.
ments were negroes; q number Of them
we're actually enlisted men OF the army
w men appointed to volunteer commissions.
Philippines on October ii. 1853: the isst one
on January .. 1850: The volunteers did ex.
ttass service and merit the gratitude Of