Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1899 — VOLUNTEERS TO DECIDE. [ARTICLE]

VOLUNTEERS TO DECIDE.

Vote to Be Taken aa to Where They Shall Be Mastered Out. Secretary Alger sent orders to Maj, Gen. Otis to let the various volunteer organizations in the Philippines determine by vote whether they shall be mustered out at San Francisco or at their homes in the United States. The money that will pe received by some of the regiments ‘through a muster-out in San Francisco amounts to a considerable sum. If any organization elects to be mustered out at the place where it was organized, the men will be transported home free, but will not get any travel pay. Volunteers mustered out at San Francisco will receive travel pay approximately as follows: Men of Companies—Colorado, SSO to $95; Idaho, ssl to $81; lowa, SB2 to $130; Kansas, SB3 to $131; Montana, $53 to SB4; Nebraska, $74 to 117; Nevada, $55 to SB7; North Dakota, SB6 to $136; Oregon, s3l to ssl; Pennsylvania, $127 to $201; South Dakota, SB2 to |}.3o; Tennessee, $lO7 to $169; Utah, $36 to $57; Washington, $39 to $62; Minnesota, SB9 to $142.