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| 291 Battalion, and when the changes were made at Pimlico in the personnel of the officers of the Fifth he was unanimously chosen as the lieutenant-colonel, and all through the service of the Fifth he was a most active and faithful soldier. He did not experience a sick day while away with the regiment. While the regiment was on a furlough he went South to visit friends and was stricken suddenly. His remains were brought to Baltimore and interred at Greenmount Cemetery. The funeral occurred on Sunday, October 2, and was attended by members of different military commands of the city. The official escort comprised Companies A, C, E, F, G and L of the Fifth Regiment and the Fifth Regiment Veteran Corps, while the members of other companies of the Fifth attended as individuals. This was not the only funeral in which the Fifth was called upon to take part during this fall. There were several deaths of members of the regiment who had come back sick from the South, and on October 4, Captain John W. Torsch, of the Veteran Corps, was buried with military honors, Company I firing the farewell salute over his grave. Captain Torsch was a member of the Maryland Line, and fought gallantly through the Civil War on the Confederate side. He was for many years an active member of the Fifth and one of its earliest members. On October 10 the work of mustering the members of the Fifth Regiment out of the Federal service began. Each man was subjected to a physical examination. Major William P. Vose, of the Sixth United States Artillery, was the chief mustering-out officer, and Lieutenants Arthur F. Curtis and Richard H. McMasters, United States Army, were his assistants. The physical examinations were conducted with a view to future claims for pensions. Blanks were filled out and signed by each man. If he complained of any illness or disability, contracted in the service, he was examined. If no such claim was made then there was no examination. In point of fact the health of the men seemed to be good, and there were few claims of disabilities. |