Colonel Robert F. Leody, commander of the regiment, is now at his home at Elgin, and a number of other officers are also away from their company. These officers will all report at Richmond to be mustered out with the regiment. Lieutenant Miller is in command of the regiment, during the absence of Colonel Leedy.

The Second Infantry is composed of companies from Front Royal, Winchester, and Strasburg, composing the First Battalion under Major George F. Buch; Companies A, Base Guard; P, Hanover; G, Petersburg, and H. Big Stone Gap, the Second Battalion under Major Benjamin Harrison; Companies A, Farmington; R, Pulaski, and M, Radford under Major Edwin L. Slaughter. In addition to these companies, there are headquarters, supply and machine-gun companies, all organized after the regiment left the mobilization camp here last July.

The muster out of the regiment here means similar work as that occurring during the ten days that the First Infantry remained in the local armories. The final pay, including clothing allowances of the men, will amount to about $60,000. The contract. 