The Saint Paul globe., June 19, 1898, Page 3, Image 3

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MINNESOTA BOYS IN CAMP.
HEROES OF SAN FRANCISCO
TOWN DELIGHTED WITH THIR
TEENTH REGIMENT'S DRILL j
Gen. Merritt's Pruixe of the Minue-
I
*<»ln Men Third Expedition Will
He Commanded liy lien. MeArtliur
—Orders iNttued for tHe iirmini- '
zatlon Slaw wl Corps Incomplete, ;
* lint Recruits CointiiK.
Special to The St Paul Globe.
CAMP MEHHITT.San Francisco.June
IS. — The exhibition drill given by the j
Thirteenth Minnesota regiment at the
Rtd Cross benefit last evening is the ;
talk at the city today, and the regi
ment's praises are sung on all sides.
The physical drill by Company D, with
musical accompaniment, was a sur- :
prise to the spectators, who never had
seen anything like it, and Gen. Merritt
teld Col. Reeve that he was more
than pleased with the exhibition.
"I congratulate you." said Gen. Mer
rit, "on having such a magnificent reg- j
iment. You should be proud of it, as
I am to have it in my command."-
The men are dtlighted that they did '
fo well, and Capt& McWade, Spear and :
Metz and Lieut. Byrnes are likewise j
phased that their companies drilled so '
perfectly at the l>enerit, and the whole
regiment is In high feather. The regi- ;
mental band is praised today as the ■
best in ihe camp, and Leader Watson |
has been congratulated all day on the
excellence of his orgnization, which :s
made up entirely of enlisted men.
Formal orders were issued today for I
[jtf>e third Philippine expedition, which
Gen. Mac Arthur and not Gen. King
will command. The troops designated |
for it are the Thirteenth Minnesota,
two battalions North Dakota volun- |
teers, two battalions Idaho volunteers, I
the Seventh California, the Wyoming
battalion and Batteries G and L, Third
United States artillery.
The troops will be transported in the ■
steamers City of Para, the Morgan
City, Ohio, Indiana and Valencia. The
expedition will leave San Francisco tho
latter part of next week. It iias not
yet been decided whether Gen.
Merritt will go with the third or fourth
expedition, but he is likely to go with
the third, with the Thirteenth.
The signal corps is not complete, but
men enlisted for it are now on their
, /way to San Francisco. Fifteen are
cominp from' St. Paul, and a number of
others are expected from cities further
East. Maj. Thomas, who is chief sig
nal officer, will accompany Gen. Mer
ritt, whether the mer> arrive in time j
to go with him or not, and will leave
Maj. Thompson here to forward be
lated ones to Manila.
Maj. Gen. Otis is now arranging for
the fourth expedition, which he wants
to get away by July 1.
RECRUITS SPEEDING WESTWARD.
Bpectel to The St. Paul Globe.
HOPE, Idaho, June IS.— The 300 re
cruits for the Thirteenth regiment, Min
nesota volunteers, at Camp Merritt,
passed through Hope this morning.
Maj. Friedrich received a telegram
from Col. Reeve notifying him that
the regimental band will eerort the
men from the Oakland ferry to camp.
All the men are well.
MfiWS OF THE THIRTEENTH.
The Boys Are Prepared for a Cold
Day.
Special Correspondence The St. Paul Globe.
CAMP MERRITT, June 14.— Sergeant
Gates, of Company E, who has been
laid up in the French hospital for some
days, has returned to duty.
Private F. C. Fritzon, of Company
F, was taken to the French hospital,
suffering from ;»n attack of appencKci
• tis, and for a time an operation was
considered, but he recovered without,
and is congratulating himself on his
escape.
This afternoon will begin the vacci
nation of the Minnesota troops, and
only those who have been vaccinated
In the last five years will be excused-
Yesterday v,-as pay day for the Thir
teenth, and most of the boys deposited \
their money with the officers and will
lay it by for a cold day.
Capt. A. A. Law has been placed in ■
charge as medical officer of the Eight- !
eenth and Twenty-third United States I
infantry, the brigade staff having left
this morning for Manila. The doctor is i
not at all pleased at being separated |
from his regiment, but the change i 3 :
probably only temporary.
Bert Howne, of Sacramento, Sun- i
day visited his cousin. Dr. Law.
Lieut. Morley is in command of Com
pany G in Capt. Seebach's absence.
Col. Peeve is keeping a military !
scrapheek. t iS.I iitfMM j
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CIGARS!
Our line of high grade Cigars, which
we sell for 5 cents each, includes the j
famous brands "Jackson Squar?" j
"Donna Laura," "Progress," "The ]
American," "El Plantador." In many
stores they would aeil as three for a
quarter.
A. LINCOLN— The magnifico size, gen
uine Key West Havana, which usu
ally retails for 10 cents each, for this
week, at the special price, each,
& cen.s
Wo are in receipt of a fresh supply
of new Key West Havana and Domes
tic Cigars of extraordinary quality,
which, by the box, are retailed at prac
. tically jobbers' prices.
WINES AND LIQUORS.
PORT WINE— Good California, 4 years
, old, purity unquestioned, per gallon,
75 cents
CLARETS— The Ideal Wine for the
summer months. We guarantee age,
purity and quality. It has no su
perior, price considered, in the state:
Choice Table Claret, bottle 25c
Choice Table Claret, per dozen $2.75
Choice Port, bottle 25c
Choice Muscatel, bottle 25c
Choice Angelica, bottle 25c
Choice CataWba, bottle 25c
All the really dependable Ginger Ale,
Sarsaparilla and Cordials, also unfer
mented Grape Juice can be found here
In great variety and at moderate
prices.
FLOUR.
Michaud's Extra Fancy Patent Flour,
per sack. ,
$3.25
I^ICHAUD BROS.,
LEADING GROCERS,
Seventh and Wabasha.
SOUTHALL'S FIRM INVOLVED.
Judgment V«»lnxi Mr*, 'flicker lit
Reopened for Retriul.
In the case of M. C. Wright, trustee
of the firm of Smith, Hughes & Co.,
i the corcern in which J, H. Southall
was a partner, vs. Mary Logan Tuck
er, an order was made yesterday in
special term by Judge Brill opening
the judgment taken against Mrs. Tuck
er and giving the defendant leave to
put in an answer.
The plaintiff brought suit against
, Mrs. Tucker to recover the sum of
JVOO alleged to be due as commissions
for certain ventures made by the
plaintiff for defendant in the wheat
market.
The claim was mad? that proper no
tice had not been served on the de
fendant, and the answer denies the
agency of the firm and questions the
validity of the claim as being the re
sult of a speculative operation savor
ing of gambling. The case will be re
tried.
PLOW COMPANY TANGLE.
SaviiiKM UnnU of St. Paul IlriJiKN Suit
AKnintit AKsiKiicc Power*.
The interminable tangle of the af
fairs of the St. Paul Plow company
with those of the Dawsons is again
being exploited in the district court in
the case of the Savings Bank of St.
Paul against the plow company and
C. M. Powers, assignee.
The bank wants to collect from Mr.
Powers the sum of $2,C00 alleged to be
due from the plow company as part of
a note made several years ago and
which went into the possession of the i
plow company through one of its offic
ers, William Dawson Jr., and which
was never returned to the bank, being
traded off and the proceeds turned into
the coffers of the company.
The assignee denies his personal lia
bility, as the money was not paid to
him, and claims that it was used in
the business of the plow company.
CITY OF PARA,
On Which the Thirteenth Minnesota Will Sail for Manila.
CIGARETTES AND EDITORS.
Him. R. P. Porter's Views on a Hui'h
Dl.-ciis'.cil Subject.
NEW YORK, June 19.— Hon. Robert
P. Porter, founder axid for some time
editor of the New York Press and an
American journalist of International
reputation, was asked by a New York
reporter to explain the origin of some
of the absurd cigarette stories which,
from time to time, go the rounds of
newspapers.
The interview which follows is in
teresting, in view of the recent absurd
and promptly contradicted report that
cigarette smoking was the cause of
the rejection of recruits to tl*e volun
teer army in the present war.
As a newspaper man, Mr. Porter at
tributes to "prejudice" all such sto
ries.
"Popular prejudice." said Mr. Por
ter, "is undoubtedly a difficult thing
to overcome, ard at one time there was
something akin to an epidemic of abuse
against the cigarette.
"It is the business of modern jour
nalism to be interesting and treat on
up-to-date topics, hence I suppose
many of the so-called 'human inter
est' stories were tacked on to the un
fortunate cigarette, which I regard as
the least harmful of all tobacco habits.
"The victim is said to be 'made mad
i by cigarettes;' the 'cigarettes claim a
| victim;'- and he 'puffed out life by
! cigarettes' merely represent the partic
! ular form of" daily sensations (or fic
tion) of a period most likely when the
subject was being~""agitated. No one
contradicted them, and so, like many
other ridiculous stories, they went the
rounds.
"For my own part, I never
had any prejudice against the
cigarette or any form of to
bacco-using, except chewing. The
excessive use of tobacco, especially
with the young, is injurious, but that
is another question. Used in modera
tion, the cigarette is ur>doubtedly''ttie
.mildest and least harmful form. ,- in
which tobacco can be used.
"Medical science has shown how ,ut
terly unwarranted has been this epi
demic of abuse of the cigarette.- and. in
the face of such testimony, as a jour
nalist of twenty-five years' experience,
I have no hesitation in saying that a
'human interest' etory or any other ar
| tide which claimed death from the use
of cigarettes would have to be pretty
well authenticated before it found
place in a newspaper over which I had
supervision.
"Aside from this, it would be of no
public interest, in view of the effectual
disposition that expert authorities all
over the world have made of the ques
tion.
"There is literally no ingredient in an
American cigarette except tobacco and
paper, and analyses show that both of
these are pure and contain no dele
terious or foreign matter. It would
seem, therefore, to me that the preju
dice against the cigarette, except so far
as its use or the use of any form of
tobacco by the young, is wholly un
founded.
"Certainly to enact prohibitive legis
lation against the sale of cigarettes is
silly and on a par with the recent at
tempt In one state to enact a statute
against flirting.
"So far as my journalistic experience
goes, and at several periods of my life
as a large employer of labor — at one
time numbering several thousands of
men, many of them young — I have
known of no case of insanity or death,
nor even of illness, through smoking
cigarettes. I occasionally smoke cigar
ettes myself, but prefer cigars, be
cause they are stronger and contain
more tobacco."
Mr. Porter was superintendent of the
census, and, as an employer of labor
his experience Is valuable.
ARMY OFFICERS AS CLERKS
VALUABLE TIME CONSUMED
IN FILLING BLANKS
Hi Ills of Secondary ImpiiTlanre at
< imip TliomaM— — Too Many Hos
pital Detail.** — No Immediate
Movement to tlie Front—Cannll
dute I.lml Keeps Mum Maine
Hero in t'nmn— — TroonH Arriving.
Special to The St. Paul Globe.
CAMP THOMAS, Chickamausa, Ga.,
June 18. — The troops at this camp .ire
suffering from too much re-d tape.
There are too many subheadquai ters
through which everything from a re
quisition to an order has to pass, and
the result is valuable time that should
be giyen to drilling the men and fitting
them for the field is lost in filling up
blanks and doing other work of a cler
ical character. All the otlicers are com
plaining of this, but there seems no
prospect of immediate reform.
Another thing that is causing serious
embarrassment to office: s is the de
tailing of so many men for hospital
duty. Some companies have been
nearly half-depleted in this way.
The First Georgia infantry and Bat
tery A, of thp First Georgia artillery
arrived today from Griffin, where they
were encamped Feveral weeks. The men
are well equipped and in good condi
tion. The battery was formerly the
old Atlanta artillery, a famous organi
zation during the Civil war.
Fifteen cars of horses arrived last
night and v.ere distributed today
among the cavalry regimtnts and ar
tiliery stations here.
The inspection of the First division,
First corps, was completed today.
Troops continue to arrive daily. It is
a dull day wihen 200 or 200 recruits are
not dumped into camp. They are im-
mediately put In awkward squads and ?
drilled.
The hope that a gene *±\ movement to
the front would be ordered soon is fad
ing. It is now understood that the
regiments will be drawn from here as
they are needed.
The Twelfth Minnesota regiment
base ball team has challenged any
other regimental team to a game next
week.
Quartermaster John Lind, Demo
cratic candidate for governor of Min
nesota, has not divulged his plans for
the campaign. It is probable that he
will leave the matter in the hands of
his friends and let his army record
speak for him in the canvass.
An end has been put to the scandal
ous occurrences at the Midway near
Lytle station. The illicit rum shops
have been closed and the gamblers
have been frightened out of the region.
Circuit Judge Henry wiH endeavor to
have the offenders indicted. Gov. At
kinson, of Georgia, is assisting in end
ing the troubles.
The bugler who blew the last signal
on the battleship Maine when that ves
sel was blown up in Havana harbor is
with ths First Pennsylvania regiment.
He dislikes to talk about the Maine.
COMPANY E, TWELFTH.
A. Day in Caiuu With the Winona
Men.
Special Correspondence The St. Paul Globs.
CAMP THOMAS, June 14.— Our com
pany was vaccinated Monday. All the
boys stood it first rate but Musician
Eichendorf, who would have fainted if
it was not for the quick work of Al
Jezewski.
"Maj. Moucher" was sick last night,
but is all right today.
Cook McGulpin, known as "Broken
Down Sport," is improving now, and is
in perfect health and gives us good
meals.
Lieut. Muchalowski was officer of
the guard yesterday.
Privates Szultz and Rich got some
"hot stuff" from Winona. This makes
the other boys' mouths water and wish
they could get some.
Capt. Le May, in company with a
number of officers, visited Lookout
mountain Sunday.
Quartermaster McDowell and Ser
geant Rositanka visited Blue Springs
Sunday and also a farmer's straw
berry patch.
Who said the boys don't get mail
here. Private A. Zabrocky grot twelve
letters in the last two days.
Corporal Sohrema while on one of
his solitary walks through the fields
and woods found an old powder horn,
which he presented to his friend and
tentmate, Al Jezewski.
Some of the boys had their pictures
taken and sent them home. Other
boys would have their token if they
had the "dough." |
During the recent rains the boys had
a little trouble with their tents. There
were small creeks flowing through
some of the tents after the rain.
Frank Robus is kitchen police now.
Each one of t/he boys got a sample
of Star tobacco. This makes them all
happy.
Private Baxter has changed his name
for the present. He calls himself
"Herr Baxtlriski."
Private Meyer has a good eye for
dogs. He has a different dog every
day.
"Maj. Moucher" was acting . _as a -
lemonade auctioneer today. He" was
yelling "Lemo! Lemo! Ice oold lemo;
made in the shade; eat It with a
spade."
Musician Pepllnski has one of his
regular dyspeptic aches today.
COMPANY D, FOURTEENTH.
News of the Znnibrota Boys at Camp
Thomas.
Special Correspondence The St. Paul Globe.
CAMP THOMAS, Lytle, Ga,, June 15.
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE- — SUNDAY JUNE 19, 1893.
— Guard detail for Monday, June 13:
Privates King, Korth, Knudson, Keif
fer, Tolman and I/arson.
Guard detail for June 14v.Capt. Kinne,
Privates W. Miller, O. Miller, McHugh|
Bennett, P. Nelson And F. Nelson.
Guard detail for tonight: Corporal
Powers, Privates Nlgg, Opem, Olkers,
Olson and Pehl.
The boys were glad to see Corporal
Armstrong back to his quarters again
after a few days spent ia the hospital.
Private Hallaway will soon be back
with his company, as he' is improving
rapidly.
The rest of the boys are ready for
their pork and beans whenever mess
call is sounded.
We are having plenty of rain since
it got started, as it has rained every I
day this week, so far.
Hospital Steward Dr. Wes Matchan
has been tranpf erred from the regi
mental to the brigade hospital.
Tomorrow is iat:on day and it will be
a bupy ore- for the quartermaster of
the company.
Private M. Burgo has been excused i
from drill for a few days, on account of
a large boil.
COMPANY 11, TWELFTH.
Seine Good Sumlisy Rending for St. '
.la in on People.
Special Correspor.der.ee The St. Paul Globs.
CAMP THOMAS, June 15.— Tomorrow
will make four weeks of camp !ife for '
us at Chickamauga, and the Twelfth
Minnesota is standing the change as
well, if not better, than any regiment j
on the grounds. We have been highly j
praised by the Chattanooga papers as :
being the best equipped, best drilled i
and best disciplined regiment on the j
grounds. On a brigade drill yesterday j
in which the Sou.h Carol, na and Perm- i
sylvania regiments partook, we were !
far more prompt in the execution of I
commands and our lines, both battalion !
and company, were equal to those of '
the regulars. After the last company
of our regiment had passed the' re
viewing officer.-, Co. McCoy rased him
self in his sti:rjps and saich "The boys
did d— n well." Cur cjlonel and regl-
mental officers are not more proud of
their regiment than the regiment is of
them.
It has rained quite hard the last two
days, and the boys have had less
trouble policing the streets. The first
rain came as a surprise, and those who
were unfortunate enough to have for
gotten to a'Ttch their teats were flDoded,
and many found themselves standing
up and holding their bedding while
their messmates fought the water that
poured into their tents.'
Our drills are of a practical kind and
we have little else than sham bat
tles or battle formations. -However, th?
numerous inspections have not lessened
and the boys seem to be doing nothing
e'so but pronare for, them. We get our
blankets foldd end our'kpapsaeks fold
ed in a row cut in , front of the tents,
and look wise while some-, officer walk?
up and down the street. .Then we put
them up again and drill a;nd come back
again for inspection.. The-boys are very
adept, and no sooner is. '. the call "at
tention" sounded than ev^ry man grabs
something, and throws it into place and
jumps out, leaving a tent in perfect
order, which a moment before was up
side down.
Private Miller Is running Company
H's barber shop and does a rushing
business.
Privates Moss and Rump are running
the kitchen. Private Harrier having
taken his place in ranks again.
Musician Veltum is musician of the
guard today.
Sergeant Nixon was on duty at brig
ade headquarters yesterday, and Ser
geant Running is sergeant of the guard
at division headquarters today, with
Private Kaus from Company H.
Privates Teager, Johnson, Huberson
and Harrier were on guard at brigade
headquarters yesterday.
Sergeant Blair ha.s organized a crack
squad composed of Corporal Friefleld
Privates Richards, Harris, Hulserson
Fairweather. Chladek. De L,oy, Kaus
and Wltte. The boys go up to the Alex
ander house after supper and put In
an hour of hard work, and are begin
ning to show considerable improve
ment. The police detail of today con
sists of Privates Miller; Schutz, Scan
lon, Clark. Hormiger and Markoff, un
der Sergeant Blair.
All of the boys of Company H are
out of the hospital, arid are feeling
good.
Private Kruker la still off duty, but
was excused from the hospital and al
lowed to return to his quarters.
All the boys seem, happy when they
are sick and sent to the hospital, but
are happier when they are released.
Company H's men, w>«p were sick,
were troubled with measles and mumps
except Kruger, who fwas poisoned.
The non-commission^ officers are
fretting their stripes pn, and seem sat
isfied with their new appearance.
There was a petition circulated today
In Company H, asking She captain to
hire a couple of "Coon, Cooks" with
which the South Carolina regiments are
overstocked, charging . *ach man 50
cents a month to pay for the same.
This will release the company members
from detail as cooks, and. give us more
regular cooking. ':
There is an organjfetld| started with
passwords and gripagaJKßls termed the
A. A. W. W. Which in full means,
'The Awkward Aggregation of ""Would
be Warriors." Tihe -organization is as
yet in its infancy, but is expected to
be a strong one. The people ait home
would smile if thoy knew who Is Chief
Would-be' and organizer.
There are ithirty sacks of regimental
mail in Lyitle, which the P. O. employes
have not (had time to distribute. Every
one hopes that there is something in .
one of those sacks for him.
Corporal Wingeo was on guard yes
terday at brigade headquarters.
There Is a rumor circulating today
that a regiment la to b^'seiit to Wash
ington, and that the chances for going
were between the Twenty-first New
York and the Twelfth Minnesota. The
$f HflNflN'S
hanan shoe company;:;:;"
Shoe Values for Monday
TO SHAKE THE FOUNDATIONS OF L.OW PRICE,
We're bound to outdo even ourselves ! Such values make our store wonder
land to all but those who do the watchful planning. But you Ci n't be-in to appre
ciate our spec.al offerings for Monday until you try to match them at their price
anywhere in town. 1
INSTANCES FOR MONDAY :
jjF^^fflffofll I,, |, a Very st >' liih toes, kid tips. ~~~ Jj°,J dW r ft
--JBBKab^^gWjglpWa^P street shoe, Monday vl 3■ss C?
%\ flfl STYI f 287 - A , lot of Misse,' Tan Chrome Kid
SgJQJ l*'j |pP»"' VllluU shoes; some lace, some buttoned: coin *fr j-7 *-
toe ». and stout but very flexible so es V I T¥%
— , Monday |jj|j j J
STYL,E 44— Ladies' Kidskin Lace Boot, "
Savoy Toes, and Kid Tips comforta- AA AA STYLE 1299-For the Little Gent- A
We fitting and at the peak of fashion. X J 111 Fine Calf Lace Shoe, bulldog last and Ai « P
Monda y WdLILV very low heel. A new style that will VI OR
»^. ___^ be very popular this season. Monday \J \]\J \J
STYLE 129— Another Lot Ladies' ~ :
Shoes— Description: Fine V Kid Lace Another New Lot— Gentlemen's Gen
Boot, with genuine welt soles, Vassar Aft rtT "me Russia Calf, all the new shades A A /* A
toes, patent tips, thoroughly up to \ / U*\ of tan. brass eyelets, silk stitched V I 110
date. Monday UfalUU and very nobby. Monday O&luU
STYLE No. 209 -Misses' Vici Kid Lace Boots, vfth THE SCORCHER— A Gentleman's Tan
the new improved spring heels and Willow Calf Lace Shoe, made for either
patent, tips; goo.l durable shoi with |fe 1 A.tf| walking or bicy'.e wear; the coolest fikf\ r> r
the combination of style and ex- \| «|1 shoes on the market. Don't overlook \l RK
cellence. Monday UllUy them. Monday WfclVlJ
best reg^m.nt is to be s nt and the com
petition is betwsen the two.
Private Coddingham is c'.erk at the
brigade headquarters.
Musician Lochn.r has been appointed
corporal in tihe band, and ia acting
clerk for ths bandmaster.
The guard detail for tonight is Pri
vates Klein, Lobner, Loughren and
Lynch, supernumerary.
Wagoner Thompson hay at last been
given. Us mules and outfit.
There is nothing particularly notice
able in the regimen* except, perhaps,
the fact that there seems to be an even
ing of temperaments; those who were
careless are more careful, and vice
versa. However, the best of feeling
exists between companies and men. Th?
two mail deliveri s are anxiously looke.i
for, and the arrival of The Globe
is fuily apprec ated and er-joyed. Yours,
—Tent No. 10.
TO EXAMINE UNDERTAKERS.
MemberH of the Profensiom Consider
the Requisites* to Be Demanded.
A number of undertakers held a con
ference this week with Dr. H. M.
Bracken, secretary of the state board
of health, relative to the. examination of
burial directors regarding their knowl
edge of preparing bodies for transporta
tion and burlai. The new law cover
ing those matters will go into effect
Sept. 1.
The undertakers present were Theo
dore Bunker, J. M. Gleason, of Minne
apolis; William Dampier and William
J. Sleppy. They discussed the ques
tions to be asked undertakers applying
for license to practice, but they did
not arrive at any conclusion. The mat
ter will be considered again and will
require some time to decide upon.
The undertakers will have a conven
tion Sept. 7, 8 and 9, and that subject
was also discussed.
MTTST READ YOUR POLICY.
lowa Mutual Accident Won the Salt
Brought I*? Stanffer.
The necessity for the close reading of
insurance policies was demonstrated in the
decision given by Judge Kelly denying
the motion for a new trial In the ciee
of F. L. Stauffer vs. The lowa Mutual Ac
cident Insurance Company. Mr. Stauffer
brought a suit against the company for the
loss of a hand, claiming $750 under the term»
of a policy issued to him.
The suit was decided against him, and he
asked for a new trial, setting forth that if
the policy contained a clause providing that
the insured held no other insurance he did
not know it.
The court holds that such clause was in
the policy, and that Stauffer should have
read it.
Do You "Want Work?
The Globe will insert any advertisement
free of charge for the unemployed of the
Twin Cities, under the classification "Situa
tions Wanted, Male and Female." Read the
Want page.
Owners oif Books Relented.
James McNally, John Wheeler and Anthony
Lastricci, the boys arrested for breaking into
tha St. Joseph's parish school and stealing
several books, were yesterday discharged by
Judge Hine. The books were rscovered. and
the owners consented to the withdrawal of
the charge of burglary against the lads.
!| Familiar
I; Quotations: jj
♦'If you see it in our ad, it's to bs had.'*
!■ "Drop in today — any day; you won't be
j importuned to buy." ij
! "Our clothes are good clothes. "
"We have no middleman." ji
! Clever advertiser seeks position. !|
; Address "SAVE SPACE," Globe. ||
STIRRED THE FOURTEENTH
COL. VAN TJUZSE WRITES A
LETTER TO THE GLOBE
Regrets tlie Recent Publication of a
«'<!:::::: ;m icji; ion From Camp j
Thomas Concerning the Rntioiis
Kick Seemed Right, for Com
plainta Were Sent Out hy the Cor
respondents of All Newspapers.
Two or three weeks ago every paper
In the country that has a correspond
ent at Camp Thomas contained day
after day the statement that there was
general complaint among the men in
camp about the food furnished the sol- j
diers. The complaints were so general i
that nobody who noticed their general j
and frequent appearance doubted but i
what there must be some ground for it. j
Some of the Minnesota men felt that j
they were not getting enough food or a i
?ufficient variety, and many of them j
wrote to the folks at home to that ef- i
f(?ct. A communication that had its |
origin, presumably, in the Fourteenth I
regiment registering a kick, was re- :
ceived by and printed in The Globe. |
The communication seems to have stir- j
red up everybody. Just why cannot
be understood on the face of it.
In addition to the claim that the food
was not what the men thought it
shouid be, was mentioned the fact, for j
"fact it is, denial or no «3enial. that the j
Minnesota men were not paid as liber- j
ally by the state as were those of oth- ,
er states. Gov. Clough orly allowed \
the men the regular army pay for the j
time they were in camp from the day
they were called out until they were j
mustered into the service of the United i
States. Other states paid their men
for this time the rate they were due to j
receive as militiamen. So that Minne- j
sota did not treat its men as well finan
cially to start off with as the other
states. _
■ Gen. Muehlberg, however, as soon as
the letter was printed, came to the
scratch for Gov. Clough and told what
they had done, giving the men blankets
and equipment that other states had
rot given their men. All of which had
nothing to do with the pay proposition, i
If it were any reflection on Gov.
Clough, it can be easily understood
why the state* officers were so quick to
deny the statement.
On the question of improper or lack
of food, other people seem to have £■-
come exercised, as is evident by an
article in a Minneapolis paper printed j
shortly after the communication in The (
Globe. Instead of receiving poor raj
tions, this article led the Minneapolis
paper's" readers to believe that the boys
at Camp Thomas were having a ban
quet three times a day. And, while j
the Minneapolis and St. Paul papers i
that told how good the rations were
were being read throughout the state, |
there were probably 800 private letters j
in as many homes in Minnesota which j
said that the food was not good; that it j
lacked variety and in some cases quan- j
tity. People who have relatives at the i
front know which newspapers contain-
3
Ed the truth about the matter, and
will not go beyond their private corre
spondence for proof.
One thing about it all to be regretted
is that some of the officers of the Four
teenth regiment, who seem to have
thought the complaint in some way re
flected on Col. Van Duzee, deprecated
the publication, as is evident from the
iollowing:
v,l!nn dq^ rt f ei ' S A Third Bri 6 a <ie, Second Di
vision, tirst Army Corps. Camp Gore.. 11.
Thomas Chickamauga Park. Ga.. Ju-e -■"
\ IK*.— Edl:or Daily Globe: In vrur i--
--sue of the June S there appears twj'ar- ■ ci
containing what purports to be a general
vail from the members of th? Fourt. e-Hh
regiment. They are absolutely false a-.<l no:
worthy of the consideration of intellie nt peo
ple, we have undoubtedly b en subjected tc
some hardships.and have a gr a: many thngj
to earn, but no one Is starving and no „ne
will starve. It wou.d be impossible fcr s 3
large a body of inexperienced men to take tb«
field as soldiers from the walks of civil 1 it
vwtnouc more or less confusion, and we tx
pected just what we have received. Th =
state of Minnesota does not owe us any ai n
ey- &n <J throughout the entire time we -vr r «
jat home trtated us more than fairly Gov
I Uough did every:hing for us that ccuU h -vi
\ peen done, and sent us away amply provided
for in every respect. We were given a greit
deal more than many states gave their ui-n
and our greatest inconveni-nc" has lj^ei
through ignorance on the part of the iner. as
| to how to make the moet of what wi bad
1 oe.icve Jhe officers r.t this ngiin;nc o ]>>
as ccmpetc.nt and as faithful to their <run as
I any. and I know they are doing their te t
The number of cases of il!ness frum a i
causes ia remarkably small, and the " n r;l
| comment Is that the boys from Minnesota era
I a husky lookine; lot.
were ordered v form for review on Sat
urday just aftrr returning from drill ; n.l
I during the hottest part of the day. and 10
one fell out, although the surgeons followed
the re gr.it nt fcr several iim.cs w th a wesm
to carry for any who were unable to com
plete the march. I think, in Justice .«
parents an.! friends *t librae, that rocj le
| ports should not be published, an.l 1 woud
i request that you rtfrain from creating ni-jh
| wide-spread and unjust criticism of tho-e who
; are ao.ng their best to serve our ccunny in
her time of need.
_ , — Charl-s A. Van Duzee.
| Colonel Fourteenth Minnesota Vo'un.eers
I Col. Van Duzee may be laboring un
j der the impression that the communi
j cation reflected on him. or some mem
j hers of his staff. Bui it doesn't. If the
j men in the Fourteenth were the only
ones to eompiain of food it might bs
different. The same ■_-onip!a:r.t went up
at fhe time frr.m the Illinois men and
those cf other stat s a: Camp Th mv
The blame, if there was any. was
chargeable to the government, not to
Col. Van Duzee cr his men, ami the
government may have been doing the
best it could at the time.
So far as refusing to p:int communi
cations, If thtre were only one from
Crtrr.p Thomas, the advisability of
throwing it away might t>.? eon?kleie;l.
But as there are from 200 to possibly 503
letters a day oomi.-g f,o:n Camp Th( m
as from the Fourteenth regiment Loys
to their homes in Minnesota, it would
not take long for any news relating
t.> their we'fare to spread throughout
the state.
A few days later there was a chans*
ir. conditions at Camp Thr-ma?. anl
since then there h^s been no complaint.
Minnesota r.ew.-papers are not the only
ones that say the rations at the ca.:r.p
are now all right.
The Globe felt in publishing th->
communication, that It w: s not reflect
ing in any way on Col. Van Duzce or
any man in his entire regiment, nor
does it now think that the publicity of
the meds of any of the men at Camp
Thomas is a rrif.t:er that should be sup
pressed. ITeithtr dots it belifve that
the act of writing a letter, such as th<>
one published, and Which in no way
reflected on the supsrior officers, is a
reprehensible act on that part of any
peiloier. If it were based on fac'.s.
V, Lieut. Caswell, of the Long Prairie
company, which was the. one soeci
fica'iy rcft-rrel to. was in St. Paul yes
terday, and called at The (i 1n b e office
to try and lrarn the names of the men •
who sent the communication. Rut
Litut. Casvvel! smiled when he nske.l
f . r the-inf_rmation, for he is newspa
per man enough to know there a^e sonio
things wrvch a newspaper will n^t
m;;ke known. ; j nd this wa s one of t'.em.
Do You Want Work f
The Globe wiil insert any ndvertiscment
free of charge fcr the unemployed < f the
Twin Cities, under the ciassification "Sl.ua
tions Wanted. Male and Female." Read the
Want page. .
Satin Wan Not "S««ftj-.'i
C. G. Sass. a horaeshoer. do'.ns; business at
620 Rice street, was in the police court y.s
terday, on the charge of not having a II ■en?o.
The complaint again3t Sas? was made by P.
N. Ivindqulst. acting for the state board.
The accused promised to register, accord
ing to law, and was discharged.
We call attention to tbe special notice of.
The State Savings Bank under announce
ments.