St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-07-04

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veal pr-scxa VIZ: The delightful atate-,o i
unq3rt+sty WhiqhpArvSaedsha Gimp On
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I'D The psyitesaliiasaot knuax,aordatly}' 90,
geants could not tell, lieutenants had no,
been informed, Captains had not learned,
the major was not in the secret, Lieut..
Col. had no orders on the subject, while
tue Colonel thought that With the hurry
|of ,packins thers woulf sclrcqy be time.
y The winona company were 1 s1di drawn up in
order, and received each man pair of
superior woolen rocks from tie Quarter ,r tel:
Masters department, 3and havvelock from from
the. ladies Of Minneapolis. z,,7Wou|d all
the, companies get ohayelocksls; Nobody
knew! .7'"1o2 yd1 10 y1Gto129s3 oaj,iy.h
+: 4 knife and fork va. ,al;o given e each,
Would they be obliged, to garry their ovn
eating implements apd blanketsl 4 Could
Mt say We'll, NO oneappeared to know
anything in particular eept that he was
ordered to Harfisburg----hursal ! .+sand ex-
pccted to go,,to :Washington--hprrah
again; and thought there would surely be
d big fight at Richmond OF so,neplac4
else; and that the N1inneessota First would
be in it 50 ne place ueartho frqptt turrah |!
and hurrah again They rather thought
there would be steamboats, and rail cars to
carry them, and something TO-: cat. and
wear, and room on the ground TO sleep
when they got time; but the big fight va.
the only great certainty contained in this
small world at that. particular time. No
one boosted what he was going to do, but
all appeared deeply impressed with the
idea that the Minnesota First was soon to
meet the trairors face to face.
About 2 o'clock, Col. Germans great
war horse was led up to the door of head
quarters, and three men succeeded in get
ting the saddle on HIM, Was there, to be
a drill? Nobody knew, Tho. band drew
up at head quarters, and rolled out great
strains Of martial music swelling up to
the clouds in aIgrand symphony, and car.
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,ryins the souls Of listeners.so far upward
that the bodies appeared 10th To-, stay
PINNED to the solid Earth Was it. to be
a dress parade? . Nobody could tell ii
:' Presently Col. ,a4IliillerI. comes hurryiqg
up. They are to proceed to the parade
ground, and his horse is away to be ,shod.
Maybe Major Dykes III the same, case, US
a noble animal is unhitched from visit
ors buggy, and prepared for bis USE
Soon they all mustered on the parade
ground-Col. Miller on fine grey, Dor
rowed to take Fanny's place. BY slow
degrees it became knownTt that the object
tof the muster was to permit an artist to
take Photographic views Of the regiment.
These were taken first in line-of:battle Of
der. OF standing SIDE by side two deep, one
rank behind the other. Col. German and
staff in the centre, aad behind far enough
to command view OF the entire line, col.
Miller to his right and Major Dyke to the
left The standard bearer, young Straws-
berry, 4 slight, fiery youth, held aloft the
magnificent flag prdresentedtby, Mrs. Ram:
scy and the ladies, IF St. Paul, + IS Of
heavy silk, dark: blue,2 1.-The Miunesota
coat of arms cxquisitely painted in the
centre on one side aud a Union motto on
the other and edged With heavy gold
fringe: This is the parade flag The
battle flag is the National ensign Of rich
siik: A second picture was taken, every
company standing in single file, one behind
the other, and about twenty rods apart
Col. German and staff in the centre, be-
tween the lines. ~ Col: Miller near the
front and Major Dyke in the rear: They
presented fine appearance. The two
rear companies under Major Dyke had
been uniformed at Fort Mdgely in the u.
s. uniform Of dark blue 1rock colts with
brass: shoulder pieces: = The othero were
all in bright I'd shirts with dark blue
pantslike the otAers. Col. Germans horse
is superb and9pssderous bright bay, a
gift from the people of st.: Paul. The
Col: rides we'll, 50 dos Major Dyke, who
is large and portly man but Col. Miller s'