Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-27
STATE MILITIA.
Gall of The Officers of the Companies Upon
Gov. Hubbard.

Gall of The Officers of the Companies Upon
Gov. Hubbard.
At O'Clock yesterday afternoon quite
a pleasant call was made by representa-
tives from seven of the eight military
companies in the state, upon Governor
Hubbard, at the capitol. The call proved
to be quite social, and after the first
formalities of the occasion were over all
stiffness disappeared. While the call was
made as token of respect for the chief
executive of the state, advantage was
taken of the occasion to impress upon
the mind of the governor the i'm
portance of introducing certain
reforms into the management of
the militia of the State, and to inquire
of him in regard to the construction to be
put upon certain portions of the militia
law.
THE MEETING.
At the hour named information was
sent into the governor that the represen-
ta.ives from several military companies
had called at the capitol with a view of
appearing in person before the chief eX-
ecutive of the state, and presenting to
him their respects, providing he was at
liberty to see them. The governor sig
nified readiness to see them and directed
that the gentlemen be shown in. In the
meantime the janitor was busy bringing
in chairs as fast as possible. Upon en-
tering the governors room each OF the
gentlemen was introduced to him. The
delegation consisted of the following of
ficers of the militia:
MINNEAPOLIS Zouave Corps-Capt. A. A
Ames, Lieut.. T. R. Seaton, Albert Marsh.
Winona Guard-Lieut. j. j. Kendall, Lieut..
Hackley.
st. Paul Gnard--Capt W. B. Bend
Emmett Light Artillery, ST. Paul Capt G.
M Mccarthy, Lieut. Fahey.
Governors Guards, New Ulm-Capt. James
Bobleter, Lieut.. J. Hirschler.
Allen Light Guard, St.. Paul--Cspt. Ed 3.
Bean, Lieut. G.. F. Pusch, Lieut.. G. B. Grant.
Capital City Zouaves, st. Paul--Copt W. NJ.
Moore.
The Governors staff, consisting of Col. E
NJ. Van Cleve, Major o. B. Gould, j. Ekstein,
were also present.
ADDRESS OF CAPT. BOBLETER.
At the conclusion of the formal intro
duction, Capt. Bobleter,of the Governors
Guards, addressed him as follows:
GOVERNOR: It is with much pleasure that
the officers of the Minnesota National Guard
have come together to-day, to pay their
respects to you, as the executive of our great
and promising young state, and as our COM
mander in chief. l assure you, sir, that the
citizen soldiers of Minnesota view with de-
light the accession to the gubernatoriu chair
of SO honored gentleman and distinguished
soldier, in whom they recognize friend, and
that this meeting has been looked forward to
by all OF us with many pleasant anticipa-
lions. 1t is true we do not represent such a
large army as you have been accustomed to
command, but when l say that should you
ever need our services, every officer AID soldier
of the Minnesota National Guard is ready
and willing to respond 10 your call at d mo-
meni's notice, l speak but the sentiments Of
every officer here present It is our desire, sir,
to place the National Guard of Minnesota
upon an equal footing with those of other
states, bat in order to succeed in our aims we
need your valuable assistance in the further
ance of additional legislation. Although a
few of us have maintained military companies
for number of years, it was not until last
winter that the state, through its legislature,
recognized our claims. You have already
been appraised of the proceedings of our con-
vention held in New Ulm last week, and we
will be pleased to hear your views upon the
subjects discussed.