St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-28

cans, hoping and believing that something
would be done. Now we have other men
to govern the stateship, and l believe we
may reasonably look for that protection
which comes only by a good navy. Our
twenty years without an attack by foreign
powers is only an evidence of the forbear-
ance of some mighty nations. Give us pro-
lection from foreign nations and give us the
Monroe doctrine" at Panama.
j. NEWTON.
Hudson, Wis, Dec. 26.
More About the First Volunteer.
To the Editor of the Globe:
In reply to Col. Hausdorf's letter, which
appeared in last Thursdays GLOBE, wherein
he now only claims to be the first volunteer
after the call of IS, 900 men had been made;
and informs the public that he never
claimed to have enlisted for war before
such war had been declared, or to have
volunteered to respond to call before the
same was promulgated, etc. Yet he does
claim, and says he will always claim that
| he was the first man to enlist for the war,
| after such war was declared, and does
claim that he was the first volunteer to re-
spond to the call for rs, 600 volunteers
Immediately after the call was made. Col.
| Hausd orf, having admitted that l had
volunteered before war was declared" 1
have no more to say on this point. believing
that my claim to the honor of being the first
volunteer for the defense of the Union
clearly and fairly established, at any rate
in so far as this controversy between myself
and Col. Hausdorf is concerned.
If circumstantial evidence has any bear
ing or weight, l think l can produce
enough in this letter to demonstrate very
clearly that Col. Hausdorf is not entitled to
| the honor of being the first volunteer after
the call for Is, 900 volunteers had been pro-
! mulgated. Col. Hausdorf states that she
volunteered on the 10th day of April, 1861,
in the Armory hall. the place of rendezvous,
in book OF about five quires and of the
size of about SX12 inches, which had been
placed on a table in the ante-room
TO said hail." etc. He is very ex-
plicit in his description of this book, of its
exact location, etc., but there are two very
important circumstances attending this
visit of his at the armory, and which has
very strong bearing OH his title to the claim
he makes of being the first man to volunteer
after the call was made, etc.
First-Why did not Col. Hausdorf state
the time of day it was when he made this
visit to the rendezvous for the purpose of
volunteering; whether it was in the fore
noon or the afternoon of the 10th day of
April?
Second-Why did Col. Hausdorf fail to
state that, at the time he enrolled his name
as volunteer, that his name was the very
/ first name that was recorded in the book at
the rendezvous he so infinitely describes?
This is very important point to have
made, and his failure to do so necessarily
mil hat fbnrn 9th
names recorded in said book before he en-
| rolled his own name.
This book had been at the rendezvous
from Saturday morning until the following
| Tuesday morning, which was the 18th day
of April, the day Col. Hausdorf claims as
| being the date of his volunteering. Is it
| possible that Col. Hausdorf imagines that
| the public are going to believe that this
| book remained at the rendezvous for three
| days and no volunteers enrolled during this
| time? Is it not, therefore, perfectly reason
able in believing that there were several
| names recorded in this book at the time Col.
| Hausdorf enrolled his name, and is it not
| certain that, had there not have been
any names entered, would not Col. Haus-
| dorf have mentioned the fact, and
based his claim on this fact, to the honor of
! being the first volunteer, etc.? His failure
| to say anything on this subject clearly
| proves that there were other volunteers
ahead of him. and therefore he is not the
| very first volunteer, even after war was
! declared" as he persists in styling himself.
Col. Hausdorf sneeringly asks. ''Where
was that little memorandum book, together
| with the thirty or forty so-called volunteers
when war was declared? They were no
| where to be found, ETC." I will tell Col.
| Hausdorf where those thirty or forty so
called volunteers were when war was de-
| clared. They had been transferred from
| the little memorandum book, he refers to,
| to the book he so infinitely describes, when
he entered the rendezvous to volunteer, and
| if the gallant colonel will only think for a
| moment, he will remember that Harry
| Goats, Charlie Zierenberg, I. r. King.
Andrew lowering and others whose names
| I cannot recall, all members of the Pioneer
guard were all recorded in this book before
his name was entered therein. 1t is easily
seen from Col. Hausdorf's last letter that
he did not have the slightest knowledge of
| the rendezvous that was in full blast, at the
armory of the Pioneer guard, until his
memory had been refreshed from reading
my letter announcing this fact; or else Col.
Hausdorfs recollection of events must be
very defective, for in his letter, reply
ing to my article, challenging him to
produce his evidence and prove his
claim to being the first volunteer, etc.,
he speaks Of having entered the hall of the
| Pioneer Guard on the 10th of April; stick
ing flag out of window; of DOMINIC two
fatigue uniforms; of marching up Third
street with niger fiddler playing martial
airs, etc., but failed to saya word about his
volunteering on this occasion, or about the
book on the table in the ante-ro0m; or of
the armory being used as a rendezvous at
this time.
Col. Hausdorf wants the public to bear
in mind that 1.-THE militia company known
| as the Pioneer Guard before the war; had
no more to do with the organization of the
first Company A of the First Minnesota
regiment than it had to do with the frst
company of the First regiment in other
states, etc. This is about as correct as all
his other statements. All of the old resi-
dents of St. Paul, now living, well know
that Company A of the First Minnesota
regiment was organized and started by the
Pioneer Guard; that our armory was freely
thrown open and used as a rendezvous;
and it is also well known that Company A
of the First Minnesota was known as the
Pioneer Guard. and retained this name
until it was assigned to the regiment and
designated Company A.
In reply to that portion of Col. Hausdorfs
letter referring to Col. Crooks as being COM
mander of Company A, and of his drilling
L. I