St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-16
Members Of the National
Guard Kick at the Parsi-
mony of the State.
They Say the Militia. in Case
Of Outbreak, Is Not Ade-
quately Equipped
To Successfully Cope Against
Hostiles and Protect
Property.
First Regiment Has Two Seal
pels, a CorksereW and a
Lemon Squeezer.

The capitol had decidedly military
appearance yesterday, as, in addition to
the grave and reverend lawmakers
who promenaded along the corridors.
the halls of justice were invaded by
military uniforms, the Wearers of
| which belonged to the Minnesota
National Guard association, which con-
vened yesterday for its annual meeting.
In the absence of Col. F. P. Wright, the
president, who is in New York, the con-
vention was called to order by the vice
president, Maj. q. S. Ives, the lieuten-
ant governor. 'Che roll was called by
Lieut.. E. Nexen, acting secretary, and
the following officers were found to be
| present:
Governors Staff-Brig Gen. j. H. Mullen,
| adjutant general; Brig. Gen. G. S. Bunker,
Lieut. Col. g. A. Whitney, Maj. N. B. Fulmer
First Regiment-Colonel, W. b. Bend; lieu
| tenant colonel, G. c. Reeve; ma or, A. Pierce;
surgeon, Maj. r. j. Fitzgerald; assistant
surgeon, T. c. Clark; lieutenant and quarter
master, Ebert Nexen; captains, Fred A.
Ames, Ed S. Bean. W. Price, S. o. Merrill,
| A. E. Chantler, j. A. Waters, Bert Braden;
first lieutenants, Albert Pray, G. A. Betcher,
| W. II. Crow, David W. Knowlton; second
| lieutenants, M. L. Merrill j. e. Waters.
second Regiment-Colonel, j. Bobleter;
| lieutenant colonel, G. W. Mead major, G. s.
Ives; judge advocate (Senator) j.. A.
| Tawney; captains, Albert Steinhauser, G. S.
! Whitney, L. d. Frost c. o. Lund; first lieu
tenants, Henry Klemer, G. Fl. Brink. W.
Denny, Ira Padden August Conrad, Arthur
| Evenson, j. Dodge; second lieutenants l.. S.
Gallien, j. W. Sands, C. r. Davis, Fl. De
| Witt.
| Third Earinoant-I iautanopt ooIonal T n
| Shandrew; surgeon, II. L.. McKinstry; adju-
! tant McGjll, judge advocate, Lee: captains,
c. E. johnson, W. e. Morgan, A. j. Yang
ness; first lieutenant, L. Scheffer; second
heutenants. Walter Child, B. T. Ashleman.
First Battalion Mounted Troops-Major,
! E. ID. Lfbbey: captains. j. j. McGuiness. G.
| c. Bennett first lieutenant. W. j. Murphy;
| second lieutenant, j. f. McCanty.
| Col. Mason, commandant of Fort
Smelling; Lieut.. Glenn. U. S. A., were
present as guests of the convention.
The report of the treasurer for the
sum of STA. 45 had been received as COM
! pany dues, and small sum had been
expended for printing, leaving S170.45
Oh hand. The report was adopted.
Field Hospitals.
Col Mason, U. S. A., who was re-
| ceived with enthusiasm, read a paper
which had been prepared by DR.. Winnie,
who was unable to be present, giving a
! history of field hospitals and ambulance
services. The paper had been most
carefully prepared and showed
that even in ancient times the
sick and wounded of an army
were always cared for by their
| comrades, though too often the dead and
| dying had been mutilated and stripped
on fields Of battle by their enemies.
| The United States government was the
| first to introduce, during the War of the
| Rebellion, system of field hospitals
which could be easily moved from place
| to place, at the same time keeping up
communications with the base of opera
tons where the main hospital was es-
| tablished. 1t was matter of record
! that In the Crlmean war of 1866 the
heroes of the English army were left
lying Oh the ground before Sebastopol,
dying of their wounds, while in the
| bloodiest battles fought in the American
war not a wounded soldier Of the North
was left on the field of battle after
uightfall, all being carefully attended
| to by the organized hospital surgeons
and nurses and conveyed in ambulances
to the rear.
A hearty vote of thanks was accorded
! to Col. Mason at the conclusion of the
reading.
AT this point Lieut.. Gov. Ives vacated
| the chair, and was succeeded by Col. Jo-
Seph Bobleter.
A Lemon Squeezer.
Maj. r. T. Fitzgerald, surgeon of the
First regiment, read a paper on "The
| Necessity of an Ambulance and Hospi-
| tai Service for the Minnesota National
| Guard" He urged that the legislature
should be called upon to furnish the
proper equipments; for, outside of the
instruments belonging to the surgeons
| privately, the regiment only possessed
two rusty ScalpelS, a corkscreW and a
lemon SqueeZer." A great deal of good
could be accomplished by establishing
ambulance and hospital corps, and the
practice which the First regiment had
received in camp last summer enabled
| them to save many lives in the terrible
| disaster which occurred at Lake Pepin.
Col. Bend, of the First regiment, read
a carefully prepared paper on the pro-
| posed new military tactics and drills,
drawn up by order of the secretary OF
war. and which it is proposed should
take the place of the present Upton tao
| tics now in use.
To Defray Expenses.
Capt. McGuinness followed with a
| paper on Estate Aid to the National
Guard" and showed by figures that his
company had had to defray very heavy
expenses. They received but very lit
| tie aid from the state, for they were
| poorly armed and equipped, and he did
not know of an officer who possessed
revolver of regulation pattern. The
state should certainly do more for them
than had been done in the past, and he
| suggested that any member of the ma
tiOnal guard who was disabled while
in the service shouldn be compensated.
Capt. Bennett, of the mounted battal-
ion. also read paper showing wherein
the national guard of this state was de-
| ficient in equipment.
Capt. Chantler gave very interest
ing account of the interstate rifle COM
petition which took place last summer
at Camp Douglas, Wisconsin.
Ways and Means.
At the conclusion of the reading of
the papers the convention proceeded to
| discuss what recommendations should
be made by the committee on legisla-
ton as to the requirements of the ma
tional guard of the state.
Judge Advocate (Senator) Tawney
said he had listened with great interest
to the reading OF the papers, and was
strongly in favor of the suggestion
made that the legislature should make
an appropriation sufficient to equip in a
proper manner the national guard.
Men could not be expected to devote
their time to defend the state, and at
the same time pay heavily for it. He
moved resolution that the commanders
OF the several companies of the national
| guard be requested to report tO the
secretary of the association within ten
days full and complete statement of
the annual expenditures for the last
three years, giving the state credit for
the amount received each year, and
stating from what source the deficiency
was made up, and that such reports be
| innnrnnratad in thn minufas of tho