St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-07
MULLEN'S REPORT.
The Adjutant General Submits
His Annual Account to the
Governor.
National Guardsmen of the State
Reported in Splendid Condi-
ton at Present.

Adjutant General Mullen yesterday
submitted his annual report to the gov
ernor. it shows the national guard to
be in excellent condition. A summary
Of the report is as follows.
The national guard of this state now
consists of three regiments OF Infantry
and two light batteries.
The FIRST infantry, Col. Nee. Reeve
commanding. headquarters at Mime
apois, consists OF ten companies, four
of which are stationed at ST. Paul, four
at Minneapolis, one at Saltwater and one
at Red Wing, numbering 736 officers and
enlisted men.
The Second infantry, Col. Joseph Bob
Letter commanding, headquarters at st.
Paul, consists of ten companies, sta
toned at New Ulm, st. Peter, Mankato,
Waseca, Fairmont, Faribault, Luverne,
Austin, Winona and WabaSha; one COM
pany at each of the foregoing stations,
numbering 615 officers and enlisted men.
The Third infantry, Col. Frederick p.
Wright commanding, headquarters at
st. Paul, consists of eight companies,
three at Duluth and one each at Ada,
Fergus Falls, Anoka, Zumbrota and
Spring Valley. and numbering 466 Of
ticers and enlisted men.
IC L ISu OOblullOi Va liiOuiINh
troops, Mai. E, d. Libby commanding,
Headquarters at st. Paul, consists of
two light batteries Of two guns each.
Battery A, stationed at st. Paul. and
Battery Is, at Minneapolis, numbering
1872 officers and enlisted men.
The foregoing organizations. number
inc, in the aggregate, 1887 officers and
enlisted men. compose the First brl-
gade, n. q. S. NJ, commanded by Brig.
Gen. w. Is. Bend, with headquarters
st. Paul.
rhe organizations mastered out of
service were: Company E, Third in
fantry, stationed at OWatonna; Com
pany II, Third infantry, stationed at
MorriStown; First troop cavalry, sta
toned at st. Paul; Company *, Third
infantry, stationed at Brainerd; Com
pahy b, Second infantry, stationed at
Blue Earth City.
These vacancies were speedily filed
by the organization Of two new COM
panes of infantry at West Duluth, one
at Luverne and one at Spring Valley.
CHAPTER. 81, General Laws of 1891,
makes it the duty of the municipal au-
thorties of cities and villages to pro-
vide suitable armories, properly lighted
and heated, for the use of the national
guard stationed therein. The law has
been generally respected by the mu-
nicipal authorities, and has already
been of great benefit to the national
guard.
Companies composing the First in
fantry are stationed, geographically, lii
the central portion of the state; Second
infantry in the southern, and Third in
fantry in the northern part OF the state,
or as nearly so as practicable: The
troops are now supplied with Spring
field rifles, caliber 40, most OF them III
condition as good as new.
After reviewing the service of the
troops in a miners strike, the adJutant
general says: No state in this Union
has, OF can have, more reliable or
thoroughly loyal national guard Organi-
cation than Minnesota.
Pursuant to the appropriation by the
/ last legislature, new edition OF 10000
copies of the narrative volume and roS-
| ter, entitled Minnesota in the Civil
and Indian Wars, 1S6l-lS65,' was pub
| Hshed last year under the supervision
! of the board of commissioners named in
the act of April IL. 1889, and delivered
| to this office with the alectrotype plates.
About 400 public school libraries have
been supplied with a copy of this edl-
ton.
| Under authorize of chapters 151 and
1853 of Genera! Laws, the same board OF
commissioners nave published Gas a
companion volume to the aforementioned
work. an edition of 10000 copies of
.'OfHcial Reports and Correspondence
Relating to the Organization and Serv-
ices of Minnesota Troops i'll the Civil
and Indian Wars, 1S6l-lS65." This work
is nearly ready for delivery, and as said
chapter ISL requires its gratultous dis
tribution through this Office to members
of Minnesota organizations III the war,
or to their representatives. also to pub
lie Libraries, an appropriation should be
made by the coming Legislature to de-
! FRAY the necessary postage and express
| charges.