St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-18
SOLDIERS IN SESSION.
Annual Meeting Of the Ma
tional Guard, State OF
Minnesota.
LEGISLATION DEMANDED
To Place the Guard at the
Head CT Americas Citi-
zen Soldiery.
GEN. MASON COMPLIMENTED
In a Resolution Asking Grover
to Make Him Bpigadier
General.

L k1NSc'NAS>N
Lieut.. F. T. CorrSton acted as Secre-
tary pIo tenn. On taking the CHR Maj.
Wright made very happy little speech
on the progress that the guard had
made during the year, but said there
was still much TO be done and no Sleep
ing could be ind ulged ID.
The report of the legislative commit
tee was read by Gen. Bend, giving list
of the bills offered by the guard. and
Col. Shandrew moved that committee
of three, consisting OF the adjutant gen.
eral, Gen. Bend and Col. Reeve. be ap-
pointed to draw up brief detailing the
reasons why the bills should he passed
by the present Legislature.
A resolution was then passed that
committee of seven be appointed by
President Reeve to work for the pas
sage of guard measures on the floor of
the legislature.
Gen. Bend read an article that ap-
peared in the GLOBE of Monday, dealing
with Senator Ozmun's bill. which stated
that the guard, as a body, had no use
for the $4,000 appropriation asked. The
article in question was written and
handed in by member OF the guard.
who evidently expressed but his own
lonely opinion, as the following resolu-
ton was passed unanimously:
Resolved, That the Minnesota Ma.
tiOnal Guard association, in annual con-
Vention assembled, representing every
battery, company. regiment and arm of
the state militia, fully and unhesitat-
ingly iudorses the bill now pending in
the state Legislature, known as Senate
File No. l, and all the provisions there
of, as measures for the relief of the
guard long merited and desired.
Resolved, further, that said associ-
alton denounces the communication
Jan. IA, under the title of "Caustic
Comments" as not representing the
sentiment of the guard at all. but as
merely the characteristic utterance of
an ill-intOrmed and disappointed aspir-
ant for military hOnors.
Adjt. Gen. Nuremberg explained that
the governor had intended TO be present
but found himself
SO Tangled Up
In the senatorial fight that it was
utterly impossible for him to get there.
He went on to read a paner OH the
merits and need of the guard, which, he
said, he would like TO see the best
equipped in the country, but the appro-
priation had been SO small and out of
proportion TO the needs and Importance
of the guard that this was impossible.
Col. Reeve arrived at this juncture
and assumed the chair. A vote of
thanks was rendered the adjutant gen.
eral for the position he had taken in be-
half OF the guards interests.
Quite heated debate was INDUCED
in as to the advisability Of asking for a
$4,000 governors contingent fund, some
of the gentlemen contending that if the
guard asked for too much they were
liable to get nothing, and, after a good
deal Of argument pro and con. it was
agreed that the contingent fund bill
should not be asked for.
Gen. Bend read a very interesting
paper on state encampments, and, among
other things, said that the greatest in
centive that can be held out to the
guardsman to strive for perfection in
military tactics is the attainment of
higher degree of perfection that has
been achieved by his fellows. Much
can be learned from witnessing the drill
OF crack regiment, as it will tend to
make US strive to reach the same degree
of proficiency, if not higher level
ION this account alone" he said, Il
advocate a general encampment of the
entire national guard of the state on
the following basis:
Each regiment Of infantry to have its
routine duties at hours that would al
low the other regiments to witness the
ceremonies, and the hours for drills
especially 10 be so arranged that each
regiment would have the use of the en-
tire field. To have no joint ceremonies
except the review by the commanders
ln-chief, and to confine brigade drills
to the last three days of the encamp-
ment. From a recent survey of the
state grounds at Lake City find that
the entire brigade can be encamped
between the railway and the lake, leav-
ing the rest of the reservation available
for field maneuverS. This general en-
campment would also tend to establish
feeling of comradeShip and good fell
loWshlp which cannot be accomplished
in any other way, and
Is Very Essential
TO the ultimate prosperity of the guard
Several gentlemen discussed the ad-
visibility of such an encampment. aud
various views were expressed for and
against 1t, the general idea prevailing
that the men should be better equipped
than they are at present and that that
was the first duty of the guard.
A paper on The Basis of Good Mill
tary Organization, by Maj. w. w.
Price, was greatly enjoyed by the men,
berS, and its essential feature was
heartily concurred in by all. Mai.
Price spoke of the evils attending pro-
miscuous recruiting, and said that the
greatest handicap with which COM
panY had TO cOnteud was the ''dude'
element VINO went to camp on SUNDAYS
in civilians clothes and to company
dances i'll full uniform.
The report of the treasurer, showing
balance of S91, was then read, and the
meeting adjourned until o'clock.
Afternoon Session.
On reconvening, capital ESSAY ON
"Theoretical Warfare OF the Future. %
by Capt. Philip Reed. Third United
States infantry, was read. An epitome
OF the paper is as follows:
War will not be carried on by arms
alone. Legs will win more battles than
powder will. Famine and peslilence
will lose more than legs Will gain. The
elimination of noise will render the
battle Of the future a weird tableau,
rendered more unnatural by the use of
smokeless propellants and explosives.
The sound of cannon ana of rifles
will hereafter be almost noiseIess.
There will be practically no smoke TO
mark tie position of the enemy's bat
teries and troops in action. The sound
of cannon will be SO slight as to no
longer indicate TO distant troops where
their comrades are engaged or the
point upon which they should conse-
quently march. What with smo1eless
powder and noiseless artillery, our
IDEAS Of war may be revolutionized.
The writer believes, however. that now
md then. at the nrnner nauchnInnicaI