St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-10
AT LEAST THE MEMBERS GET
TOGETHER TO LOCATE
THEMSELVES.
MAJ. LIBBEY WAS ON HAND
BUT HE DID NOT STAY TO AN
SWER ANY PERPLEXING
QUESTIONS.
REINSTATEMENT rs WANTED
Working Committee Appointed
Capt. Kelly Makes n State
ment-ResolutiOns

The members of Battery A, which
has been SO summary mustered out
of the service of the national guard
of the state, held a meeting last night
at the armory. Taken in all, it
was a most orderly gathering, and
while feeling certainly ran high, the
good judgment of the chairman Sc
1ected for the meeting prevented any
ill-tempered outbreaks on the part of
those present. Whatever the results
may be, it appeared on the surface
that those who were present were
determined to stand or fall together.
When the members of the battery ar
rived at the armory they found the
first surprise in the fact that new
padlocks had been placed not only
upon the door of the company room,
but also on the room of the quarter
master. Nevertheless the boys were
not compelled to seek meeting place
elsewhere, as Maj. Libbey was pres
ent with the key to open the room for
the meeting. About thirty-siX of the
sixty members were on hand to dis
cuss the status of affairs. When the
meeting had been called to order
Maj. Libbey read the order of the
adjutant general dismissing the COM
pany. 1t was an exceedingly brief
document, reading as follows:
Special Order No. 26-Battery A,
First battalion of artillery, stationed
at ST Paul, is mustered out and the
enlisted men thereof are hereby dis
charged from the military service OF
the state. The officer commanding
said battery will at once turn over
to Maj. Libbey all the public property
under his charge. By order Of the
commander-in-chief.
HERMANN MUEHLBERG,
Official: Adiutant General.
JOHN P. KNOWLES,
Assistant Adjutant General,
First Brigade.
AS soon as the order had been read
Maj. Libbey left the room, not de-
string to answer any questions that
might be asked him, and an organiza-
ton was perfected by the election of
Sergeant Wallace as chairman and
Mr.. Wilson as secretary. It was at
once decided that only members of the
old battery should have voice or vote
in the proceedings. The chairman
started out by counseling moderation
and expressed the hope that while all
should stand up for the battery, they
would speak with respect
CAPTAIN-ELECT KELLY,
over whose selection there has been
such a controversy, took the floor and
recited all of the well-known incidents
attending his election. He stated that
the object of the meeting was to con-
slider the interests of the battery and
to devise some means by which it
might be reinstated into service. He
said he realized his delicate position
and denied emphatically the accusa-
tons which are said to be laid to his
door by the adjutant general, who had
said that his commission had not been
issued because the papers had not been
filed. Maj. Libbey had informed him
that the papers had been forwarded to
the office of the adjutant general AS
to his being absent from camp with
out leave, the roll call and report
would disprove that charge, as the re-
port Of the day showed him absent
with leave. Mr.. Kelly then contin-
ued:
ut is question of law, and one
yet to be determined, whether Lieut.
Allen, who was placed in charge of
the property of the battery, is really
still in the service. His commission
reads Battery A When the order
was issued Diminishing the battery his
commission evidently expired. Lieut..
Allen had been directed to take charge
of the-state property, but he had gone
so far as to take also the battery
property. The next step was the pIac-
ing of padlocks upon our room. Now
hn1
the armory, the property of which is
valued at $4,000. There is a mortgage
of $4,000 on it, still leaving an equity
of s4,75O to the battery. We own our
lockers, furniture, chandeliers. full
dress uniforms and other things. We
also had clock, which now shines
by its absence"
Looking to the regular place of the
clock it was seen that this piece of
property had also been removed. In
terruptions were pressed and Mr.. KeI-
ly continued: There is a movement
under way on the part of prominent
people, backed by the veteran assoc
cation, to try and have the order
dismissing the battery from the serv-
Ice rescfnded. It seems that Minnean-
OILS is anxious to have another bat
terry. They have a large number of
extra men over there ready to be mus
tered In. If the governor refuses to
rehstate the battery let us stand NAT
10 not organize a new battery as Won
VIII lose all credit for past service. We
nave men in this organization who
nave served all the way from four tn
ten years.
RESOLUTIONS PASSED.
A motion was then unanimously car
ried that the chair on,o;.