The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-20


The mastering out Of the Twelfth and Four
teenth regiments may be followed with more
unpleasant personal incidents than marked
the active service of some Of the comDanies
1t las been no secret that there WIS friction
between some Of the men and the officers Of
more than one company in each regiment
Many man promised himself that If he ever
got back TO Minnesota and an indeocndent
citizen once more. he would not torgez that
ne had suffered what he then considered in
dfgniues al the hands Of some officer whose
IDEAS OF the way an officer shoIld treat a
PIRATE pf az was regulated largely By the feeling
OF MS own Importance, and he fact that
Uncle Sam would back him I'D il any author
lty ne might exercise. That was the private :
idea Of il Men who were oomparious and
equals before enlisting found in some cases
not al. nor even a majority that a lieuIen-
ant or q captain had undergone a swelling
process as 70 his head. They didnt like It.
II might have been discipline but that didn I
help either.
II what the men say and wrote were true.
there were several officers whose whole II IL
taFy service was one continual round " IN
popularity. These officers were accordingly
On many mental lists for squaring of ac-
counts when the time Of service was over
II IS said that this sentiment took tangible
form IN one or two companies when the
Twelfth left New Ulms and that a csutsin
ana TWO heutenants were the special objects
IN St Paul one officer and St. Paul man.
TOO, IS known % have been roughly treated
oAe N4EHts out NJ the Tune II was said, he
was thrown on a street car for being intoxi-
Gated and using insulting language. People
VINO are thrown from street cars are Verv
quick 20 bring damage suits against the street
railway company. This officer didn't bring
any, so far as the court records show Stiil
II may have been d case OF street car at that
There was a particularly strong feeling ia
the sons OF veterans company. 20 called
against some OF the officers. In fact The
b e IS in possession Of a number OF
unpublished letters from Chiekamauga which
full Of EVifp Hutc 60 for
known, rome OF the officers Of this organiza-
ton have felt the wrath Of any OF the men.
Lieut. George J. Daily, according to rumor,
mad incurred the displeasure of some of
the men. but report that he had been
roughly treated last week was denied by
that gentleman last night.
Lieut. George T. Daily lives at $40 Jackson
street, and when seen by q reporter for The
G o b e last night said:
Il hope The G viii not say anything
OF the kind. Recently some one had an item
put in that | was dangerously i'll. ! have an
idea that the story about my being assaulted
came from the same source as did the story
about my Illness. There was truth N
the statement that / was III and there Is
nothing in the statement that / was assaulted
A man was dishonorably discharged from the
regiment ana he imagined that l was re-
sponsible for it. 1t is my opinion that he
has started the stories
according 10 report the returns are not all
in from Company L.
The captain Of one Of the Duluth companies
was promised something when he got home.
AneuleE OF not ne gets IL ne VIII discover
that the members OF the company Will not
affiliate with the national guard again if ne
Is the captain.
Il was reported Friday night that Capt.
Holmes, Of Company e Fourteenth regiment,
had not gotten home that evening before one
q the men had squared of an account with
him.
. Capt Holmes was seen at his home. 1888
lglehart street. last evening, and said there
was certainly g mistake somewhere.
DO look Ike a man who has been as
saulted and beaten?' he asked.
The reporter had to admit that there were
no outward marks OF a beating visible on the
smiling face OF Capt. Holmes.
Il heard the story this morning when l
went down town. and several of my friends
spoke 10 me about having been assaulted by
some o. the members of my company. /
told them the same l tell you, that there
was nothing in the story and no foundation
for It, so far as l am concerned.
Another story started by some one this
afternoon was TO the effect that one of the
officers of the Fourteenth regiment, while
seated In Robert street cafe Friday night
had been assaulted by privates Of the regl-
ment. This, / suppose is about on q par
with the story about my being assaulted"