The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-28
age of the state guard, which are stor-

age of the state guard, which are stor-
ed there.
Gen. Muehlberg mailed the company
commander of all the companies the
following order yesterday, to expedite
the assembling of all equipment In
st. Paul promptly:
General Order. No s.
First-Regimental and company command
ers Will turn over to Capt. M. s. Converse.
military storekeeper, all property, properly
packed for which they are accountable,
except the service uniforms, arms, equip
ments, and blankets on their arrival in st.
Paul. Dress uniforms and such to be pro-
tected against moths. ,''a4
Second--They will also turn in all records,
orders, or other papers appertaining to thier
commands. By order Of the commander
in chief. Herman Nuremberg,
Adjutant General.
The companies will come to ST. Paul
foot loose with the exception of arms
and blankets.
Necessarily the question which is alb
sorbing much attention at the hands Of
officers Of the guard is the matter of
equipment. The new guard will prob
ably be armed with the new Spriag-
field rifles now in use by most of the
guard companies. This is temporary
however, as the government intends, it
is understood, to equip the entire army
with the Krog-Jorgenson rifles. 1t
now has large number on hand, some
llll1S llhG to,ooV, dIlu du OTueT was let
couple of weeks ago for a number
sufficient to permit their issuance to all
the troops.
The new commissions Of the line off,
GERS were handed the colonies of the
various regiments yesterday afternoon
and will be by them distributed to the
company commanders and other line
officers today.
The colonies will not appoint their
icsc.ir, 1c,%o PPc
troops have been mustered into the
federal service.
Three Majors All Right.
Guard men were worried yesterday
over the blunder of Gov. Clough in ap-
pointing three majors for each regi-
ment. The matter was brought to the
attention Of the governor, who imme-
diately telegraphed to the adjutant gen.
eral at Washington respecting the mat.
ter. Gov. Clough in making the ap-
pointments merely in most cases re-
appointed the old officers of the nation
al guard without respect to the field
officers provided for In the army re-
organization bill. 1t seems that gov
ernors of a number Of other states
made the same blunder
A reply to Gov ClGVgh's message was
received quite late in the afternoon,
stating that the secretary of war would
accept the three Minnesota regiments
as organized as far as majors were
concerned. It was quite relief to
some members of the guard.
From the most reliable dispatches re-
ceived from Washington 1t was learn
ed yesterday that the war department
were constrained to accept the national
guard companies as organized because
so many of the governors had dupli-
cd f1n of
EX-Gov. Lucius F. Hubbard, of Red
Wing, was a caller at the capitol yes
terday. His call was merely a friend
ly one, and while in the capitol he
visited with Gov. Clough for a short
time.
Some of the national guard men were
inclined to attach significance to Gov
Hubbard'S VISIT but nothing further
could be learned.
E. M. Van Cleave, of Minneapolis
formerly inspector of small arms, and
assistant adjutant general under Gov.
Pillsbury, was at the capitol yesterday
He is to be given an appointment from
Washington.
Gov. Clough said that he had actually
more applications from Minnesotans
for commissions of one kind and an
other, than he could reply to. He had
sufficient applications to insure the
raising of three additional regiments
on very short notice.
The governor received a telegram
from Congressman Stevens yesterday,
stating that the governors OF all the
states would be permitted to select
the rendezvous for the troops of their
respective states.
Lieut. Col. Mccoy expects to
receive blanks and instructions for the
muster of troops from the Washington
authorities sometime today.
Mr.. Lind on Hand.
Hon. John Lind, now Quartermaster
Lind, was an early caller at the CAPT
toll. He stated that he had argued his
last case until the war was ended. He
stated that he was out of politics and
would make his sole business the
proper discharge of his duties as quar-
termaster.
Col. j. c. Shandrew also called at the
governors office, but he did not wear
what could be termed supremacy hap
by smile.
1t was generally inferred from the