The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-19
FIFTEENTH GETS A FLAG
MRS. J. J. HILL MAKES THE
FORMAL PRESENTATION

Interesting Ceremony Took Place,
with Gov. ClOugh and STAFF in
Attendance-SOme Brief Ad-
dresses-Fewer Cases of Fever
Developed Yesterday Than ANY
Day RecentIy-Conditi of Men
The Fifteenth Minnesota now has it's
eolors complete along with the Oldest
regiment in the service. Late yester-
day afternoon Camp Ramsey was the
scene of the presentation, by the Com
mercial club, of ST. Paul, Of the state
nag to the youngest of Minnesota s
regiments. This is the third time st.
PauPs organization of business men
has had the privilege of offering its
tribute to the men who have offered
themselves in their country's service.
The two battalions from the camp
were drawn uD on three sides of a
square. The quarantined battalion
was not allowed to participate in the
ceremonies, and the men were greatly
disappointed, but they watched from
behind their picket line and Joined in
the cheering with as much ZeSt as their
more fortunate comrades.
President Condo Hamlin, of the
c. r,mercial club, conducted the cere-
mony, which he opened with a few
words to the soldiers. He spoke of the
great generosity of Mr.. j. ]. Hill, in
caring for the Thirteenth Minnesota
Mrs. HILL he declared had shown her
interest, personal interest, in the
Fifteenth by the work she had done
for them through the Red Cross and
innumerable ways, which they knew
nothing about. He closed by saying:
I'm presenting flag it is proper then
men of st. Paul, at the hands of Mrs.
Hill"
Mrs. Hill add essed the regiment very
briefly. She said in part: II sympa thize
with you that so many from your ranks
are sick and cannot be present this
evening. But L am sure this flag Will
long be cherished by you and them
along with the Star Spangled Banner
which in triumph doth wave in the
brave Then Mrs. Hill hanaedsthe
magnificent silk banner to Sergeant
Kelly, of Company E, who then re-
turned to his company, which had the
honor of acting as color company.
Mr.. Hamlin, after the applause sub
sided, introduced War Governor Clough,
Who was greeted with three hearty
SleeIS anu tiger He SAID.
Officers and soldiers of the Fiji
tenth: l think it hardly necessary to
say anything here tonight, after all
the good things l have said to the
president and war department about
the Fifteenth regiment Cheers. I was
satisfied when commissioned your fiji :
GERS that they were the cream of Min
nesota, and tonight l am equally sat
ls1ied with the privates.
When the Twelfth, Thirteenth and
Fourteenth were called out 1 was
proud OF those regiments, and I was
equally as proud when they marched
away from these grounds. It does me
good, too, when any one returns from
them and tells me They're the best at
Chickamauga or at San Francisco as
the case may be.
1T was reported the other day in
some of the papers that the Fifteenth
was going to be mustered out in a few
days. But 1 haven't heard anything
about it, and I think I should hear
about as soon as anybody. 1 believe
the Fifteenth will see active service
yet
Col. Leonhauser then advanced to
accept the flag in the name of the
regiment. He said: LAS your colonel,
it falls to me to accept the colors that
have been so gracefully presented by
Mrs Hill. / may say that If the ma
ton, ever needs US we will all that are
! alive, rally round the colors. Now,
three cheers for the Commercial club
and the people of ST. Paul. =
Once Senator sWashburn said a few
words of reminiscent nature. Min
nesota has reason to be proud of her
volunteers; she had reason to be proud
in 81; she had reason to be proud
when the First Minnesota made it's
gallant charge at Gettysburg. The
Thirteenth has been a credit to her
at Manila, where some of our boys lie
wounded. But I have never looked
into the faces. of any better soldiers
than are here tonight
Following Senator Washburn, Condo
Hamlin introduced Mrs. R. M. New
port as one of the persons who Is
worth a whole brigade. She told of
some Of the things that had been done
by ST. Paul women for the other regi-
ments and what was being accom-
plished now
Jesse Gregg, once president of the
Commercial club, and who presented
the flag to the Fourteenth at Chicka-
manga, next spoke a few words to the
boys. He said that unlike the others
he was sorry that the men were not
going to see active service, for he
could think of no place much safer
than in front of Spanish army while
it would be pretty bad for the Span
iards to get in front Of Minnesota
regiment.
After the presentation, the governor
and his staff reviewed the regiment.
The ranks of the companies were very
thin-but the governor showed that
he was pleased with the appearance
of the men as they passed befor him.
Those members of the staff who &C
companied the governor were: Adjt.
Cen Nuremberg. St. Paul; Col. C. Fl.
March, Litchfeld; Col. R. A Monfort,
St. Paul; Col F. C. Barrows. Mime
apolis; Col. R. M. Hartley, ST. Paul;
Col. Sayler, Howard Lake; Col. Camp
bell, Minneapolis.
The hospital corps, and in fact every
body at Camp Ramsey is very glad at
the decrease In the sick in general
and the fever cases in particular. Only
three new cases of typhoid were de-
veloped yesterday and only about fifty
men reported to sick call. The hos
pital was given general cleaning
out and all but one Of the fever cases
were sent into st. Luke's and st. Jo-
seph's hospitals. Fifteen men got onto
the load for the Journey They were