The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-26

which From the PbtIinn,n
Yet Indefinite.
| nave not read the protest ub,oh
Is reported to have been made - -
against the mastering out of the tbre.
regiments Of Minnesota militia" sold
Gov. Clough yesterday.
AS matter of fact" he con+ir,,o,,
II the protest is based on the grounds
WHich II is reported to me to he hacad
upcli' pt does not amount to this ,, and
soFerhof snapped his fingers with
a loud snap. Will
iesterday,' continued the eover-
.,oi' gentleman, Mr. Chittenden r
tniiiN MS name was, called upon me- os
was ABOUT to go home and asked le.vo
~ rieS7eht protest against the rn1s-
terlhg out of the Twelfth. and rrt,ir
I'LL minnesota infantry as the First
| eeoiio ana Third regiments of tho -.
| ttonal guard. u 1iie ma
-, VOW am personally of the onjnion
| tnat the state of Minnesota ia entit1ed
| 70 nave national guard. The st.to
law provides for three reeimen+c,
nave let the thing run alone siroa ,o.
tri,o, -. ofuer 10 permit the Minnesota
~ eSuihe their connection with
- .,0iiai guard, should they be re-
iolIi tnelr organization as VOL
troops within a reasona bIe
,loo' L have taken chances in this
nave no doubt that as a matter op
puoiic protection, I should, when the
en,e reslments were mustered In. have
.aAieo 1or new militia organizations
LUCKILY, Minnesota has had no occosIo~,
70 use militia since. But had +bera
peeh any necessity within the state so,.
IRE suppression Of a riot or siroiIor
pro'ectlVe measures, where vould r
have been? "ouio
WV continued the governor "1
AoVe Ho ooubt that the Thirteenth reo,-
rnent VIII continue in service IN +ba
Ihiilpplnes for at least two wears ,r,,o
A"eiIth and the Fourteenth baya -
no chance to participate in tba 49,.
thus far. They may be assie1,ea ~
garrison duty. They NAV he sant
nome. L have felt all aLono, ~. -,
people Of this state were en+i.Iaa
-o pfo'eotlon of a national guard T
--aVe liot reorganized it, however he
oaose 1elt that until the war with
spain was settled, there might be do
l1,aIos on our young men which won!d
sNe tnem plenty of opportunity To de-
~ eiielr country rather than their
n1 9ut'oe' Ihds war is practically over
.Nefe Is no question in my mind +bot
'he Ihlrteenth regiment win he ka,+
DIT Mania or in it's vicinity for et Loo
TWO years. We do not know wbar -
i"elfth and the Fourteenth win ha
nSIck' nave no feeling against +bo
| nien OF any of these regiments Rnt
~ oeHeVe that the state of Minnesota
Is enlitied TO a national guard The
present law provides for three root
nents. There seems to me M ,i1,e1,
hcod Of an early return of the Th,-
teenth 1t Is even doubtful wbethau
the Twelfth and Fourteenth will ra+11s-
within a short time. - Il
But I have held off oro.n,z;
iiii1i'ary companies in order that thess
,ieh might nave a chance, if tho serv-
-ee ol the country did not take them
a"ay LOO long. There are two sides
VI lhls question. There are men in
.hese present regiments who have been
III the guard ten, fifteen, twenty. TWEEN
ty-hVe years. They are entitled to
consideration because of their long
service. Yet during all these wears
there have been others Just as IovaI
ana just as enthusiastic who have
oeen unable under, the present law
10 get into the organization. Whom
president Mckinley called for volun-
seers, L gave the militia the nrefer-
ence. The officers of the national
guard were offered commissions Tbav
accepted them with unan1mftv which
does not in the least disparaee their
patriotism or their enthusiasm. Rut
they were not promised the retention
or their militia places, as has been
stated by some of their friends. II wac
oennlteiy understood that those who
old not desire to exchange a place in
the militia for place in the volun-
teer troops could keep their former
rank, for there was no dearth of an.
plications for places in the volunteer
service
The men who are urging that am
likely to do an injustice to the former
m1l1tiamen are quoted as saying that
L propose to give commissions to mon
who are not experienced in the man.
agement Of military companies In
competent men, I think thew saw. T
am OF the belief that Minnesota. with
four regiments of troops In muster.
has shown that there Is no lack of mil
itary ability within her borders. On
the first call we gave the preference
to the members of the state militia.
not because they were any more de-
serving of 1t than the men who wished
to serve their country who had had
equal advantages in the military train
ing OF schools, colleges and academies
throughout our country, but in order
that Minnesota might turn into the
field at once the best disciplined bat
talon that might be possible
The present Fifteenth regiment is
composed entirely of men who had had
no connection with the militia organ
ization. l think that any one who. has
seen the Fifteenth regiment since it
has been at Camp Ramsey will agree
with me that all the military genius
and ability in the state is not confined
to the men who belonged to regular
militia organizations at the opening
of the war.
Personally I am inclined to give
the young men who have served their
state i'm the past and their country In
the present crisis, all the best Of it, but
I am not ready to concede to them that
no other militia companies shall be or
ganized until they are all dead. 1
know that there are host of commu-
mites In this state which feel that
they are entitled to have company