The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-06


Rejected Volunteers Are to Be
Sent Home Preparations for
Sunday.
The physical examination of the men
of the Twelfth Minnesota volunteers
was completed at Camp Ramsey yester-
day afternoon, and this morning Capt.
Swigert, u. S. A, will muster the en-
tire regiment into the United States
service. The ceremony Will begin at
s O'Clock and will occupy most of the
morning. The men will be lined up in
companies before brigade headquarters
and will take the oath of allegiance to
the service in body.
When the accepted men are mustered,
the rejected men will be furnished with
transportation TO their homes. An aver
age of per cent of the volunteers in
the Twelfth regiment were rejected,
and ii is thought that will be the aver
age all through. A number Of men
slated for noa-commisSioned officerships
were unable to pass the examination,
but all the commissioned officers thus
far examined were found physically fit
Two surgeons failed to pass the
board of surgeons and went home. One
was DR.. Jacoby, of Minneapolis, and
the other was DR.. Johnson, of st.
James. DR.. Jacoby was rejected be-
cause, the examining surgeons said. ne
was too old for the service, but he
says he was barred out in order that
a political friend of Gov. Clough might
have a commission in the medical de-
partment. He was very angry when
the board of surgeons announced its de-
cision. THE proposition that l am too
DID," he said to a reporter for The
C l b e, lis absurd. l am only sixty
years of age and l am certain there is
two good years left in me yet. l have
been in the national guard a number
Of years and by right was entitled to
first consideration when l volunteered
for this service. But the examining
board worked with a deliberate
purpose to get me out, and
when they could not reject me
for professional reasons they made
the excuse that 1 was over age. AS a
matter of fact there is no age limit for
the medical department. The older a
doctor is the more he is supposed to
know and the greater his value to the
service-unless he is mentally or physi
cally incapacitated. I am neither. But
the board was obliged to reject me, I
believe, because a place had to be
made for a political follower of the
governor, and I was made the victim.
1t is an injustice to me and to any
man who has served in the national
guard, for it means that the national
guardsmen need expect no considera-
ton from the present governor"
Dr.. Jacoby lost no time in packing
his trunk and instruments and getting
out of camp. His departure was re-
GREETED by every one of the old SER
geons, for he has been on duty every
hour since Camp Ramsey was estab
lished and was deeply interested in the
equipment and arrangements Of the
brigade hospital.
DR.. Johnson did not wait for a for
NAL rejection at the hands of the eX-
aiming board. He made up his mind
before his examination was completed
that the board was bound to reject him
and he picked UP his grip and bidding
the membe of the board good bye, he
abruptly quit them.
The board accepted Drs. Ritchie of
st. Paul, and Dorsey, of Glencoe, in
place Of Drs. Johnson and Jacoby.
Neither doctor has ever been in the
national guard or other military serv-
ice.
The medical staff of the brigade now
consists of the following surgeons:
Maj. Fitzgerald, Thirteenth infantry.
Maj. Cole, Fourteenth infantry.
Maj. Clark, Twelfth infantry.
Capt Game, Twelfth infantry.
Capt Dutton, Fourteenth infantry.
First Lieut.. Lowe-Not assigned
First Lieut. Rowe-Not assigned.
First Lieut.. Ritchie-Not assigned
First Lieut.. Dorsey-Not assigned.
Maj McKinstry, of the old Third in
fantry, it is understood, wished to en-
list in the volunteer service but he was
not even allowed to report at the
camp. Critics of Gov. Clough say that
Maj. McKinstry was treated very bad
ly and his friends resent it. 1t is
1ro1xy IL,
take up the matter and let it be known
what they think Of war politics in their
profession.
If Col. Reeve and Maj Bean, of the
Thirteenth infantry, can accomplish
their object, that regiment will go to
the Philippine islands instead of Cuba.
Since the news of Admiral Dewey's
victory at Manila and capture of those
islands was received, Col. Reeve and
Maj. Bean have been working to have
their regiment sent to hold the islands
for Uncle Sam. They have enlisted
the sympathy of Gov. Clough and are
working with Senator Davis in Wash
ington to that end, and up to last night
they had received encouragement. IT
is argued that Camp Ramsey is nearer
the Pacific coast than to the Gulf and
on direct line to Puget sound. The
troops could be sent to Portland and
embarked direct for the islands.
The present Indications" said Mai
Bean yesterday, ARE that there will be
more fighting in the Philippines than
In Cuba or Porto Rico. We want to
go where the fighting is, and for that
reason we prefer the Philippines to
Cuba"
There was a rumor in every regiment
yesterday that the entire brigade would
be sent to the Philippines, and among
the majority of the men there was a
hope that the report might be true,
They would rather go to the Orient
than to Cuba, for they would rather
stand up and fight Spaniards than vel
low fever. The prospects Of yellow
fever make all the men dread 70 eo m
Cuba.
1t was also reported yesterday that
the Twelfth regiment would be sent
away as soon as it was mustered in
but this was not generally credited be-
cause the men are not yet equipped
with uniforms. United States Omar.
termaster and Commissary Leonhause,
was at the camp yesterday and made
list of articles Of clothing needed fol
the men and sent a telegram to Wash.
ington for uniforms, shoes and stock.
ings. They will be sent on from the
several depots throughout the country
The uniforms will arrive tomorrow Of
Monday. No arrangement has yet beer
made for guns.
Capt. Swigert swore in Adj. Voge
and Quartermaster Lind, Of the
Twelfth regiment yesterday afternoon
Fred Loesch, of Company A, ant
John Wall, of Company B, Twelfth
regiment, were appointed orderlies tt
Lieut.. Col. Mccoy. of that regiment