The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-05
SICK STILL RETURNING
PARTY OF REGULARS AND VOL
UNrEERs REACH ST. PAUL

Private Bullan, of the, Fourteenth.
Says the Regiment Is in Better
Shape at Knoxville Than 1t was
at Camp Thomas - Repeats the
Story of Grumbling at the Way
Promotions Were Made.
DR.. Boeckmann and Private George
D. Bullan, of the Fourteenth; Private
Herbert G. Kendrick, of Company q.
Twelfth, Private John Heath, of the
Third; Private John O'Mandy, of the
Tenth, regulars, and Thomas Shaw. of
the Second regular infantry, arrived at
the union depot yesterday morning
They were met by Mrs. Cora A. John-
son and Mrs. J. e. Dore, of the Red
Cross society, who gave them such at
tenttQn as they required. All were on
sick leave, and Kendrick was very i'll.
He was accompanied by his brother
and went to Austin, where he lives
OHMandy went to Melrose, and Shaw
went to Helena on the Northern Paci
fic. Bullan went to his home in Crook
ston last evening. The others are in
the city.
Bullan said he left the Fourteenth at
Knoxville, Tenn. The new camp, he
said, is very much better than that at
pleased with the change
While in Chickamauga," he said to
a reporter for The G o b e. "the SOL
dters were not treated very we'll by the
residents, who looked upon US as poor
white trash. But in Knoxville there is
nothing too good for a soldier. The
people there treat the men Handsomely,
and instead Of overcharging them for
everything they apologize for chargins
them for ANYTHING
1.-The new camp is on high ground,
and as soon as the men got there they
began to tmprive. Some who had beer,
on the sick list for weeks reported the
next morning for duty, and If they re-
main there a while they will all re-
the hospitals at camp was that the
doctors were overworked. There were
not enough nurses.
There has been considerable gruunb-
ling among the men in the regiment on
account Of the system Of promotion
Men were brought from other connpa-
nies to fill vacancies that should have
been filled by promotion in the COM
pany. There was an instance Of that
in Company L. Second Lieutenant
Naylor, of our company, resigned to
accept an appointment as second lieu
tenant In the regular service. Instead
OF promoting the first sergeant Quar-
termaster Sergeant Bardelson was
jumped to second lieutenant. The men
kicked, but there was nothing to do
about it. Naylor afterwards resigned
from the regulars"
Bullan was not aware that Col. Van
Duzee had returned home. He did not
know the colonel was sick He said
there were many things to criticise, but
he did not care to express an opinion
on them.
Another visitor at the depot was
James w Sullivan. of the auxiliary
cruiser st. Paul, which was command
ed by Capt. Sigsbee, formerly COM
n1ander of the Maine. He was en- route
to San Francisco. having been honor
ably discharged from the service. He
enlisted here.
''The only fault can find with the
service" he said, Us that the men were
not fed as they should have been. Capt.
Sigstbee did not take very good care Of
his crew Sullivan was master at arms,
and his duty was to see that the ship
was kept in clean condition. He did
not take an active part IN the war.
1.-THE most interesting thing that
happened" he said, "waIt at San Juan,
Puerto Rico, when we lad a brush
with a torpedo boat destroyer The
Spanish captain invited ell the people
in the city to come to the shore and
see him sink the Yankee cruiser, but
he was nearly sunk himself, and the
people Gwere disappointed with his per-
fOrmance."