The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-16

Dreathlessly to Col Pages house, SCof.[
rage was reading a new book on Cuba
when the sergeant was usheredA into hfsc
once. The sergent handed hfnf a tele-
gram. 1t was from Gen. WadA>and diA
rected him to get ready to move@with2
out delay to Mobile q eyA
Col. Page went to the post yheadduar
tiers, where he was soon joined tbyleVerys
commissioned officer In the regineht.
very soon orders began to come IN
| thick and fast from the army building
| Maj. Wheeler directed Col. Page to pre-
pare report covering all kinds of in
formation necessary to arrange trans
portation. He was requested to give
the number of horses in the regiment
and the quantity Of baggage to be car
! ried by the men.
No definite time limit was set for the
regiments removal to Mobile, but the
understanding was that It would go
Monday at the latest. The probabilities
are 1T may go tomorrow and if hurry
up orders are issued it may go tonight
The reception Of the orders did not
have an appreciable effect upon the
gayety of the audience In post hall. and
after the concert they indulged in dane
ing.
Within ten minutes after the receipt
or the order at Fort Smelling it was
known to every man in the regiment
The ladies were greatly affected by the
news and they Immediately called upon
Mrs. Page and urged her to be cheerful.
1t was difficult for most of them to
| maintain cheerful demeanor them
selves. They had been expecting the
summons, but when it came 1t was a
shock to them. Like their husbands,
they had hoped that nothing would
come Of the war scare.
The following ladies have decided to
remain at Fort Smelling until orders are
sent for them fn
Mrs. Page, Mrs. McRae, Mrs. Bundy
and Mrs Hannay
They will be protected by Capt. Ger
ZACH, who will remain at the fort with
a guard Of two men from each COM
pany.
The following is roster Of the off,
GERS Of the Third regiment:
Col. John H. Page.
Lieut.. Col. Abram A. Harbach.s
Maj. James M. ]. Sanna.
Captains
George W. stouch, Company I.
James Hale Company G.
Melville G.. Wilkinson, Company e.
John w. Hannay, Company A.
Philip Reade, Company H.
William Gerlach, Company D.
Fayette w. Roy, Company c.
Lorenzo w; Cooke, Company F.
Arthur Williams, Company B.
William G. Butler.
First Lieutenants-
Frank P. Avery, Company A.
| feQcu, company %.
| Francis p Fremont, Company E.
George Bell Jr., Company F.
| Frank B. Mccoy, Company G.
John F. Beacon, Company /.
Charles w. Kennedy, Company C.
Omar Bundy.
Harry Freeiand, Company D.
James H. McRae.
Charles G. Dwyer, Company X.
James w. McAndrew, Company H.
Second Lieutenants-
Horace M. Reeve, Company I.
James T. Moore, Company D.
Arthur M. Edwards, Company X.
George E. Houle, Company H.
| Hamilton A. Smith, Company B.
John W. Baker, Company G.
! Jens Bugge, Company F.
| Paul Giddings, Company e.
| George L. Byroade, Company A.
Thomas F. Frissell Company G.
| Harold E. Cloke Company F.
| In addition to these there is the hos
pital corps consisting of three officers
under Maj. Philip f. Harvey, and nine
men. There is also Chaplain P. ]. Hart.
| The Third regiment consists of only
eight companies OF sixty men each. It's Its
| fighting strength is therefore only 480
| men. If war is declared 1t will prob
| ably be increased to the full fighting
| requirements. s =
IF we have war; said prominent
army officer yesterday, I'VE should
send 100000 men into the field at the
| outside. We tried to put down the re-
|
| was a prolonged war and the loss Of a
| million men. AS soon as regiment
gets in the field it begins to lose
strength. The waste of men by sick
ness alone Is terrific. When a war
starts no one can say how many men
will be needed before it is ended. Even
a short war may require a great many
soldiers.
'If we fight Spain we should go down
to Cuba and clean the Spanish out Of
the island without unnecessary delay.
| We may have to turn about and whip
the insurgents. A Spaniard is a Span
| lard all the time, no matter whether he
is born In Spain or Cuba and he will
| cut the throat Of an enemy whom he
has defeated. The insurgents are like
all others Of their race. They will want
| to have revenge on the Spaniards as
soon as they have the upper hand and
| we must give them to understand that
| they shall exercise discretion tempered
| with mercy or we will drive them out
| Of the island. That is one reason this
| country does not want to recognize the
existing Cuban government. We don't
want to recognize a government that
! we may be called upon to turn out af-
| terwards. That would make this coun-
try ridiculous In the eyes Of the whole
| world"