The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-06

on the Way to Manila.
Relatives and friends Of all MEM
pefs OF the Thirteenth regiment are re-
quested to send their names and adj
dresses to Mrs. Annie B. Powers, SIG
Hholcott building, who Is trying to
make complete roster Of the regi-
ment. Mrs. Powers Is the secretary of
the thirteenth Regiment Auxiliary as.
soclation, and she has discovered that
the government muster rolls do not
CONTAIN such essential details.
MRS. POWERS explained this matter at
the meeting Of the association which
WaN neld last evening ait the rooms Of
me commercial club. She said that
Win the exception of one company 1t
was necessary to hunt for the address,
es OF the men in the directory. She
hoped, however. to complete the work
soon.
In the opinion of Gen. Bunker it
would take three weeks longer for the
rolls to be made up. He said it could
3OO recruits We're sent from San Fran
cisco. He suggested that some one
with a good typewriter should volun-
teer to assist Mrs. Powers.
Gen. Bunker said he had written 10
zen. Merritt asking his permission to
employ cipher code for the transmits
sion OF messages to members Of the
regiment so that expense might be saw
ed. He had not received an answer,
nor did he expect one for some time.
Maj. Espy explained that the Manila
posloff1ce had been made a branch Of
the San Francisco Office and that ordi-
nary postage would carry mail to menu
bers of the regiment.
Treasurer l.. A. Moore read q letter
from Sergeant Fred Robinson, who de-
scribed the City of Para. Sergeant
Robinson wrote that the ship was a.
Jine one In every respect, and though
the mems quarters were crowded the
men would not suffer, because Col.
Reeve had thrown all parts of the YES
sci open to the men at all hours.
Each bunk, Sergeant Robinson wrote,
was fitted with mattress and every
man would be able to sleep comfort
ably. He described the march to the
dock and said the streets were crowded
with cheering people. The people
fought to get on the dock and had to
be repulsed with force. The letter
closed with an account Of the farewell
ovation in the harbor.
\ letter from Walter Eldridge was
also read. He praised Col. Reeve as
an energetic and capable commander
and ascribed to him all the good for
1oAiS CiiJOS GU Wy CIc regiment.
wrote that all that might be published
to the detriment Of the Pennsylvania
and other troops was true, but only
good could be said Of the Thirteenth.
This last statement brought Maj.
tspy to his feet. He said he helped to
organize the Pennsylvania national
euard and he knew that the Tenth
pennsylvania was one Of the finest
regiments in the country. He said the
meh in that regiment were held under
strlcter discipline than the Thirteenth,
but that they were commanded by good
officers for all that.
Maj. Espy then spoke of what the
women could do to make the men in
the regiment happy, and he suggested
that they send them little tokens, no
matter how insignificant, for they
would be appreciated
P. H. Mead who Is a brother of Lieut.
Mead. adjutant Of the First battalion,
told Of a letter which he received from
his brother. He said the Para was
loaded with guns Of all kinds, and that
size carried several million rounds Of
ammunition.
Treasurer Moore reported that the
association now has $11, and that no
bills had been paid. He also said that
Mrs. McKelvey, of st. Cloud, had not
signif1ed her decision regarding her
election to the vice presidency for St.
Cloud.
The association will hold another
meeting the first Tuesday in August.