The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-25
NAMED IT Van DUZEE
CAMP OF THE FOURTEENTH MIN
NESOTA WILL BE so KNOWN
OFFICIALLY
CAMP ROUTINE is RESUMED

Yesterday Saw the Boys Get Back
to the Camp Discipline
ThrOngs OF Visitors Crowded the
New Camp All Day-Said to BE
Possibility That the Men VIII
Not Be Mustered Out.
From yesterdays indications at Camp
Van Duzee, as ii has been decided to
name the quarters of the Fourteenth
regiment at Kittsondale, the soldiers
will not be granted the anticipated
. thirty days furlough until perhaps
next Saturday. The September pay roll
is being made Up, SO that the boys
viii have funds when they go to their
homes, and, as this work will require
nearly week. the opinion among the
officers is that the regiment will re-
main at Camp Van Duzee until the
list of October. In the JOY of getting
home and knowing that they Will re-
ceiVe their pay with the furloughs, the
boys do not appear to mind the pros
pect OF another week or camp life, an
ticipating much pleasure from the Wis
its of friends and the entertainment Of
fered by the proximity to the Twin
Cities.
The first night in camp on Mime
sofa SOll VI DIS not as COulIOrldDIS Tor the
men as the quarters they left in the
South. 1t was chilly, and a brisk wind
Swayed the tents about, While the sol
dierS on beds of straw or wrapped up
in blankets on the bare ground shiv-
cred through the night. Most of the
officers and all of the privates who
could get passes slept down town. 1t
was the first time many of the soldiers
had known the comforts OF a bed since
their enlistment, and their apprecia
ton of the luxury can be measured ac-
cordingiY. Twenty-Five soldiers, who
complained of slight ailments. were
taken to the Windsor hotel for the
night. DR.. Dorsey says none Of them
are seriously i'll and that all reported
at camp yesterday much refreshed
from the nights rest in comfortable
quarters.
Lieut.. Col. Johnson went to his home
in MankatO yesterday afternoon, leaV-
ing the regiment in command of Maj
Schaeffer, Of the First battalion. Lieut.
Col. Johnson will return to camp Mon
day.
Capt. Bartlett. Of Company B, was
Lieut.. Ernstad. Of Company D, was
senior officer of the guard, and Lieut..
Pratt of Company a, was junior officer
of the guard.
The camp routine, left off when the
regiment departed from Chickamauga
II,
when guard mount took place at 4:30
o'clock. An hour later the Third bat
TALON was reviewed on dress parade
by Capt Resche, acting in command of
the battalion during the absence Of
Maj. Persons, whose illness prevents
MN from being in camp. The men
90 not present the neat, we'll grOomed
appearance that marked them before
they left Camp Ramsey, but they bear
the stamp of soldiers in the drill tao
tics, and march with the long, swing
Ing stride Of the regulars.
me roll call shows LAO men in
camp. The fact that so many mem
pers OF the Fourteenth are still active
~ engaged in their duties speaks we'll
Tor the physical condition of the men.
and, the officers say, shows that their
command must have been we'll taken
care Of while at Chickamauga Some
OF the boys are worn out and weak
but, on the whole, the regiment is i'm
excellent health. None of the soldiers
responded TO sick call yesterday. Mai.
Cole has the hospital tent ready for
pauents, but says he thinks the facil-
IIles VIII not be overtaXed The hos
p!tai is we'll equipped, so that if anv
OF the men are taken Ill they can be
comfortably cared for
one OF the busiest officers at the
camp yesterday was Quartermaster
COX Every company wanted some
inns II OIII MS department, While fixing
up tents and putting floors in soma of
them kept the quartermaster on the
move all day. 1t is the plan to put
floors in the tents where the detail
that will remain at the camp will be
quartered, but as the rest of the regi
ment will be on the grounds but a
short time, it is believed the larger
portion can get along without discom
fort with straw and their blankets to
sleep upon. The location of the camp
Is not OF the best should a heavy rain
storm come on. The ground is rolling,
hut the tents have nOt yet been ditch
ed and a rain would cause innumerable
pools of water in the depressions,
bitches viii be dug about the tents
today or tomorrow, however. so that
should downpOur occur, the tents
viii not be flooded
While the regiment as a whole will
not be furloughed until the latter part
OF the week, many Of the men are be-
ing granted leave individually to go to
their homes or to remain with friends