The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-02

ment to have Minneapolis newspaper
correspondent who went with the Thir-
teenth, supply news to his paper.
We have had the news about the
boys" said Mr.. Hamlin, "but 1t has
been about Minneapolis boys. That is
all right, but we ought to have the
news through this association that will
tell of the st. Paul boys"
Maj. Espy thought that some ar
rangement could be made for the print
ing OF all the. news about the boys In
paper devoted to the purpose, and
told how he had been present at the
capture of Springfield, Mo-. during the
Civil war and how his regiment had
captured printing Office and for sew
eral weeks had printed the personal
news of the regiment.
There was a great deal Of desultory
talk along this line, and some discus
sion as to what could be done through
the public press to secure personal
news of the men. The sole desire Of
the meeting was to be put in possess
sion of some method to be in touch
with the personnel of the regiments at
the front
w. b. Hennessy explained the diff
Guilty that must be met in securing ac-
curate information from men who We're
not disciplined In the transmission Of
news While it was news. and the eff
forts that The Globe had made in
this direction. Said he:
The G o b e has a man with the
Thirteenth regiment who is a special
staff correspondent. and who is In
Structed to pay attention particularly
to such personal news as will have a
lively personal interest for st. Paul
people. Mr.. Evan NJ. Jones, the staff
correspondent, is with the regiment
solely for the purpose of securing the
news for The G l o b that will di-
rectly interest the people of ST. Paul.
His training will indicate to him what
that news is. and will teach him to
get that sort of news here as soon as
possible. If a man in the regiment is
sick, or if anything happens to him
out of the ord nary routine, the news
will reach the readers with that
promptitude that characterizes the re-
porter in getting the news to the Off e
as eXpedftiously as T oSS BILE.
"A distinct effort was made, which
has been very Successful so far, to get
the boys interested in telling about
themselves. In each company of the
regiment two volunteers were chosen
because of their p oblble profci ncy,
who promised to send reports two or
three times week of what was going
on in their re- pective c.mpa lies. They
were furnished with the necessary
equipment for the newspaper corre-
spondent, and are so classified. Every
day some of them send matter by mail,
and Up to date their service has been
so thorough that the reader of their
matter is practically on sspy terms
with the details of camp life. These
correspondents viii furnish ample re-
ports by mail of what is going on
whether they are on board ship or at
the Philippines.
Mr.. Hamlin has told Of the dificu' ty
Of getting news through a Minneapo is
source, and the ors 1izaton must not
overlook the difficulty of establishing
any sort of systematic news service
that will be personal
1t was finally agreed that ncthing
could be done until there was some
sort of organization form d. and it was
provided that the committee for the
purpose Of compile ting the or ya1ization
should report next Wednesday evening
at the chamber Of co m rec roo MS.
There VII be a meet ng of the COM
mittee on organization at the office Of
Condo Hamlin Friday afternoon at 2
o'clock, ard those who are interested in
the organization and have sugge :tions
to make are invited to be present at
that time or to communicate with the
members.