The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-03
BOYS ARE COMING HOME
REPORT THAT THE REGIMENTS
WILL BE MUSTERED OUT

Special Train.
teieeram received from Washing
I iioHl Assistant Adjutant General
1heiSlrahd yesterday afternoon bv Gov
Sough announced the fact that +ho
tWelIth and Fourteenth regimen+s "a
minnesota volunteers would he rn,,s+a,
Gu OUT or the service immediately.
Inc governor yesterday wired Cen A,
ger, secretary Of war, asking narr,oiss,o,
~ Dilhs the sick home to Minnesota.
even II MS original request that tina
regiments be mustered out could not ba
granted. The text Of the message was
as follows:
zen. II. A. Alger, Secretary of War Wash
-Hslon, ~ e; Aug. 81 wired you asking
"hen the Twelfth and Fourteenth Mtnnesoto
regiments would be mustered out and that
on account of their physical condition Il was
necessary that they should be mustered out
at once. Have received no reply Can Won
Not answer one way the other? The peo-
pie OF minnesota are very much interested I'm
the muster out of these regiments Col
ooOleter, of the Twelfth informs me that thev
nave large number of sick men az Ch.cLa-
mauga and other places, and that 1t is very
necessary the boys should be brought home
grant me the privilege. Please answer.
d. NJ. Clough, Governor.
II was in response to this telegram
that the Washington official Immediate
~ wired back the intelligence that the
order mastering out the two Minnesota
regiments would be issued Immediate
Iy' Late telegraphie advices from
washington last night stated that the
order had not been issued, but would
probably be issued today.
Gov. Clough will bring the sick of the
Twelfth and Fourteenth regiments to
their homes in Minnesota on a special
train some time next week. In further.
ance OF this the governor yesterday
sent Col. Roland H. Hartley. Of his
uniformed staff to Lexington, KY, ac-
| companied by an official of the Omaha
road, to make all necessary arrange
ments for the transportation homeward
OF the two or three hundred soldiers
| of the two Minnesota regiments now
| in the hospitals at Chickamauga and
Lexington.
APPEAL FOR SICK.
This action on the part Of the gov
ernor was prompted yesterday by q let
| ter from Col. Bobleter asking that the
sick OF his command be removed to
Minnesota. 1t does not take Gov.
! Clough long to make up his mind to
act in cases of emergency, and yes
terday was no exception to the rule.
as in less than two hours after Col
| Bobleter's letter had been received in
the executive department, arrange
ments had been made with the Omaha
railroad for special train to be mace
up at Chickamauga Just as soon as
/ proper arrangements had been made
with the war department for the re-
moval of the sick troops
| 1t is thought that all the sick, which
are able to be removed to Minnesota,
will be in st. Paul some time next
week. There are, however, those whose
condition will not permit of their being
moved from the hospitals. The regi-
mental surgeons will order ali those
who are able to take the journey re-
| moved, and the train will be in charge
! of Col. Hartley, and it is not improb-
! able that the governor may take d trip
| down to Lexington in time to accom-
pany the train to Minnesota
The Omaha road have placed at the
disposal Of the state a half-dozen Of
their sleeping cars, and these will be
used to bring the troops home. AS the
| governor stated yesterday: The train
will be the finest in the land
The communication received from
Col. Bobleter yesterday. by the gov
error, was the first official advices
which the governor has received that
| nf ha
! sick. 1t has been called to his atten-
tion repeatedly by the newspapers.
| Since there has been no disposition on
the part of the war department the
| governor has decided to adopt more
radical measures and see if the dis
tressing condition of the Minnesota
troops cannot in way be relieved by
| the removal of the sick TO Minnesota,
where they will receive better treat
ment. Col. Bobleter's letter was as
| follows:
Camp Hamilton, Lexington, Ky, Aug 80,
! 1S9S.-Hon. D. NJ. Clough, Governor of Min
nesota-Sir: Quite a number OF the states
are removing their sick soldiers from the hos
! pitfalls at Chickamauga park and this place to
some point within their own state. Cannot
this be done for the sick from Minnesota?
nave dl luiS Wiling 1IV siSh III AAtc uOSAiAldlS
| at Chickamauga, and about fifty here.
If some arrangement could be made to take
care of the sick it would be a God-send to
the men, especially those at Chickamauga
! If they could be taken home. Truly yours,
Joseph Bobleter Colonel.
| Gov. Clough Immediately teIegraphed
| Col. Van Duzee at Knoxville, asking
| how many of the Fourteenth regiment
were in the hospitals and where situat-
! ed. Another telegram was sent to
Col. Bobleter as follows:
Col. Joseph Bobleter, Twelfth Minnesota
Volunteers, Camp Hamilton, Lexington, Ky:
/ Letter received. Glad to hear from you, but
| sorry to hear of so many sick men. This is
| the first official notice 1 have had of the
| sick VIII attend to the matter at once and
see that the boys brought home.
ID. NJ. Clough, Governor.
The homes of those confined in the
| hospitals are well scattered through the
state. and for the most part they will
return to their homes.
NURSES FOR SOLDIERS.
w. M. Regan, of Minneapolis, spent
the greater part OF yesterday in 81.
| Paul comforting with A. S. Tallmage,
| president of the st. Paul Red Cross
society, and Thomas Cochran, presl-
| dent of the auxiliary to the Thirteenth
Minnesota They went over the plan
| of sending nurses to Manila, and both
officers, speaking for their organlza-
tions, wished to cooperate heartily