The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-26
THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT
LIEUT.. w. G. RICE RECEIVES APP
PLICATIONS FOR ENLISTMENT
Although Call Has Only Been
Issued a Short Time, Recruits
Are Appearing Gov. ClOugh
VIII Give the Organization Pref
erence After the Militiamen-
Expert Marksmen Needed.

Lieut.. Washington q. Rice, engineer
in the Golden Rule, expects to lead one
of the finest regiments that the West
will send to the war. He has received
authority from Gov. Clough to organize
regiment which shall have the first
chance after the regular state militia
to be pressed into the service of the
United States army.
Sunday Lieut.. Rice issued through
the columns of The G o b call for
volunteers for his proposed regiment,
which is to be known as the Mime
sofa Bucktail Regiment" urging COM
panies organized throughout the state
to join the regiment, with the intention
of making 1t one of the best in the
field. The regiment is to be supplied
with Winchester rifles and Colts navy
revolvers, and expert marksmen and
hunters are especially urged to Join
their issues with the Bucktail regi-
ment.
Although but one day has elapsed
since Lieut.. Rice sent forth his call
for volunteers he has received already
many applications from residents Of
st. Paul and Minneapolis, and many
assurances Of volunteers ready to come
the moment the regiment is organized
He says that he expects to have 1t
filled inside of a week and ready to
go into camp when the governor so or
ders.
If enthusiasm can make such a ven
ture success, then the Bucktail regi-
ment has glorious future, for Lieut..
Rice is all enthusiasm. He is himself
veteran of the Civil war; and wears
his badge of distinction proudly. He
carries three wounds as memories of
the great strife of 81, and he can talk
OF war and wars alarms from a very
vigorous experience. He was a mem
n nv T Of
and Forty-ninth Pennsylvania Buck
tail regiment, under Col. Kane. He
was commissioned a lieutenant bv
odd Andy Curtin, Pennsy's war gov
ernor. He was in the Wilderness fight
with Grant, and was with Grants army
until Lee surrendered at Richmond He
was wounded three times.
He carries bullet in his right knee.
Is deaf In one ear from the shock Of
bomb explosion near him in battle.
and in the fight before Petersburg his
knapsack was shot away and his shout
der severely injured. He has many
thrilling incidents of war time and
many grand memories of Grant and
Little Phil Sheridan.
+ He is anxious to get his regiment mr.
gained and go to the front. He saws
ne feels the ardor of the fray as keen
~ as he did In the days of the Rebel
lion, and he can feel his blood jump
ana run riot IN his veins at the music
of the fife and drum
Il am sure that we will have a great
military organization before the week
is out, and the governor has promised
to give us preference after the militia
said Mr.. Rice yesterday.
We hope to be a credit to the great
state of Minnesota and to the nation.
I have been through the fight once. and
l can stand it again. The old soldier
who knows what war means knows the
terror of 1t indeed, but he also knows
the glory of it when it is in a Just
cause.
1T expect to enlist over 1000 men in
the regiment, and am sure will have
no difficulty in getting that number of
volunteers"