The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-23
a present arms, and Capt Paul said:
"Go right along, don t make company

and st. Cloud, IS MINI, was a caller on
Capt McKelvey of Company NJ, to-day.
Gen. Charles King, who is brigadier
general of the Second brigade, Of which
the Thirteenth Minnesota is at the head, Fl
called on Col. Reeve to-day and took
dinner with him. Capt. Blaine, he an
nounced would continue as assistant ad-
jutant general, and Lieut. Mott, of Gen.
Merritt's staff, will be associated with
Gen. King in some capacity. Gen. King
made no secret of his satisfaction at
being connected with the Minnesota regi-
ment, as he has inspected the command
and watched the companies at drill. The
first thing he wanted to know was
whether the regiment had a good band,
and was pleased to find out that it had.
Gen. King was instructor at Orchard
Lake Military academy when Lieut..
John Dona ldson, of Company A., attended
there, and seeing the lieutenant in camp
went up to him and said:
Donaldson, I am very glad to serve
with you again" &
This was considered pretty niceN COM
ing from an officer SO high in command.
Gen. King said that he would not estab-
lish headquarters in the Minnesota field.
for fear that some of the regiments might
think he was prejudiced. He has under
him besides Minnesota, Kansas, Idaho
and Tennessee. Corporal Christianson. of
Company A, was appointed Gen. Kings
first orderly. '\S- .2 -
North and South Dakota and Iowa have
been put into brigade by themselves
Recruiting at camp has been stopped
because Of the information that comes
from Minnesota that the requisite num-
Der of men have been secured and are
being examined. ,,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hallowel Of San
Francisco called on Capt. Robinson, OF
Company C, to-day. They were among
st. Pauls earlier settlers, Mr.. Hallowen
having been in the carriage business
there. --..
Among the new signs noticed on Com
pany H, st. Paul, tents, are "Plate Glass
Sold by Inexperienced Hands at Owners
risk I'VE do not Refuse Pie"
Company C, of St. Paul, has taken
down it's sign: II Owe You LODGE
Company E of St. Paul celebrated pay
night by digging up the unknown man
who died waiting for pay day and who
has been occupying a grave in E street
1t was clever piece of " ork, hat being
stuck in the sand near the headboard,
while pair of gloves peeped out at the
side and a pair of old shoes at the foot
Tonight the buglers blew a resurrection
call. and the unfortunate was called back
to life by the glare of the camp fire. and
| amid the rollicki1.g sol.gs Of soldiers who
felt just little bit better than they had
| ever felt before.
"How did that fellow know that it was
| pay day?' asked the occupants of Hotel
| de Hog, Company H street, when
| furnished. The occupants OF this tent.
| Of which j. Hames is proprietor. are feel.
| ing a little nervous anyway Some San
| Francisco girl save Hames little beaded
horse shoe which has always hung above
| the door, It fell down pay day, and the
! boys do not know what it means. They
| still keep out their sign: We!co:1e to a.
| strangers
Mrs. L. A. Ru-:ge, who presented tn;
state, flag to the regiment Sunday
| brought with her from Minneapolis
| number of presents from parents of boys
who are privates in the regiment. Among
| those thus favored were Lieut.. Donald
son and Private Pratt, of Company A.
Sunday was spent by the members Of
| the regiment more quietly than any Other
| Sunday since they have been here. Many
| of the officers were invited out to dinner,
and others took advantage Of the oppor
tunty to see something of the city.
! Lieut.. Chambers, Company I, dined with
Mrs. Valentine; G. Hush of Oakland,
Lieut.. Pearse Company A, took dinner
and Lieut.. Donaldson. Company A.:
walked about a dozen miles, going
through Golden Gate Park to the ocean;
| Capt. Masterman. Company K, and
Lieut.. Conrad spent the day with friends
in the city. -=r
The regular soldiers have regular knives
that they use for bayonets, and they are
| not as careful of them as they might
| be. Several have been found by Mime
sofa men. and they are being treasured
| as souvenirs.
Ralph H. Billingsley, C. H. Baker, Jesse
M. Kicks and F. l.. Bogart of Company
E, st. Paul, celebrated pay day by having
a strawberry shortcake party. Each of
| them ate am entire cake, and said that
at last they had enough to eat. Then
| they sneaked away to the city and had
| their pictures taken.
| Broke In is the sign on the tent wher,
the party was held. The occupants are
Corporal White, Baker Billingsley, b.
cart, M. II. Gibbs and Fred View. They
have a sign up: "Only girls wanted.
Button polish and gun oil not here" Bo-
| CART, Eillingsley, View and Baker claim
| to be the swell quartet Of the regiment
| when it comes to singing.
A few poker games were started this
afternoon, the boys not having had money
enough to play before. There We're ore
or two rascals who did not have any
chips, and took the buttons out of the
comfort bags the San Francisco people
gave them.
Mrs. Cole of San Francisco had ten
members of Companies A. and F at her
home for dinner Sunday. Among the
fortunate soldiers were Sergeant Hec,o-
hill, Sergeant Strickland, Privates Ea:-
vey, Welch and Hayes. Mrs. Hayes has
also Kept Sergeant Strachand's tent we'll
supplied with provisions.
Most of the officers sent a large oor-
ton of their money home to their wives.
and the married nrivates did the same
thing as rule. This caused quite a run
on the money order department Of the
| Dostoffice
Company privates appropriated sum
/ of money to be given to the cooks, and
also purchased Capt. Spear a box Of
cigars. Company B set aside a certain
amount of money as starter towards
company fund. .'--'
Company 3 boasts that it has not a
man in the hospital at the present writ
ing. ~-s:
DR.. Beck, Of Company I, is probably the
only private. in camp who wears dia-
mOnds. ..''
Tent No 6, Company E, claims to ba
the most orderly of the camp. It con-
talns Max Seeber, Leslie Paydon, Fred
Ge1se and Lewis Peyer.
Tent No. is the bank of Company
II. St. Paul. The first sign stuck out
WAS:
BANK OF CAMP MERRITT
Deposits at all hours. ---'.
Lloyd Smith. president. ~ o.
L. Dee, vice president. &" T..
l.. Dow, cashier.
J. Dow, director. a-s- .s--. ..5-z. 81. 81.
J. Boothby. porter ~ -=-- Il,
I'VE went Dewey thing to the dough- .s4
Later, when the men ran short of
MONEY! 49, = -.