The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-09

1T would be a very fair inference to
suppose that the detail Of three Off
GERS of the Third infantry on recruit
ing duty away from the regiment
means that the regiment is not going
into Cuba immediately" said Capt.
Philip Reade, Of the Third, at his home
at Smelling yesterday.
Capt. Reade, with Mai. Wilkinson
and Capt. Cook, arrived from the
camp of the Third at Mobile yesterday
morning. Capt. Reade Is detailed to
act as recruiting officer for the regl-
ment at Milwaukee,; Capt. Cook will
open a rendezvous in st. Paul for the
same purpose, and Maj. Wilkinson will
gather UP couple Of hundred men in
Minneapolis. Each of the officers is
accompanied by sergeant and an or
derby. The officers look as though life
in the. South had agreed with them.
MAJ. Wilkinson has not been entirely
Well, and his return to the North was
an agreeable change for him.
capt. Reade talked about the trip of
the Third to the South, and said that
1t was continuous ovation.
1t took us something more than fifty
hours to land in Mobile" he said, land
at every hamlet on the route, WHAT
ever the hour, we were received by as
fortably crowd about the train. The
journey was a remarkable exemplifica-
ton of the spirit Of the people, and
showed that the country believes in
the army organization.
WAS there a difference when we got
into the South? Yes. When we crossed
the Tennessee border it became evident
that the people in the smaller places
knew nothing of the regular organiza-
guardSmenP was a question that had
to answer at times. But they were just
as far gone in the war spirit as any
other people on the line. The country
was aflame with enthusiasm as far as
we could see.
"The Third is encamped on Spring
hill, about four miles out Of Mobile. You
might think from the title that is given
the place that we were on an elevation,
but there is very little evidence of its
being higher than the surrounding
country. The regiment shares the
camp with the Tenth, Nineteenth and
twentieth regiments of infantry, Maj.
Gen. Coppinger commanding. The other
regiments that were in camp with us
have been sent to other points But l
suppose that you particularly want to
know about the Third
''The health Of the regiment is good,
CUl llldt 10 idl5tly Oi dCCUuIl VI lIlS
excellent sanitation that has been pro-
vided by the experience of the Off
GERS. Where we are camped water
may be found within three feet Of the
surface, yet there has been no evil
dence Of disease resulting from that
fact. The police and fatigue work in
the regular army is very thorough, and
the only trouble we have experienced
50 far is from an outbreak of the meas
I@r Nv 50 lob
with the disease first and then some
others took it. There has been no
serious result so far. and there is not
likely to be. Smallpox broke out in
another regiment, but complete isola-
ton and the immediate vaccination of
every man in the camp seemed to be
eiectual in stopping its spread.
''The greatest difficulty for the man
who has never lived in the South is
daily precipitation. A dew as heavy
as rain begins falling soon after SUM-
down, and everything is saturated. 1t
is very cold in the morning and very
hot in the afternoon, variation of per-
hapS 40 degrees occurring every day.
This Is inconvenient, but it does not
seem to have any bad effect on the
nlen.
'There has been a story gotten out
10 the GIIcCI tHdt CIlt CdlDp Is lOCdItu
in some old works that were thrown UP
during the Civil war. Now I don't like
to interfere with any little romantic
feature of the war like this, but the
fact is that the trenches that cut up
the camp We're made for purposes of
irrigation when the spot was used as
a rice field.
"The regiment appears to be the
popular che with the people, the health
and spirits Of the men and officers
could not be better, and altogether,
there is nothing but good to be said.
81 hope presently that there will be
something better to report, for we all
expect that Col. Page will be gazetted
a brigadier very shortly. There have
already been a number Of promotions
that have been reported"
Capt Reade left last evening for MIL
waukee. Capt. Cook will decide this
where he will open his rendez-
vous, as will also Mai. Wilkinson. They
are directed to enlist ESQ men for the
regiment, and the quota should be
quickly had here, where the Fighting
Third" is so well known. The number
of men mentioned will bring the regi
ment up to it's war footing of twelve
companies of 10S men each. AS to the
probable movements Of the Third. Capt.
Reade and the other officers could say
to argue that the de-
tachment Of the officers on recruiting
service meant that the Third would
not be thrown over into Cuba at once.