The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-07

Inc case Of Corporal Hoyt, the first
member of the Fifteenth regiment TO
De tried by general court martial. came
up yesterday, the court sitting in Lieut..
Soi. Gotz1an's headquarters Howl 9
olAehse was very serious one, that or
'pelng drunk on duty and leaving his
post. The charges state that COrDoraI
1oyt, Company F, was one of the cor
Porals detailed for the outpost at the
Fort Smelling end of the bridge across
Inc river one day about a week ago.
rms outpost is the most important ar
the camp, as 1T is the limit placed on
the Wanderngs of the boys and no en-
llsted man of the Fifteenth is allowed
10 cross the bridge without a pass. Two
corporals and three privates constitute
the detail for the outpost
AT the other end of the bridpa Tho
golden apples just out of reach. are The
car line to st. Paul and two saloons
win tempting aSsortments Of liquid rr-
LresnmentS On the day in question r.
Is charged, Hoyt frequently left HE
post OF duty and made sundry visirs
across the river, on which occasions he
tillploeo 100 freely and as a result re-
turned the last time entirely unfit for
duty. He was received by Capt. Spicer
VINO was officer of the day. and esrorr,
ed to the guard house.
All the evidence was taken Yesterday
oy the court on both sides and the
arguments will be heard today. The
G Case OF Frivate Benjamin Butler, Of
GoI,a A; who was involved In
today 'oH up
Lieut.. Elliot is detailed as counsel in
trlal Tor the accused and Lieut.. MitcheII
acted as judge advocate.
Lieut.. Col. Gotham presides over the
court martial. It's other members are
SSapts: Flnehout, Morrison, Spicer
Lieuts. Bookstaver, Sweet. Edwards
Ienney. Eckles and Mitchell.
-. IL IL was cold, shivery day that the
Fu1Ieehth aWoke upon when reVeine
sounded yesterday morning, and the
usually monotOnOus ''setting-up eyer
clses were welcomed as an opportunity
III settlng warm. The day was made
talions, and the movements conid no.
ne 100 rapid for the men, who were trv-
ms TO get their blood In circuIa+ion
1hoSe who have been WONDERING IIybw
they were to be ordered onlv "a far
south as Camp Meade now have tba,r
curiosity satisfied and they are reaov
70 acknowledge the wisdom Of TTnoIo
Sam. The rain has laid tbe d,s+ 800
Inc Inc reservation and in that way m9l1as
Ire much more agreea bIe ''N'"
ne funeral of Private Moffett. Com
pany II, occurred late yesterday ftnr-
noon: Lieut.. Griggs commanded tho
uetall, and the dead soldier was hurinS
@Itn IuII military honors in the F'1rt
smelling cemetery The frino soraS
consisted Of Sergeants Rose Corpo go
cummings, Privates Ebach, Holton nd
marus; Lund, Brabet, WOolson and XII
Patr!ck. The pall-bearers were Priva+es
H'LWlh' Green, Mars, Peterson. Wath-
erpy and Scanlon, all Of Company n
II Two weeks is the limit of the time
mHi-n II taxes typhoid fever germs to
lncuoate, and as the surgeons ciaino
there has been no Infection since o ~
troops were moved to Camp SneIlin~
lneh yesterday ought to mark the ord
OF the epidemic. The probabiIities
however, point to a few straggIing
cases for some time to come. There
were three new typhoid patients taken
INTO the Held hospital yesterday. but
none were removed. Besides tboSS
cases which developed YESTERDAY there
are some five or six in the hospital
winch the surgeons have not fully di-
agnosed as yet. but suspect to he Nv
pholds. The sick call was answered nv
large number Of men with colds and
other complaints incidental to the sud
ueh grange IN the weather, but none
were serious. They We're COnsidera btv
FEWER in number than they would have
been had the change come before the
tents were fOOred
congressman Stevens visited the
camp yesterday, and called upon Col
Leonhauser. He was shown the sights
or the place and watched the drills for
some time.
Lieut.. Jones returned from his home
at Long Prairie, where he has been
resting for nearly two weeks. He is
bound to be with the regiment if they
are going to move
The hospital at the post is assuming
the appearance of quite a good-sized
camp. -Four tents 12X28 feet ornament
the yard and are filled with GONZALES
cents The fourth was put up yester-
day. Although no patients from the
Fifteenth We're received, the additional
space was required by the continued
arrival of members Of the Third infan-
try from Camp Wikoff There are
nearly seventy-five men from the two
regiments now in the post hospital and
all doing nicely.