The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-21

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Sept. 2O.-The
Fourteen Minnesota regiment is now
Ioadlng on the cars at this CITY. and
Will leave here this afternoon. arriving
IN Chicago Wednesday night. and at
81. Paul Thursday afternoon, where
they Will be paid off and furloughed for
tnlrty days, and at the expiration of
that time mustered out Of the service.
Ihere will be a great reception accord
ed this regiment as soon as 1t enters
the North Star state.
or all the organizations that left
that state 1t is the best, and has been
so regarded by all who have had oc.
cas1on to pass Judgment upon it. Dur
ing the time it was encamped at Chick
amausa its record shows that it was
aIWays among the first organization
there, and records of the war depart
ment- show that on every inspection It
always stood in the very first ranks.
and on at least four different occasions
1t was marked as the best among the
$4,000 troops encamped there In mat
ters of drill and discipline, military
bearing and in the little observance of
military etiquette, it never fell below
first rank
There is a reason for this superIative
excellence that has always character
lied this organization. In the first
place it is better officered than most
Of the other volunteer regiments. and
in the next 1t is superior in the char
acter Of the men who make up the rank
and file. The men composing it came
largely from the Northern part of the
state, and are of superb physique. A
large percentage of them have spent
their lives in the pine forests of the
state, and they are such specimens of
physical manhood as are rarely met
with. There are several companies not
a member Of which is less than six feet
in height, and they are broad shoulder
ed and built in proportion.
BLOOD WILL TELL.
One company which was raised in
Duluth, contains in its ranks twenty
five men who gave up positions on the
chamber Of commerce in that city pay
ing them from 800 to $3.50 per month,
seven from the First National bank,
and five from the Duluth National
bank. In the same company, serving
as private, is one of the ablest at
torneys in the Northwest, the one who,
in the recent suit between the Merritts
and Rockefeller, was the attorney for
the former, and succeeded in getting a
verdict for his clients for 81, ,000 900. An
other is an attorney who has spent
most of his leisure time during the
summer in writing q novel which will
see the light this fall through a New
York publishing house. There is not
a single company in the whole regi-
ment which does not contain the very
best men of the towns in which it was
recruited and. as a result, the char
acter Of the men is high.
The regiment has Jared better in the
matter Of health than any Of the others
that were in Chickamauga. The larg-
est number for a period of three
months on the sick list at one time was
forty men, and it was oftener below
half that number. The immunity from
disease that it enjoyed is attributed by
the regimental surgeons to the fact
that the men were intelligent enough
to take proper care of themselves.
There will be a great reception when
the train carrying them reaches st.
Paul, over the Chicago & Northwest
ern. They are the pride of the North
Star state, and their welcome home will
be a memorable event in the history of
the state. Delegations from Duluth,
Minneapolis, and from every city in the
northern part Of the state, will welcome
them home.
The place for the temporary camp
has not yet been selected, but it will
probably be ON the fair grounds, be-
tween the Twin Cities.