The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-24
FEW FRlLLS ON THEM.
These Were Soldiers, and Not on
Dress Parade.

cars they looked happy. They seemed
glad to get back to st. Paul, and tn y
! oheYed orders with an eager aiacrity.
! Their uniforms were not as natty as
| when they went from Camp Ramsey.
and their trappings were yellow from
exposure to weather, and there was
careleSSneSs about the manner in
which they were swung that showed
the veteran who has gotten over the
frills but has lost none Of the discipline
of military life The men all showed
the effects of the Southern climate and
the hospital. They were stalloW and
thin and some of them seemed weak.
AS soon as possible the men formed
in line al the foot of Sibley street,
where they found the reception COM
mittees and the members of Acker post
awaiting them. and thousands Of surg
| ing people all anxious to shake hands
with some friend in the regiment. while
the air rang with cheers.
Sibley street was lined with spec
tators as Lieut.. Col. Johnson and his
staff trotted up to Fourth There they
to Wabasha. The regfmental banu
preceded the first battalion and played
popular airs All along Wabasha
; street the sidewalks were crowded, and
! ii was the same in Eighth street But
the greatest crowd of all awaited the
! regiment at the Auditorium. The
street in front of the building was
booked with people and it was difficult
for the police to make a way for the
| men. When the regiment arrived. the
! men formed in three long files stretch
ing the length of the block and at the
word Of command stacked arms. They
next unslung rolls and haVersacks and
hurg them TO the guns. Then they
filed into the great building
Inc men were not DrpDare6 -fOr.Ftha
sight that met their eyes when they
entered the Auditorium Stretching
before them were fourteen long tables
grooming with good things to eat and
! handsomely decorated with flowers.
over the tables was suspended a
gigantic flag. In seats on the sides ard
IN the galleries were thousands of
cheering spectators who welcomed
them with all the hospitality that can
be expressed with the human lung.
,Selberts band was in a gallery and
paved See, the Conquering Heroes
AS soon as the men had filed into
their seats the ladies of the Red Cross
society began their work of waiting
upon them and for nearly an hour thew
were busy passing food of all kinds to
6he hungry men. During the banquet
oelperts band played airs and the
quartette from the Yon Yonson com
Eany sang selections relating to the
| deeds OF Dewey and Hobson.
Ihen President Condo Hamlin. of the
commercial club, chairman Of the re-
ceptlon committee, rose and intro
ouced Gov. Clough, who was received
Win cheers The governor said:
Colonel johnson. officers and men Of the
re Ire9e regiment Minnesota is pleas
10 welcome and receive you to the grand old
s soHfbs once e., more am sorry-cxcs edi1 gy
sG ,.I Sol. Van Duzee is not able to be
with US this morning but l am glad to saw
Inat ne is improving very much and will be
I 2obn IN few days. However, Lieut. Col.
ment and | believe he is one of the bsst
coIoneIs In this country in command of anv
&c aes tbn ana, gentlemen, l am not sorry
OF the fact that l wired the war departmant
81; Paul was the best place to muster ont
TINS regiment Not that Duluth isn't inst
aS t gOoa as St. Paul There isn't better city
10 muster out in st. Paul and, gentlemen
as governor ! have to please every man in
the Fourteenth regiment. 49,
1t is true that you did no have obo,o.
70 go TO Santiago to show the whole Tinted
o,ates that you were the best fighting rsgi-
WiIinsi IN u tne country You We're ready and
NHilhS 10 go anywhere they would send Won
did Co. i1u'n circuit as II you
Now. there is one thing that I want to
say 10 you You are to be sent home on
burroughs, which may be within two or three
Gays, the government will pay your fare
home-every one Of you.
NOW, in closing, l want to extend +ba
thanks of the state to Mayor Kiefer the
commercial club and the dear ladies who
nave done so much to welcome Won
Gov: Clough's remarks were enthusi-
aSucally applauded, and President
HamIn then introduced Mayor Kiefer
who said:
AS the executive of this great oitv of G.
fdul, nave the honor to welcome YOU home.
20 90 welcome you to the bosom Of YOUR
1rlends-and all are your friends, I weIcoms
you to the hospitality of our generoWs oiti
zzens, OF whom, in this case, our ladies' form
the larger number. 40i IL
We are glad to have you with us AGAIN
My brave men, let me say, upon tbe naea.
OF future history the name of vorr P res';
ment VIII be written in letters of gold. The
patriotic promptness with which Won raliia6
TO the nag of our beloved land when tba
call OF our good president MCKINLEY canoe
10 teach the dark-eyed foreigner humanity
Of Minnesota's history - 'ie annals
III Inc readiness and willingness with which
you responded is by your fellow men euuaIIv
ADMIRED, and you arc as much in their 6earts
as II you had fought 100 battles On Snanig 10
g TGSunai We are thankful to the Great
together wiped the earth and wafers Win WY w
dark-eyed anti-American piggies. and the he
before you brave boys had a chance to ', eet
Again I welcome you. one and all 49,.
extend the freedom Of our city. God bless
you u Oless
Jesse Gregg, who went to Chicka-
iudusa 10 present the regimental colors
TO the Fourteenth, was the next sneak
er. lie SAID ne could only repeat what
ne salo on mat occasion, that the regi-
ment was the finest in Chickamauea
Capt. j. j. McCardy was called 1non
Tor a speech, but he declined to do So
and the quartette sang another song
The regiment and audience then san1
America and then Surgeon MaioT
Cole, OF the Fourteenth. spoke. He
said the Duluth contingent in the reod-
meht was larger than that from anv
otner CITY In the state, and he thought
1t was as much a Duluth as a Twin
City regiment. He was followed nv
Capt. Ieare, OF the Duluth cononanv
company q, who said he would take
| the liberty to differ with Gov. CIoupb
| as to st. Paul being the proner nIeca
| for the regiment to be mustered o1,t
He contended that Duluth should beve
been CHOSEN for that honor. and he
gave his reasons. He said that In
Chlckamauga the ternal cry was for
| water ana when the regiment was or
| oered North, he hoped it would be sent
TO Duluth, because there, by the side of
the great unsalted sea, the regiment
Goulu nave water without stint. Capt
| hearers ~ MS
Lieut.. Col. Johnson was finallv called
| upon for remarks, and in a few words
ne thanked the people of the CITY for
tne reception to the regiment. He then
| caliea Tor three cheers for the people
Oh St' raul. The entire regiment rose
anu swinging hats gave three lusty
nurrSnS. Three cheers were then given