The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-18

Camps of the Volunteers ThrOnged
venirs and to Hear Stories of the
War In the Orient-Dny in Con-
trast to First Sunday on Home
Soil.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. T.--(Special.'-
To-day was a beautiful one and IN marked
contrast to the first Sunday the Minnesota
regiment spent in camp As a result OF
the fine weather the Preside was crowoed
all day and the camp of the Minnesota
and South Dakota regiments was lhe
center of interest, they being the latest
arrivals from the Philippines. Ladies ana
children were in the majority among tiie
visitors and they brought flowers 10 'le
soldiers, sat in the tents and hstehe" "
stories of the war, ard, in many cases.
accented the invitations Of the ENLISTED
men and took dinner in quarters.
Chaplain Cressy, of the Thirteenth reg1-
ment, preached at Simpson Memorial
church this morning and the vast building
was crowded, many men OF the Minnesota
regiment being present.
This afternoon Father Cleary, OF GoV~
Lind's staff, Iectured to the vast audleslce
at the Mission Dolores before the League
of the Cross cadets his lecture being fe-
view of the temperance work done by
him in the last quarter of century.
The Minnesota men are delighted today
over knowing they are to carry their
arms and equipment home, and the South
Dakota men had a meeting at noon and
have asked Gov Lee to wire Washington
to allow them to do the same thing.
The health of the regiment is very good.
There are TO additions to the sick list sent
last night. The men in the hospital are
reported today as all improving.
Some few men of the Minnesota regi-
ment object to the plans of the Twin
City delegations to string out the journey
from Oct to Oct 12 to arrange the ar
rival III ST. Paul on the same day that
President McKinle!- arrives. After
talk with the objecting men they admitted
that all the regiment must return together
and will waive the right to go straight
through, especially as the people OF Mnl-
uesCta pay for the transportation.
Coy. Lind tomorrow evening gives
banquet at the Occidental hotel to the
Minnesota officers, the representatives
of the Twin City papers and few local
newspaper men. 1t will be big affair.
Gov Lind and his staff have made good
impression OF the people Of San Francisco
and are receiving Esuch social attention,
the same being true IN the case of officers
and men of tbs E1nnesota regiment. Dis
+rict Attorney Combs, Collector of Port
jackson and Federal Quarantine Doctor
EinYCun, relative 10 the affair of Gen.
Reeve say they will not prosecute. a
Ge-SEeeve WaS ignorant of the law for
bidding any one to board the transport
before inspection by doctors, end the evil
dence Of the customs officers shows that
Gen. Reeve came only half way UP the
ganeway and was pulled on beard by the
enthusias tic soldiers. you can state
positively" said District Attorney
C0Ombs, 9Th 1T we will not prosecute Cen
Reeve"
Those officers who have hoped for pro-
motion in the event of Capts Bjof n-tad
of H and Morgan of NJ being mustered
out at once to accept commissions re,
spectively in the Eleventh United States
cavalry and Thirty-fourth United States
volunteers will be disappointed. In r.
ply to a dispatch to Washington a king
whether these officers could be mustered
out before the regiment and yet go home
with the regiment and afterwards accept
the commissions offered in the United
States regiments telegram has been re-
ceived declaring that if the two captains
were not mustered out with their regi-
ments they would forfeit their travel
pay to Minnesota and the two months
pay for foreign service.
This would make difference of $40 to
each, and neither Capt. Bjornstad nor
Capt. Morgan is going to sacrifice that
sum merely to get mustered out two
weeks earlier for the purpose of creating
a vacancy. Instead they will be mus
tered out with the regiment and go home,
as they will be granted thirty days
leave.