The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-03

and one which would be enjoyed by the
public as well as the soldiers. The SOL
diers, however. would lose considerable
by the mastering out at the Twin Cities
instead of San Francisco and the officers
of the department of Dakota had figured
ii out at about 81, 900 in round figures
Should the war department order the
troops to be mustered out in Minnesota
the cry would Immediately be raised that
the administration had prevented the
troops from receiving the travel pay. and
he did not believe the war department
would take this responsibility.
Lieut.. Vincent, of Minneapolis, was sure
there was no better place for a muster
out of troops than Minnesota. There were
ample facilities at Fort Smelling for q
camp, and he had received a letter from
some of the men at Manila who favored
the Twin Cities as this mastering out
point He was certain that, If the right
kind of a committee was sent to Wash
ington the order could be secured for the
mobilization and mastering out here In
stead of at the coast. The war depart
ment, he said, did not want the returning
troops to meet the recruits on the way to
the Philippines, and would be glad to or
der the muster out at any place except on
the coast,
SERIOUS LOSS
Thomas Cochran sail 1t would take
more than a reception and review by the
president to reconpense the volunteers
for muster out In Minnesota rather than
at San Francisco or some other point on
the coast. 1t meant loss to the men of
from $124,000 to S159.000 to muster cut the
Thirteenth regiment In Minnesota. The
figures as to what each officer and private
in the regiment would receive in travel
pay by being mustered out IN San Fran
cisco had been published and it meant
fI0m, 81 600 to the colonel, to about $40
to the privates.
He questioned If 1T was fair or q good
thing to say to the boys Of the Thirteenth
that they be mustered out in The Twin
Cities when 1t meant loss to each Of
them, Just for the sake Of a review by
the president. The Ideal way for pay
Ing the men would be to have them given
an order payable when they reached
home, but this was not possible. If there
was some way by which the sum they
would lose by being mustered OUT in Min
nesota could be made up to them he
would favor the plan, but not otherwise
Gov. Lind, he said had offered the use
of free cablegrams to- Manila to enable
the boys to know just what the mastering
out in the Twin Cities would cost them
He demanded that fair and equal Justice
be done the volunteers. The war DEPART
ment would not take the responsibility Of
OiuCIlHS Tic troops mustered Min
nesota, and the boys of the Thirteenth
should be fully advised as to what their
decision. on the question meant
He favored the plan of Gov Lind to go
to San Francisco and meet the regiment
and arrange for low rates to- bring them
home. By using proper influence the
men could be kept together and reach
Minnesota almost intact as a regiment
He took the position that the men who
f0nQht ha M
they should be mustered out.
PLAN IMPRACTICABLE
Maj. Espy, of ST. Paul. said the mobili-
zation of al 1.-The troops in Minnesota was
impracticable. The practical thing to do
was to arrange for sa reception to the
Thirteenth and possibly the two Dakota
and Iowa regiments. The regiments out
side of the Thirteenth could be e--inyfted
here and the expense paid by the Twin
Cities - -ssss' .ss.ss
Robert Pratt, of Minneapolis, said he
supposed the meeting was to arrange for
the reception and entertainment to ba
given President MCKINLEY and the Thir-
teenth and not to have mobilization OF
all the volunteer troops This seemed to
be out of the question, and the best thing
to do was to get ready for the best recep-
tfon to thepresident and Thirteenth pos
sib1e s,ss
.. I.5 Johnson favored the entire matter
being left to the point committee, and
simply tell the committee that whatever
action was taken the cities would stand
behind them with the necessary money
Mr. Cochran said he hoped the boys of
the Thirteenth would not be called upon
to make any more sacrifices. The regi-
ment had been fighting and making a.
name Tor themselves and Minnesota 1t
had been supposed that they were now at
Manila, getting ready to return, but the
latest news from Mai Bean was that the
regiment was out on the firing line again.
The boys had made all the sacrifice that
they should be called upon to make IF
1t was possible for the war department
TO make up what the men would lose bv
being mustered out here he would favor
the d1ea, but on no ether consideration
The boys Of the Thirteenth did not want
so much glory as they did to get home
While 1t would be pleasing for them to
march up Henepin avenue one. day as an
escort to the president, and the next dav
up Summit avenue an the same dutv.
they should not he called upon to make
any such sacrifice4to enable them to have
such honor.
The resolution offered by Mr.. Johnson
was adopted, and the meeting adjourned
the joint committee to be called together
after conference by, Mayor Kiefer and
Inomas Lowry, the chairmenz of the com
m1ttees, not later than Tuesday of next
week.
The annual meeting of the Thirteentb
Regiment Minnesota Volunteer AuxiIia,v
association will be. held at the rooms of
the Commercial club, In this citv. ON
tuesday evening at o'clock.