The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-10

this is matter that must be DONE The
officers crowded in front of the commits.
sary door and the men used their bayo-
nets and butts Of guns. Some officers were
jostled out of the way and others were
pried out.
LASTED BUT TEN MINUTES.
Ut was all over in ten minutes It was
the organization that insisted on break
ing into the commissary. They dealt out
about ten rounds, and forming again
marched to town. In the meantime Col
Gotham had returned, and when he saw
the men start he sent Lieut.. Tenney, of
Company X, to the headquarters of the
Third cavalry. asking them to turn out
and capture the mutineers. and just as
the crowd got started Col. Leonhauser
came as fast as he could. AS he got
down to the men he held up his hand.
the crowd opened and let him walk in
between. Every one became silent, and
he explained to them the awful crime
they were committing and the penalty.
reminding them that he had pledged
himself to see that justice should be done
and he ordered them back to camp; then
quarters was blown. There was momen-
tary silence, and one of the ringleaders
called out, Come on If you are coming,
but the colonePs speech had taken the
grit out of nearly all of them, and they
all turned back except about sixty-dve.
Lieut.. Haley went with them entirely
unarmed. There were about twenty five
of his men In the crowd, and he talked
to them, begging them to return, and
having gone about two miles they were
practically won over when the cavalry
overlook them. They were all brought
back by the cavalry within thirty yards
OF the lines; then they were searched md
diSarmed, and then marched to First d.
vision headquarters. where they were put
Into camp by themselves in shelter tents.
and two companies of the Tenth Ohio
placed over them as a guard.
Gen. Samuel Sumner was in command
OF the corps in the absence of Gen. Young.
He sent for the officers of the Fifteenth
the next day and inquired carefully into
all the particulars, and he said he thought
the matter had been handled In the best
way possible, considering all the circum-
stances, and that he was very glad that
no officer had attempted to shoot. as he
was certain in that event the temper of
the men would have led them to do more
than they had set out to do.
WAS NOT UNUSUAL
''The thing was not an infrequent oc-
currence even in the regular army and
had occurred in his own regiment and
they were difficult things to handle. He
ordererd a court-martial and eight men
were tried; and the others were released
by his orders without trial. OF the eight
men tried. six were found guilty and
sentenced to dshonorable discharge and
to Imprisonment in the military prison
at st. Francis from one to six years.
The day following the riot the entire rest-
ment was disarmed except e company,
which was placed on guard, but arms
were all returned after four days
Gen. Sumner ordered the court-martial,
but before the findings were completed
he was mustered out and the, First
division headquarters were broken ups
that when the court come to render its
findings 1t had to make its report to
Gen. Young. All the essential facts relat-
ing to the actions Of the officers and their
conduct were brought out in the trial Of
the first case, and the findings in that
case were in the hands Of Gen. Young
three weeks before the general order was
promulgated where he says he didn't
have time to bring the officers to trial
| and he was sorry he had to punish the
men and not the officers. The findings IS
they appeared were signed by Gen.
Young, but emanated from Col. Duval.
LOOKS LIKE SPITE.
"There is no question in my mind but
that there was spleen and spite work in
that reprimand Gen. Young turned out
and had the officers been tried and found
! guilty 1t would not have had the effect
upon them that 1t did. One thing In par
|. ticular I recall. Gen. Young called at
| tention to the fact that the officers had
not armed themselves, but an order had
| been published and was in force at the
time, prohibiting the carrying of small
| arms, and only Capt. Burrows, officer of
| the day, and Lieut.. Edwards, officer of
the guard, had any. authority to carry
| them that day.
''All the officers have demanded q court
! of inquiry, but 1t was refused In every
case except Col. Leonhauser, who is
captain in the Twenty-f1fth regiment
regular army.
| CAUSED GREAT SURPRISE.
Considerable surprise was expressed
| when 1t was announced that an order had
been issued for court-martial, to be held
in st. Paul on the 10Th. When an official
| investigation was first demanded it was
| said that an inquiry would be made into
the conduct Of all the officers, but the
order for the court-martial specifically
| sets forth that it Is for the purpose Of
Investigating the conduct of Col Leon
hauser. but as he had left camp before
the trouble and did not return until after
the affair Of the commissary house was
over an investigation of his acts will
not in the least bring out the facts as
to the other officers"