The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-24

panies and at their mess tables the SOL
diers have discussed the amount of
money each will receive from the govern
ment when he is mustered out. Each
enlisted man will get three months pay,
one month for September and two
months extra for foreign service In
addition to this sum the government
will give the enlisted men and officers
travel and ration pay to the place where
each was mustered in. To this will be
added the balance of the clothing al
lowance due to each man, and the aver
age sum which the paymaster will hand
to the enlisted men of the Thirteenth
on Oct 8 will be $3.50. Nearly all of the
Minnesota soldiers, have expressed their
intention to ask the paymaster for
check on a bank of st. Paul or Mime
apolis.
/ I'VE want to have money when we get
home" is the general sentiment of the
soldiers, land if we have it in our peck
cts we might either lose it or spend
some of it on the trip home"
The conduct Of the Minnesota soldiers
when riding on the cable cars to and
from the camp and the city has also
been matter of favorable comment.
The distance is five miles and there is
but one car line which runs into the
Presidio Ladies and children patronize
this line extensively, and every one is
struck with the gentlemanly conduct of
the soldiers of Minnesota who in every
case will never allow a lady or child to
stand in the cars
AMES AFFAIR CLOSED.
The Ames affair, it now seems, has
been buried for all time and the dove of
peace hovers over the regiment. Some
few of the wearerS of the shoulder
straps are limiting that when they are
Il III,
but in the vernacular they are talking
through their campaign hats
The charges of cowardice against Col.
Ames apparently We're made out of
whole cloth, and the self same officers
who are limiting that they will do some
talking" are the very men who de-
liberately insulted the wife of the
colonel when, with her., he boarded the
Sheridan the morning the transport
came up the bay to the transport dock.
Whatever grievances, fancied or real,
they might have had at that time
against Col Ames it was certainly due
to his wife that the officers of the regi-
ment should have acted like gentlemen
and not deliberately turn their backs
upon the colonel and his wife.
The action of Maj. Bean in going up
to the colonel and taking him by the
hand shows that Bean did not mean
What ne SdlO, WHen Oll the SHl VI Iii0
Sheridan reaching quarantine he an
nounced that mot single officer of the
regiment would shake hands with Col.
Ames."
The enlisted men have not hesitated to
denounce the conduct of the officers or
the regiment for their actions towards
the colonel and his wife, and the tide
which set in at once in favor of Ames
was entirely spontaneous on the part OF
off COR,
peace were made by the Twin City dee
cations were directed towards the OF
ficers hostile to the colonel, and the en-
listed men acted for themselves
One of the young officers of the r. 81
ment. who is still muttering against COL
Ames and who was one of the leaders
against him in the Philippines, is man
whom Ames saved from court-ma! tai
and dismissal from the army in DIS
grace 1t is an open secret that this
Young officer was too fond of looking on
the wine when it was red, ard he PLEADED
with his colonel to save him, promising
to do better in the future.
AS for the stand taken by MAJ. Bean III
tho Anes affair later developments IN
dictate that the affair between himself
and the colonel was more matter OF
misunderstanding, which only required "a
personal meeting to explain away Inc
two officers are now the best of friends,
and am sure that no one is more pleased
at the change of events. than these TWO
men themselves,