River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-04-20
WANT TO COME HOME
Volunteers in the Philippines Ask
for Their Discharge.
Gov. Lind of Minnesota sends a Men-
sage To the Legislature on the
subject-War Service Men
10 BE Sent Home.

st. Paul, Mimi, April 1s.-Gov. Lind
Monday sent message to the legisla-
ture urging some action looking to-
wards the speedy return from Manila
of the Thirteenth Minnesota volun-
teers. He states that all appeals to
that end addressed to the president
and to the war department have been
ignored, save in a few individual eases
that were influenced by partisanship.
He asserts that the volunteers are
being held contrary TO law, and that
he has been notified by Col. Ames that
the regiment desires unanimously to
return home.
Pettigrew Writes to the President.
Washington, April Ex-senator Pet
tigrew, of South Dakota, has written
letter to the president requesting the
return of the South Dakota volunteers,
now in the Philippines. He says that
under the law they are entitled to come
home, and that they should not be re-
tanned against their will. The senator
says he has received requests from
119 members of the South Dakota regi-
ment asking to be discharged and sent
home.
To Return War service Men.
Washington, April 1s.-Secretary Al
ger says that it has been decided to
permit the volunteers in the Philip
pines to return home as fast as trans
portation can be furnished. They were
enlisted for service during the war
with Spain or until their services were
no longer required, but upon the rep
resentation that they desired to re-
main as long as there were actual hos
tilities no steps were taken to hasten
their muster-out. The action of Gov.
Lee, of South Dakota; Gov. Lind, of
Minnesota, and other influential men
has caused the administration to de-
eide to return all the volunteers. Per-
mission was sent to Gen. Otis few days
ago to furnish transportation for the
individual members of the various vol
unteer organizations who desired to
come home and muster out, but Secrc-
tary Alger announced Monday night
that this order has been enlarged, and
that now all the volunteers will be
brought to the United States as trans
portation can be furnished. The sec
rotary would not undertake to estimate
when the last volunteer would leave
Manila under this arrangement, but
considered it matter of only a few
months.
Troops to BE Sent Home.
Under the orders issued for the re-
turn of the volunteers in the Philippines
the following organizations will come
home:
Troop of Nevada cavalry, companies a
and d of California artillery, A and B Utah
artillery, First Wyoming. First California,
First Colorado, First Idaho, Fifty-first
Iowa, Twentieth Kansas, Thirteenth Mime
sota First Montana, First Nebraska First
North Dakota, Second Oregon. Tenth Penn
sylvania, First South Dakota, First Ten
nessee and First Wyoming infantry volun-
teers and the First and Eighteenth compa-
nies of the volunteer signal corps.
About 5000 regulars are now under
orders to proceed to the Philippines.
Extra Pay for Troops.
Washington, April 1s.-The payment
of the 20 per cent extra pay to the
American troops in the Philippines has
been extended to include all our sol
diers now in service, and will continue
until hostilities in the Philippines
cease. The troops in the Philippines,
both officers and men, will be given the
two months extra pay when mustered
out