The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-26

the fame or Minnesota Is all the brighter
for it's magnificent work in Maniia
understand that the Astor battery. the
North Dakota boys and some newspaper
correspondents have maligned the regi-
ment have heard reports that one of
boys were panic stricken and that thew
fed to the rear. that they refused to help
the Aston battery men rescue their guns,
damnable SANDER. They grow out Of
jealousy
Outside of the regulars, no regiment had
50 many companies inE the fight of Aug.
Is as the Minnesota regiment Besides
our regiment was honored in being made
the police force of Manila. On Aug. 10
not a man in the Thirteenth was cow
ard, not man was panic stricken. not
away his gun, and every man did his
duty. That Astor battery affair is laugh
able. When the guns got stuck in the
mud, and the breechl LOCKS were cogged
and the guns put out of use, we had one
company around them and squad of
men under Lieut.. Lackore fifty yards
So you can see that there was no
foundation for reports about ours men re-
fusing to help the Astor battery to retake
its guns. Read Gen: MacArthur's report
did that day. That ought to be good
authority as against the SANDERS of men
who were jealous or were not in the bat
tie. AS for Capt. McWade, he did his duty
and SO far as 1 know has made good
officer. After we first got into the city
and were the police Of a foreign city, the
be helped and it had very salutary eff
feet on the criminal population of the
city.
The Red Cross supplies gave the sick
every needed delicacy We carried on
the ship fourteen steers, which were
slaughtered for meat as needed. We had
besides some refrigerated meat. 1t was
no fault of ours that the cooking facili-
ties on the Para were inadequate. We
corrected that at Honolulu. | never saw
any wormy meat, and consequently can
not indorse the story that 1 advised a
complaining soldier to pick out the worms
and eat the meat.
SOME DISAGREEABLE GOSSIP.
After this general statement, Gen.
Reeve was asked a number of questions
relating to his personal relations with
the regiment and the various stories
about him that have been floating around.
A summary of his statements on these
points is as follows:
1t has been charged that did not use
at first we did not know how long we
would be in the Philippines. Besides,
while we were at Camp Dewey there
was nothing to buy. When we entered
stuff with. They all reported that they
found nothing to buy. And such was the
case at first. Then the people in the
that we did for our boys there. Still, I
did all that l could and saw that our
sick were provided with delicacies.
hospital complain against me, it is with
out cause. was not in. command of the
regiment at the time, and so great was
the dread OF the disease that none but
the attendants were allowed near the
hospital.
I presume I did swear at the soldiers
when we were landing, but I deny abso-
soldier names. The landing was trying
matter and some of the troops had been
SO slow and so many tipovers had oc-
regiment expeditiouslyY and without acct
dents. So, with Maj. Bean, I kept urging
the men to make haste. In doing that
may have said, Damn It,, hurry up" or
something of that kind, but I used no
eptthets, and I did not address my re-
marks at any particular individual. The
chief quartermaster Of the army, Col
Pope, said our regiment was landed in
one-half the time and in better shape
than any regiment landed at Manila.
My discharge was not due to personal
dis disagreement with Gen; Otis. for I never
terpreter who is represented to have been
with Gen. Otis and is said to have had
some som trouble with me, which got me into
MYSTERY" OF DISCHARGE.
Now for the mystery of my dis
naturally desired to come home with it.
When 1T was reported that the boys
would be relieved by regulars in Febru-
airy wrote to Senator Davis saying that
| would like to get my discharge in time
to go home with the regiment. At that
time we thought there would ne no fight
Ing OF any consequence with the insur-
gents.
Besides, I was the youngest brigadier
general out there, an I knew that Mai.
Gen. Layton, Gen. Bates, Gen. Wheaton
and other officers were on their
way to Manila, and that when they came
there would be no place for me, because
there would be more brigadier generals
than places. OF course, too, 1 knew that
when I would be mustered out with the
volunteers.
I never made any personal applica-
ton to be discharged, and have since
other volunteer officers was decided upon
when the army reorganization zbill was
settled. Well, I finally got orders in the
latter part of January to report at San
francisco. was getting ready to go
when the fighting broke out. I offered to
stay in any. capacity, but even then it
was not thought that the outbreak was
serious, and Gen. Otis said there was no
necessity for my staying.
After arriving In San Francisco and
learning how serious the conflict was
likely to be, / regretted that was not
to have hand In 1t. I wired a friend at
court, expressing my earnest desire to
serve in the field so long as my old regi-
have not yet received my papers, be-
lieve my discharge from the army dates
1 am glad to be- back in Minneapolis
again, and expect to take my place in
civil life just as if I5had not been in the
army for year. w8n
"BAsE INGRATITUDE.v