The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-15
NO ESCORT TO HEROES
THIRTEENTH MINNESOTA WILL
MARCH ST. PAUL STREETS IN
UNSHARED GLORY
OLD GUARD TURNED DOWN


as Escort Denied by the Com
merciaI CIub-Jesse Gregg TeIe-
graphs That the Boys Will BE
Home by Oct. IO-President Nc
KfnIey VIII Hardly BE Here.
| A proposition for the members of the
| national guard to act as an escort for
| the Thirteenth regiment upon its return
was turned down with resoundtng thud
| by President Hamlin, Of the Commercial
club, last evening at meeting of men,
| bers and ex-members Of the guard held
at the Commercial club. The meeting
| was a stormy one and eliminated In the
| concession to the First regiment of being
permitted to police the line Of march.
About fifty of the guardsmen wers
present at the meeting when it was
called to order by e. S. Chittenden, presi-
dent of the Veteran Guardsmen's asso,
citation, who had issued the call. Mr..
Chittenden was elected chairman and Col.
c. F. Pusch secretary, and then the
| chairman stated the purpose Of the gath
ering.
| receive the Thirteenth" he said. "Thers
will be a parade and it IS the general
| feeling that the guardsmen should take
| part as an escort. Since the meeting
! was called, however, l understand that
! those who have the arrangements in
charge have agreed that there shall be as
| little display as possible and no escort
upon some other plan which will permit
! us TO assist in the reception"
| why cannot we arrange to have a
| committee Of guardSmen meet the reg1-
ment at the state line?" suggested James
! Wilmot, a returned member of the Thir-
teenth. In that way our reception would
have nothing to do with the one here
and would not interfere with any ar
rangement that the local committee has
made"
President Hamlin was called on by the
! chairman to explain the situation He
| reviewed the appointment of the citizens
committee last winter by the mayor to
! take charge of the arrangements for the
return of the Thirteenth The CONNER
! cial club was represented on the COM
/ mittee.
! When the matter of transportation
came UP the citizens committee did not
! think the money could be raised to bring
! the boys back" declared Col Hamlin
! The Commercial club undertook to raise
| it, and We did raise So, 100 in thirteen DAYS
i by the sale of badges alone, where Min
neapolis with badges and concerts and
ball games required twenty-three days to
raise $l1 600. The Commercial club has
no desire to usurp the functions of any
other organization. 1t is solely inter
ested in furthering the welfare of the
municipality. It is an institution that
even the Minneapolis papers refer to with
| respect
After the transportation funds were
! raised the club was asked to take charge
of the reception and we consented. We
! have got to do the work as an organiza-
| ton There Is one point in particular to
consider, and that is the agreement that
we have made with Minneapolis They
| had decided at first to allow us nothing,
but finally after long conference we
| effected an agreement by which we
promised that we would make no Ella
| borate display in st. Paul. The president
will not review the troops in ST. Paul.
| We get the regiment first and for three
hours and the principal feature of the
reception arranged is a breakfast to be
served by the ladies at the auditorium.
| The boys will march to the auditorium by
| one route and return by another We ex-
pect that there will be fifty or sixty
| thousand people along the line of march.
Then the troops leave for MINNEAPOLIS
where there is to be a parade at II o'clock
followed by a banquet. The boys will
only be in Minneapolis for a few hours.
Now if there should be an escort it would
delay us in getting the regiment to the
auditorium in the quickest possible time
which we must accomplish because the
breakfast should be warm and there are
no stoves at the hall"
Col Hamlin is under a misapnrehen
sion, said Mr.. Chittenden ''There is no
desire on the part of the guardsmen TO
intrude All We want is to have a share
In doing honor to the Thirteenth regi-
ment.'
capt. Bunker moved vote of thanks
but there was no second to the motion.
Brigadier, Gen. Bend declared that he
thought the whole matter of the reception
III good hands, and could see no necessity
for an escort. 'The people want to see
the Thirteenth regiment" he said 81 be-
lieve they would resent any attempt on
the part Of others to participate in the
parade"
81 believe with Gen. Bend" said Col
Pusch. What we want is not. to escort
the regiment but merely to ask if we can
assist in any way. in the reception
Chester r. Smith thought the boys
would be glad to be met by the guards
men, and DR.. e. H. Whitcomb said the
whole matter was in good hands
Lieut.. K. F. Lott, of the first regiment
offered a resolution rendering the services
of the guardsmen in any capacity, but
before a second was found W. L. Kelly
Jr, obtained the floor to ask for some
calculation from President Hamlin
''Does Col. Hamlin take into considera-
ton the wishes of the Thirteenth regi-
ment in this matter?" he asked.
1.-THE commercial club has a delegation
In San Francisco now, that went out at
it's personal expense, and is trying to en-
terrain the boys responded Mr.. Hamlin.
Then Mr.. Kelly wanted to know if there
were any members Of the guard in the
delegation, and whether, If the guards
men rendered their services they would
be expected to wash dishes.
I'm willing" declared Mr.. Chittenden.
Capt. Bunker, of Company A, of the
Fourth regiment, suggested that the
guard tender its services to act as sec
ondary police on the line of march. This
met with the approval of President Ham
lin.
This promise acted like oil on troubled
waters. and a second was found in the
nerson of Lieut.. Groh, of Battery A, for
Mr. Lofts resolution rendering the serv
ices Of the guardsmen in any capacity.
lust before adjournment, President
Hamlin read a dispatch received from
lessee Gregg, at San Francisco, giving
Oct. as the date for mastering out the
regiment, and setting the return for Oct.
To- According to Mr.. Gregg the men will
he paid at San Francisco, and not on the
train.
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