The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-28

Dock Indignant at Shafter
AN enterpr1sing evening neWspaper of
minneapolis, On Tuesday evening, had a
telegram from San Francisco telling
ABOUT the arrival of the hospital shin
Morgan City from Manila that day and
the landing Of the 500 sick soldiers. It
told of the lack of preparations or the
part OF the representatives of the gov
eminent to receive the men and also gave
the list of Minnesotans on the ship.
A st. Paul evening paper, which is not
enterprising, didn't have anything about
the arrival of the ship and the Minneso-
ia soldiers, but, true to its custom, print
ed the news the following evening, twen-
ty-tour hours after its publication in the
Minneapolis paper. Either because i!
felt so badly stung because 1t got left Or
because it didn't like the facts as set
forth III the original story, with the re-
lection it cast on the administration men,
the ST. Paul evening paper last night de-
voted half column of its editorial space
to denouncing the story on which it got
left as a fake. The story of the arrival
of the Morgan City was no fake, neither
egram. Neither was the story of the
neglect Of the men, for the Minneapolis
paper was not the only one that gave the
public the facts when they were fresh.
A number Of the newspapers contained
verification of it, the following being a
telegram, under a San Francisco date,
which appeared in Chicago newspaper
! of Wednesday morning:
Much unfavorable comment has been
caused by the treatment accorded the
| sick and wounded soldiers who arrived
yesterday from Manila on the transport
Morgan City. The men, nearly 500 in
| number were suffering from diseases en-
| gendered by the tropical climate or from
wounds received in battle. They were
all wan and weak and barely able to
| walk
The Morgan City was locked at the
! Fremont street wharf. Then orders were
received from Gen. Shafter to transfer
| the men to the Preside hospital on the
steamers Gen. Mcdowell and Vigilant.
! This meant the landing of all the men
! on the wharf and their subsequent en-
| barkation.
No arrangements were made for the
comfort of the unfortunate men while
! they were waiting for the government
vessels. For three hours they were kept
| on the wharf without place for them
| to shelter their cramped and wearied
!
! no chairs, no couches, no settees, nOth-
! ing but the rough planks of the dock
| and the four WhiteWashed walls of the
! shed that covered it.
People about the dock grew indignant
and loud murmurings arose. But nothing
! was done The soldiers were forced to
| remain and suffer until 6 o'clock in the
| afternoon, when the Mcdowell and Wig
! liant steamed up to the pier. The weary
men were embarked, many of them too
weak to walk, and the vessels steamed
! to the Preside hospital. Gen. Shafter is
blamed for the lack of care shown the
| soldiers.
If the people of st. Paul want to read
! the news of the day when it is fresh in
! stead of twenty-four hours later they
| should subscribe for the Minneapolis
Journal instead of trusting to the slow
going Dispatch. And this is doubly true
of matters relating to the Thirteenth
| Minnesota.
MORE REVELATIONS.
experimenting its previous dispatch
| from San Francisco the Minneapolis Jour
nal last evening printed the following I'M
! der San Francisco date:
! Sensational charges are made by the
| Minnesota volunteers against Capt T.
| w. Moore, Twenty-second United States
| regulars, in charge of the hospital ship
| Morgan City, which brought sixty-five
| Minnesotans from Manila The troops say
/
! invalids food, the sick soldiers had to pay
! for it
! The Minnesota boys were allowed to re-
main on the wharf three hours in the cold
before they were taken to the hospital
| The hospital corps was insufficient then
and is now. Some of the sick men have
been visited by a surgeon but once since
| their arrival.
All the boys are doing very we'll The
voyage helped many All denounce their
! reception on arriving here, agreeing that
it was the fault of the authorities There
Is disposition on the part of the au
| thorities to hold the troops here until the
regiment arrives. The boys protest
against this
Col. Ames went to the Preside and
saw all the boys. He said: ''I have taken
list of the boys wishing to go home and
will try and get their discharges and
transportation home at once I cannot
see why the troops should be kept here
until the arrival of the regiment
Comment on the reception of the sick
| from the hospital ships Indiana and Nor
gan City in outside papers has awakened
! people here. Meetings have been held by
| the army officers and by the civil author
| tiles and no more soldiers will reach port
! unwelcomed. Maj. Gen. Shafter, Adjt
| Gen. Seamans, Maj. Gen. Dickinson and
| Brig. Gems. Warfield and Muller met with
| Mayor Phelan and arranged plans by
| which the military and civil officials will
cooperate, ard reception committee met
| also in the mayors office and took action
| looking towards a welcome for the hos
| pital ship Relief" now expected shortly.
Gen. Shafter and his aide. Maj. Robert
| H. Noble called today on Gov. Poynter,
! of Nebraska, and Gov. Tanner, of Hi
| nUjs who both visiting here. Gov.
| Pewter then went to the
| pital, and talked with the score or more
| invalid Nebraska soldiers there.
! The Minnesota men now here are: In
the general hospital Private Mullen,
| Company D, debility; Private Towle, Com
| pany F, shot in both hands; Private Roll
| Ter, Company NJ debility; Private knight,
| Company F, hand wound Private Soren-
son, Company E, debility.
! Private Banker, Company B, and Pri-
vate Chamberlain, Company E, debility,
are in division hospital No. 2, and are re-
| covering rapidly.
! In division hospital No 8, in charge of
! Sergeant Reckner, Company G., debility,
are Corporal Reichart. Company G. de-
bility; Smith, Company H, deaf;
-- CARLSON, Company B. debility; -
Abrams, Company B, fever: - Re
maker, Company D. and Ryder Company
H, effects of heat; - HUM, Company
NJ, shot in right lung, and - Erick-
son, shot in left side, right lung and arm;
| very weak Both will recover; -- Gla-