The San Francisco call., 1899-09-10
MINNESOTA AND
SOUTH DAKOTA
HOME TOGETHER
Two Famous Regi-
ments Now in Camp.

of veterans, whom it has brought home
across thousands of miles of ocean from
the far-away land of fever and deaLl-,
where they have been for the last year
and a half, winning honor for their flag
and covering the two States that sent
them forth with the luster of their
achievements.
When the transport drew into the dock
the old dusty wharf looked like a fairy
flower garden filled with radiant Ameri-
can beauties, so crowded was it with the
fair ones from Minnesota and South Da-
kota who had Travelled westward to greet
their heroes return.
AS soon as the vessel came within speak
ing distance femininity broke loose and
messages of love and welcome flew thick
and fast, conveying in their passage the
hearts of the senders to the bronzed and
bearded men who hung over the ships
sides as though they were afraid to lose
one word of the tender welcome with
which they were fairly showered. 1t took
but short time to make the transport
fast to her birth, and then the troops
were landed and formed along East street,
where they patiently awaited the arrival
of the escort that was to show them the
way to the home that had been prepared
for them in the Preside.
The troops who were to act as escort
began to arrive shortly after the boys had
all got ashore, and at o'clock the pro-
cesston was ready to start on its way up
Market street, where the public had been
waiting their arrival since early morn
ing. The advance consisted of Batteries
d, A, n and Light Battery c of the
Third United States Artillery. Then came
Troop, { of the regular cavalry, which
was followed by the men from South
Dakota, under the command of Colonel
Frost. Behind the last rank of veterans
followed a number of carriages contain
ing Congressman Gamble and Burke,
number of inValided officers, with their
mothers, wives and sweethearts. and
number of other carriages filled with rela-
uVeS, friends and more mothers, wives
and sweethearts, whose heroes were not
invalided.
The carriages of the Minnesota contin-
gent followed, and then the Minnesota
regiment itself, under the command Of
Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick, who rode
in advance with his two Majors, Blau
and Bean, on either side of him. The
parade was closed by three companies of
the North Dakota Regiment, headed by
their band. The band that led the pro-
eession was the one belonging to the
Third Artillery.
All along the line Of march the troops
were wildly cheered, and when the soiled,
stained and shot-riddled battle flags went
past there was great enthusiasm. Women
pelted the troops with kisses and flowers
while they alternately laughed and cried
in sort of a happy hysterla. They We're
not the only ones who had tears III their
eyes, however. More than one of the
stronger and supposedly Sterner sex " as
seen to surreptitlously put a handker-
chief to his eyes under the cover of Wip-
ing the moisture of excitement from his
forehead
The line Of march was along East street
to Market, up that thoroughfare to Van
Ness avenue and thence to the Preside.
At the corner of Van Ness avenue and
Bush street the men from the wars We're
reviewed by Major Noble, acting for Ma
jor General Shafter. Upon arriving. at
the Preside the men at once went into
camp, and after being allowed few
minutes rest were pounced upon by their
fellow soldiers and carried off to be
breakfasted. The South Dakotas We're
taken care of and treated to their initial
meal by the North Dakota and Wyoming
regiments, and the Minnesota boys were
looked after by the lads of our own city.
AS soon as their stomachS were ap-
peased the men started to work about
camp getting their tents in such order as
they could while welcoming the hosts or
visitors who crowded their quarters and
overwhelmed them with questions and
congratulations.
happy, there is in both organizations
deal of internal trouble and i'll feeling, all
of which has been published In the col
umns of this paper. Colonel Frost Is at
outs with Lieutenant Colonel StoVer and
a number of other officers, and his dis
pleasure has resulted in the placing under
arrest of his next in rank and also Major
Warne, surgeon of the regiment, and First
Lieutenant H. c. Bates. This trouble In
the South Dakota regiment originated in
letters addressed by some of the enlisted
men to Senator PettgreW, in which they
spoke of their colonel in a very uncom-
plimentary manner and characterized Ma
coward. The officers under arrest are
charged by their commanding officer with
having insugated these epistles, or at
least having lent the writer's Of them their
moral support.
A visit was paid to the prisoners yester
day, but all attempts to induce them to
talk of their trouble proved unavailing.
They claimed that any discussion of the
affair for publication would be unmilitary
refused to submit to any interview on this
particular subject. 1t was easy to see,
however, that they have no love for their
aPG 5ng GnS s Sne of nney
A little trip through the company streets
easily revealed the fact that the men to
a unit are with the arrested officers, and
particularly is this a fact in the case Of
lieutenant Colonel Slower, whom they
greatly admire.
The situation in the Minnesota camp is
worse, if possible. Colonel Ames went out
to the Preside yesterday morning and
assumed command Of the regiment as
Old assume as far as his officers were
concerned. They left him severely alone,
and he wandered around the little city OF
tents, speaking only to civilians and to
the few officers who were compelled to
address him in the course of the perform
ance of their official duties. Both he and
his officers refused to discuss the trouble
in any way whatever. Not so with the
men and those Of the other regiment.
They do not seem to take the same view
ment They say that it Is q put-up job
to down Ames, and that there Is many a
man who is now throwing mud at him
who had feet cold enough to freeze water
on August 13 when the regiment was or
dered to support the Astor Battery and
when the officers almost to a man laid
down.
Wherever the blame may lie, all the
men and officers at the Preside unite in
condemning the reception accorded Colo
mel Ames when he came aboard the trans
port. They say that whatever the feeling
that may exist between him and his Off
GERS, it was both cowardly and unman-
nerly for them to exhibit 1t before his
wife They should have had enough chiv-
airy, say these military critics, to have
spared woman the pain that such a re-
ception must have caused the wife Of their
colonel.
The South Dakotas are proud Of their
record and particularly of the number
that have been chosen from among them
to wear the shoulder straps in Uncle
Sam's new regiments. Those who have
received the honor and conferred distinc-
tion on the regiment are Lieutenant J. @.
a Braden who was given like rank in
the Thirty-sxth Infantry; Captain Hage-
man. who was made captain in the same
regiment; Sergeant Mann, given a sec
ond lieutenantcy under Captain Hageman;
Lieutenant L. c. Foster made captain in
the Thirty-seventh; Sergeant Russell,
made first lieutenant in the Thirty-sev-
enth Lieutenant Young, who was given
a captaincy in the Eleventh Cavalry, and
Lieutenant s. J. Larsen, who was given
the same rank in the same regiment.