The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-26

til a Reply Comes From Manila
The Home Coming to BE Made n
Great OccasiOn-Other Regiments
May Participate - Minneapolis
Satisfactory to People at Home.
Gov. Lind sent the following telegram
to Manila yesterday:
citizens Of Minnesota anxious to give
regiment great reception if mustered ONT
| IN minneapolis. President expects to
attend. Ascertain If this is satfsfactorV
| 10 the men and report.
This was the cablegram sent by Gov.
Lind to Maj. Bean, after g. conference
yesterday with the business mems COM
Hlttee or the two cities to arrange for q
reception to President Mckinley, during
MS proposed visit in st. Paul and Min
neapoLs. Nothing further will be done
pending an answer from Thirteenth. If
the men agree to be mustered out In St.
raul the committees will proceed to make
the necessary arrangements II the bows
decide to be mustered out at San Fran
cisco and receive a matter Of an addi-
t1onal $40 nothing further can be done
towards tile proposed demonstration. al
be abandoned. All hope of getting the
regiment back by July has been given
up, although 1t will be at a date not very
much later than that. Another telegram
was addressed to the war department by
the governor, as follows:
Citizens of Minnesota wish Thirteenth
mustered out in Minneapolis Have com
municated with regiment to ASCERTAIN
their wishes Please issue no orders to
contrary until we receive information
The COMMITTEES of the two cities met in
the senate chamber at o'clock the Min
neapolis committee being represented by
the following: Robert Platt, chairman;
Mayor Gray, Congressman Fletcher, E. ].
Phelps, Chester Simmons, Walter Greg
ory, w. A. Freemire, S. H Hall, 6. II.
Johnson and Nelson Williams. The st.
Paul committee was present as follows:
Mayor Kiefer. c. P. Slime, E o. Zim-
norman, Capt. c. C. Whitney, A. S. Tall
madge, c. A. Severance, C. B Bowlby. A.
H. Lindeke, John Kelly, H. p Hail, D. R.
! Moves. George r. Finch and Jesse A.
Gregg.
Gov. Lind was invited to preside, and
Mr. Tallmadge was elected secretary.
Gov. Lind stated that he thought the OBJ
1ect of the meeting was to find out
whether the Thirteenth was to be mus
tered out here or on the Pacific coast
The matter was purely optional with the
men, as the war department had no
choice in the matter
Mayor Gray suggested that Congress
man Fletcher be asked to explain the
matter and the result Of his trip to see
the president at Washington. Some one
inquired If the governor knew whether
Col. Ames was on his way home Gov.
Lind, said In reply, that he was expect
ing cable hourly that would throw
some light on the subject. From the best
information that could be obtained Col
Ames was at Hong Kong.
Congressman Fletcher explained that
he called on the president and extended
formal invitation to visit the Twin
Cities during the summer, as near the re-
turn of the Thirteenth regiment rs pos
sible, in accordance with the action taken
by the committee at the last meeting.
The president stated that he would be
In Minnesota when the regiment return
ed. If he was unable to make the visit
in connection with his scheduled Western
trip he would make a special visit to Min
nescttea. The promise was, however. made
contingent upon no further complications
in the Philippines that would require his
attention. Mr.. Fletcher stated that he
hoped that the boys might be home to
celebrate the Fourth of July, and it was
the intention of the war department to
make this possible, but time dragged
along and 1t was a matter OF regret that
arrangements could not be made to bring
the Thirteenth back by that time.
The speaker stated that the war de-
partment had decided one point conclu-
sively, that to the effect that the regi-
Ia H.
apolis. The Fourteenth had been mustered
out at st. Paul, the Twelfth at New Ulm,
and Minneapolis asked as matter of
course that the men be paid off there
and given their discharges. He thought
some action should be taken to request
the war department to return the guns
with the regiment. 1t required from
twenty-five to thirty days for the trans
ports to make the trip. One boat had
established record of twenty-five days
in making the passage, Mr.. Fletcher said
but twelve thousand miles was a long
ways and possible delays must be taken
into account.
Mr.. Fletcher disparaged the event of
the regiments being mustered out at San
Francisco. despite the fact that their
travel rations and mileage would get them
a few dollars more. and he thought they
would eventually have more money in
pocket If they were brought home and
posed that the governor take these mat
ters up and ask by cablegram for an ex-
preston of sentiment as to a choice OF
mastering out place and that the war de-
partment be asked through the same
source to return the guns with the
men.
Mr.. Fletcher thought the occasion of
the regiments return and the presidents
visit could be made one of the most no.
table events in the history OF the state.
He suggested that the governors OF
the surrounding states and their respec-
tive staffs be invited to participate. Presi-
dent Mckinley had suggested himself
that as the Tennessee regiment was COM
ing home about the same time that it
would be appropriate to ask the South
ern troops to participate and thus ce-
ment stronger sentiment of unity with
that section of the country.
E. o. Zimmerman wanted to know IL
the war department had definitely de-
cided upon Minneapolis In case the regi-
ment was mustered out In Minnesota. Mr..
Fletcher stated that Minneapolis had
been selected at conference of himself
and Congressman F. s. Stevens.
Mr.. Lindeke inquired of Mr.. Fletcher
how many days would the president
spend in ST. Paul. The president had
assured him, Mr.. Fletcher replied, that