The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-27
ARB TO BIZ KEPT QUIET
DISSENsIONS OF TEIRTEENTH MIN
NESOTA OFFICERS NOT TO BE-
COME PUBLIC PROPERTY
IT IS TACITLY UNDERSTOOD

so says Gov. Llnu, VINO neturheu
Yesterday From the PresidiO,
Where He Spent Two Weeks With
the Minnesota TrOops-Boys ALI
Want to Come Home in u
BOdy.
Gov. John Lind and his staff reached
st. Paul yesterday afternoon over the
Great Northern at 4 y. m, from San
| francisco, after an absence from the
| state of twenty days. The party was
somewhat fatigued after the long trip
across the Western country. which in
! Guided a very rough passage from San
| francisco to Portland by steamer. The
personnel of the party was the same as
when it left ST. Paul, except that Col.
]. M. Hawthorne, who accompanied the
governor and his staff as far as Portland.
will wait there and come home with the
Thirteenth regiment.
None Of the party cared to discuss the
/ Ames affair, and the governor, when seen
at his home on Fairmount avenue last
evening and Intercepted by the G l o b
upon the subject, said:
''All that [ can say is that whatever
differences there may be among the off,
GERS, it is tacitly understood that it would
be unfair to the regiment and not courte-
Gus to the people of the state to make
public property Of any dissensions that
may exist.
81 found the regiment as a whole in
much better shape than L had expected.
| There were a few sick, but not many,
and the boys all feel jublant over the
! fact that they will soon be home among
| their friends. The men feel compliment
ed by and grateful to the people of the
state for the provision of their transport
tation. They appreciate the spirit quite
as much as the actual help which it gives
them. When l left, the understanding
regarding the transportation Of the regi-
ment was that the Northern Pacific
would bring two battalions and the Great
| Northern one. The Northern Pacific will
bring the boys from Portland to st. Paul,
and the Great Northern from Portland
over the Oregon Railway & Navigation
to Spokane, and thence to st. Paul.
THE men look well indeed and conduct
themselves as gentlemen. The regiment
| is very highly regarded on the coast.
| There is no regiment in San Francisco
| that has been more generally favored by
the people of that city than the Thir
! tenth. and it is equally we'll regarded at
Portland. The boys were i'll the field with
| the Oregon regiment and quite warm
feeling of friendship and comradeship ex-
| lists between the boys from each state,
and this, of course, is especially true of
the California volunteers. The latter were
constantly tarqUe ing tie Minnesota b )ys
and the compliment was as often return
ed.
Among the officers there is little CT
no sickness. All the commissioned Off
GERS are at present doing duty"
! Did you notice anything about the
! regiment worthy of special note?' inQuir-
ed the G O b e.
81 did not notice anything that was not
worthy Of note, promptly replied the
governor. 1.-THE men are brown, and make
a fine appearance on parade. Their drill
is excellent, and Minnesota can be, as [
think it justly is, proud of the Thirteenth
Minnesota volunteers.
"Minnesotans were very much in evil
dence at San Francisco and they were
apparently welcome everywhere. can
not speak too highly of the hospitable
and generous treatmen accorded TIE
regiment end our rarty by the California
people. Cen. shafter showed us every
| attention, as well as the mayor aud the
1 So ternor and his staff
while at San Francisco I was bu
with matters pertaining to the regiment
such as promotions and muster-out ar
rangements. Oct. has been set for the
foImality, and the regiment will start
home the day following, Sept. A There
will be no delay in getting started home,
as the trip cannot be accomplished aGy
too soon to suit the Thirteenth.
1--WE spent one day sightseeing with
Gen. Shafter and the governor of Cali
fornia and his staff. After boarding he
state boat we took a cruise around
through the Golden Gate and visited the
Iowa and a German cruiser that was in
the harbor. We were cordially enser-
tanned and, upon leaving the vessel, sa-
lutte of eleven guns was fired. The party
also visited the Union Iron works, where
the Oregon and Iowa were built Sven
| large battleships cruisers and torpedo
boats are being built and are in an adj
vanced stage of construction The bat
tleship was being fitted with armor plate,
and we spent a very profitable nOur
looking over the large plant Sunday I
| spent at Fresno.
con our way home the Portland cham
Der of commerce sent a boat to Astoria
to meet US At Portland the COVER. or
and staff met our party and we Were
escorted to the hotel, where a magnin-
cent spread was waiting for u.s. wei
comes were extended by the officials and
! commercial body and RESPONSES made
The next day we were shown over the
civ in carriages and shown the utmost
hospitality.
"Private Gilmore, of Red Wing, one of
/ the sick men, came home with us from
! Portland The few men who are still
in the hospital are making rapid progress
! towards health again. The voyage over
was greatly beneficial to large numosr
of the boys who were either sick at tn,
| time of leaving Manila or were about
! ready to take to their beds.
"The boys all want to come home IN
body. There are scarcely any differences
! in sentiment upon that subj