The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-03
WELCOME In WAITING
SAN FRANCISCO READY TO Do
HONOR TO THE THIRTEENTH
MINNESOTA
POPULAR WITH THE PEOPLE

Excellent impression MaOe ny lhe
Regiment During Its Former
Visit to the Golden Gate-List of
Outline of the Plan for the Re-
ception-Praise for Col. Ames.
Correspondence of the Globe.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. 28-Al-
though San Francisco is practically worn
out by the last four days Of festivities in
welcoming the men of the California regi-
ment, she is doing all she possibly can
to recover from the exhaustion and ac-
cord a warm welcome home to the brave
men of the Minnesota state, who are due
here on the Sheridan early next month.
g OF all the volunteer regiments which
passed through San Francisco last year,
en- route to the Philippines. there was not
enc which made greater impression on
the people here than the brave men of
Minnesota. rWhen%they arrived here they
Were distinguished for the fact that of all
the regiments Minnesota was the only
one which was thoroughly equipped. Dur
ing their stay i'll camp here the soldiers
from the middle West quickly earned the
respect of the citizens of San Francisco,
and it was rare thing to hear of a
single man of the Minnesota regiment
who forgot the dignity of his state, or his
profession, by getting into trouble, de-
spite the many pitfalls Of this metropolis.
1t is fer the splendid behavior of the
Minnesota regiment, in marked contrast
to the actions OF some Of the other or
ganiza tons last year and its gallant con-
duct during the campaign in the Philip
pines, that the people of San Francisco
are preparing hearty welcome to the
returning command.
This morning L visited the Preside for
the purpose of seeing the sick Minnie
sofa men and also of inspecting the camp
which will be occupied by the regiment of
Minnesota men when it arrives home on
the transport Sheridan. Col. Ames, who
is residing in the country, is looking out
for the comfort OF the sick men who are
now in the hospital, and If any proof was
needed that the charges made against
that officer were false, one has but to lis
ten to the comments of the men of his
regiment who are in the Preside hos
pital.
I could write column Of the words
of praise which these brave fellows law
L
no doubt but that they speak in the same
terms in which the entire regiment would
Join If it was here. It is a very easy
thing for few disgruntled men to make
charges against their superior officers,
and naturally these charges grow as
they are spread around.
Of sixty-seven sick Minnesotans who
arrived from Manila on the hospital ships
Relief and Morgan City, twenty have
been discharged in the past two weeks,
and the balance will be on their way
home inside of few days
MINNESOTA MEN.
Col Ames today wrote q letter to Col.
Girard, of the United States hospital
corps, who Is in charge Of the division
hospital at the Preside, asking him to
discharge the men of the Minnesota reg
iment as soon as possible, as he had been
authorized by the governor of Minnesota
to furnish transportation home to these
men.
After seeing Col. Girard I went over
to Ward L, which is the headquarters of
the Minnesota sick men, and told them
that their discharge papers would be is
sued in the course of twenty-four hours,
and that Col. Ames would start them for
home this week. The men clustered
around me and cheered with delight when
sorry to leave the Preside hospital but
that they are eager to get home to their
loved ones.
/ asked the men IL they had any COM
paints to make of their treatment in the
hospital, and one and all were loud in
their praise of the kind actions of the
military surgeons. To my questions they
told me that they did not have to ask
for single thing, and that the dainties
of the season were supplied to them day
after day.
S'You can tell the people home" one Of
the men said, that we have been treated
as we'll as If we had been in the most
costly hospital in the country, and we
are deeply indebted to every one of the
doctors and nurses for looking after u.s."
The stay in the Preside has worked
wonders with the men, and they look
vastly different to what they did when
they arrived on the transports. Then
they were pale and sallow end their
clothes hung loosely on their bodies,
while today their faces show q healthy
glow, and their figures fill their soldier
clothes completely.
Through the courtesy of the colonel
and his aides was able to secure a list
of the Minnesota soldiers whose names
appear this morning on the books of the
division hospital Their relatives will be
glad to know that all the men are In
good coEdition and able to get around
the grounds Of the beautiful Government
reservation, and in q few days Will be
home.
List of Minnesota regiment soldiers in
hospital Aug. g.,