The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-05


Next Tuesday in Company With
the South Dakota VOIunteers-NO
Time Wasted by the War Depart
mcnt in Having the BIunder
Cleared Up-OfIiciaI Messages.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-(speciaL)-
The Thirteenth Minnesota regiment will
sail from Manila on the transport Sheri-
dan in its regular order Early today the
war department. in response to an urgent
message to Gen. Otis asking his reason
for holding back the Thirteenth Mime
sofa and ordering the departure of the
Montana volunteers on the Sheridan, re-
ceived the following message:
Manila, Aug. 4.-Adjutant General,
Washington; Error cable yester-
day. Minnesota and South Dakota
take transport, not Montana.
Otis.
Immediately upon the receipt of this
cablegram Adjt. Gen. Corbin sent the fol-
lowing telegram to Gov. Lind, at ST.
Paul:
Washington, Aug. 4.-Lind, St. Paul:
Gen. Otis cables that Minnesota reg
tment Will leave Manila Aug. s. Re
port yesterday that Montana regi-
ment would sail was an error.
-COrbin, Adjutant General.
It has been a long time since the war
department powers that be have received
such a jar as that which followed the
publication of the message from Gen.
Otis indicating discrimination against the
Minnesota regiment. Secretary Root was
out of the city before the storm broke,
but his assistants felt the force of it early
and made haste to get out from under. a
cablegram was hurried to Otis, calling for
his explanation of the supposed delay,
and, in view Of the temper displayed in
Minnesota, it may have been privately
intimated to him that his reasons, when
they arrived, would better be effective
ones.
At any rate, no time was lost today in
explaining that it was all a mistake and
that the Minnesota regiment would get
away next Tuesday with the South Da-
kota volunteers.
Just how the error occurred and the re-
spOnsibility for it are not yet clearly
established Minnesota and Montana,
while they may be more or less similar in
print are not very much alike by cable
ana the presumption IS that careleSSneSS
at Manila caused the break which aroused
the people of Minnesota
There are those who smile and say that
possibly the pressure brought to bear was
sufficient to cause some one to see clear
ly that any substitution of the Mon
tana for the Minnesota men would be a
serious mistake. requiring immediate cor
rection. In justice to all concerned, how
ever it should be stated thai. there is no
evidence to show that the Slole trouble
was not the result simply of a blunder, as
explained by the adjutant general
An official of the war department said
today: Il think it can safely be asserted
that there will be no further trouble, and
that the Minnesota regiment will sail
next Tuesday in its regular order The
people of Minnesota and the congressfon-
al delegation seem to have very strong
convictions on the subject"
No answers were sent to the telegrams
of protest received from Minnesota. The
fact that there had been a blunder was
given out for publication, and that was
regarded as sufficient
The war department is without specific
information on the subject, but it is un-
derstood that the Thirteenth Minnesota
regiment is now at Manila, waiting to
embark