The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-30
NOT Until OCTOBER
THIRTEENTH REGIMENT WILL
NOT COME HOME As SOON
AS EXPECTED
CHANGES IN THE REGIMENT
Table of Compensation and Travel
Pay for Each Grade of officers,
Non-C0mmtSsfOned Officers and
Enlisted Men-The Amount Much
pated-Think Otis VIII Retire.

With the multiplicity Of statements
| made by the war department to state OF
ficials and interested individuals, the rel
atives and friends CT the Thirteenth reg
Iment are almost as much at sea as to
the date when the Minnesota soldier boys
will set foot on the thresholds Of their
own homes as they We're a month ago.
Many are the Inquiries received from par
ents, a majority Of which show that only
the Yaguest sort Of knowledge concern
ing the movements CT the volunteers pre-
walls The notion is current in some
quarters that before the state fair is over
the boys will be home to the welcome
which is being prepared for them. Those
wiser heads who know something Of mil
itary matters do not share this view,
and urge that it is only fair to the rel
atives who are beginning to grow anxious
to have the facts made plain.
From plain, straight conversation with
army men, it is safe to say that the Tllir-
teenth Minnesota regiment Will not reach
ST. Paul and Minneapolis before October.
and possibly not as soon as that.
The latest dispatches from the war de-
partment state that the transport Sher-
idan, on which the Minnesotans are to
return, is at Manila and will set sail
as soon as it car be unloaded, coaled and
the regiment marched en- board. Expe-
rienced army men say it will require not
less than four days to unload. Three or
four more days must elapse before she
can be coaled for the return trip. Then
1t Will require two or three days to load
the regiment, arms and baggage. At this
ta +ha 1ioI, ic ~
best transports the government has in
the Philippine service, will hardly set
sail for hcrne before the 10th of August
NOT UNTIL OCTOBER.
Allowing for favorable return passage
she will reach the Pacific coast not be-
fore the second week in September Now,
it may be stated without fear of contra
dictiOn that the balance Of September
will be consumed in the task of muster
ing the organization out of the service
of the government. That this time is
required for mastering out is not gerer-
ally understood, but it is relevant in this
connection to state that it required three
weeks to muster out of the service the
Fifteenth Minnesota, which only got as
far as Camp Thomas, in Georgia, which
never reached tie front, and which, con-
sequently, lost no men in battle, neces-
stating changes and promotions
Out of nearly 300 officers and men who
set sail on the City Of Para and went
later as recruits, but !, 1C5 will return, ac-
cording to the latest reports received
from Adjt. Gen. CoFbin The deaths in
battle and from disease and the dis
charges granted, permitted promotions
and necess1tated changes in the muster
roll or the regiment. All this and the ne
cessity for great care in making I'D q
record to stand for pension cases will
call for the greatest accuracy on the part
OF the mastering out officers The men
III most cases are worn after their hard
service and will be given the fairest
physical examination. This will REQUIRE
much time and cannot IN any wav he
avoided Army officers fl st. Paul es
innate that to do this properly Will re-
IuIIe not less th1n twenty-five days ard
possibly q month
The above information IS the concensuz
Oh opinion Of most of the army men in
Sr' aul who could be consulted and
n ey De considered as a basis for anv
pans now being made for the rocention
VI tne regiment upon its return Com
mitteeS from st. Paul MinneanoIip
Saltwater and Red Wing are tboroIIe.,i9,
pCsted as to the situation and are for
IhuIatlhg their plans accordingly. Tho
"elS'IlS' OF course, remain to be arranee,5
WHAT THEY WILL RECEIVE,
IN THIS connection it may be Interesting,
70 Know something Of the rem1Inara t1o cro
Haoe by the government to the Mime
sofa regiment and table prepared nv
zen =: >. Bunker shows a commute +ioy,
OF travel pay fer each grade Of otficer
non, f clnmlssioned officer and enlisted
men from San Francisco to ST PAM IT.
distance by the shortest ronta is o t n
mics and equal to los days, accordfpar 10
80 eminent allowance. The figures I'' are
gr @GdmP nf afj3a of travel pay for each
and enlisted man from San Fpn ofhcer
n nil 5dal, Distance, shortest route ? leo
niles niles, equal to los days, accordino. 2' to
| government allowance: Jung TO