Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-22
General C.M.C. Reeve Of the Thir-
teenth Minnesota.
UTAHs BRAVE VOLUNTEERS
or All the states In the unic"' the
porty.anh should be the
VERY Proudes.

General c. NJ. G. Reeve. late colonel
OF the Thirteenth Minnesota volunteers
stopped in Salt Lake today for a few
hours en- route TO his home In Mime
apolls, from Manila.
The general who IL accompanied ny
his wife. who was with him through
out the campaign In the islands was
seen by News" reporter at the knutH-
ford hotel this afternoon. General
Reeve IL n most soidicriy looking man
with clear blue eye and endowed with
the voice Of one born TO command, and
carried his six feet OF ANATOMY inside
OF his uniform In n fashion that spoke
OF military experience.
General Reeve IL the last OF the vol
unteer generals who have returned
home TO be mustered out OF service ny
order OF the government,
How soon are those Eturlnya going
10 10 Fubdued7" was The i,rHt query.
well, 1 should pus u at a conser-
vatiye estimate that II VIII take ten
years or no." was the rcncrnls answer.
I'VE have been fighting these fellows
and what have we accomplished Wei
We are practically Just whcrc we be-
KUN. The advance was made a,
but now that the rainy season u
upon US the forces have practically
abandoned the posts that have
been taken and retired upon Manila ana
suburbs; and let me say right hete
that Gen. Lawton was the only man
In hiEh command who had ,hc e9urase
| 10 say TO the authorities In Washington
that IL would take 10000 nicn to sub
due the Fiilplnos.
Yes IL Il n bad lob" continued the
general. hut the men In Manila are
now looking for the commission TO ac-
compilEh good results" ..
Den, Ilecve went on to say that VI
tho same offcr had been made TO the
Filipinoa ap that now made BY the U.
| y. commiaalon six, Yes three months
ago. that all this trouble and bloo,irhcd
would have been avcrted.
Coming down 60 the Utah battery,
General Reeve said Utah has every
reason 10 be proud of her volunteers
~ all the States In the Union Utah
should he the prou,lest ~ her sons who
have especially distinguished them.
selves, particularly on the ith and 9TH"
How were they IN comparison to
the rcrularu." aucricd the reporter.
welt they had the best positions. or
rather" added the soner.ls the most
important ones and when II came to
shooting guess they shot Just ar
straight rs metal missiles could be
| hurled
Continuing he said that tho Artor
battery had lighter guns and could
/ not be compared TO the Utah boys. who
pulled their heavy artillery along with
out the aid OF horses. He said the
| Utah batter II composed of n splendid
oct of men who never have been heard
10 grumblc or complain. and tho
way they pulled their guns through
the mud and over the rocks on the
/ l.sAt A.k Aas
camp Dewey. said the officer. beat any
thing he ever saw.
den. Reeve further paid n glowing
tribute to Major Richard W. Young,
whom he described ~ u good soldier
and a sterling man. who allied a most
ihanklcas post after Jerome left. when
Major Young was In charge Of the mili-
tary court where he waa supreme
Judge and jury rolled Into one. Ills
rulings and decisions gave general
satisfaction To all concerned.
General Reeve had good word IA
say for the late Or, Harry Young whom
he Designated as being IA good sur.
geon who was universally liked"
The MusHer boys journalistic ven.
ture. In the form OF their paper Fri.c,
dom, he said. was universally read and
preferred 90 Its contemporaries, The
Manila Times and The American. on
account Of the propondernncr OF lOca
news 10 be found IN It's columns.
General Reeve left Manila at the lat.
ter part Of February and was In the ~,
rauit upon that city when his regiment
lost more In killed and wounded thar
all the rest OF the army In action on
that day, His wife. he said stood
the climate very we'll. but during III,
exciting times In Manila was of ncccH,
Hity considerably nervous. They tool
"A run out to Saltnir this afternoon and
propose 10 leave for the east over IN,
Rio Grande Western at $40 this even,