The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-05

START HODiE TODAY
MINNESOTA HEN HAVE RECEIVED
THEIR DISCHARGE PAPERS
AND gHEIR MONEY
PAYMAsTER At THE PRESIDE

His Visit the Great Event of the Day
Thirteenth as Il Regiment Has
Ceased to- Exist--AII Preparations
Made for the Start for Home
Some VIII Be Left Behind - The
Men Are Behaving Well.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 4-(Special.)-
| The Thirteenth Minnesota has ceased
to exist. Today the men received their
! pay and their discharges, and tonight,
as private citizens, are repaying the hos
pitality shown them by the people of
San Francisco. AT nearly all the thea
tiers box parties were given with Min
nesotans as hosts, and tomorrow at noon
the soldiers will start for home.
Col. Ames has warned all the men
to be on hand in the morning at II o'clock
at the ferry, when the special trains
will start for Portland en- route for
Minnesota. Tonight the men have Sc
cured rooms in various places in the
city, many accepting the hospitality of
private houses for their last hours in
San Francisco. Dozens of Minnesota
men are on the streets tonight cheering
and marching up and down Market
street. but not a single man OF the regi-
ment can be seen under the influence of
liquor, and the police report that the
men are behaving well.
When the men got their money it
acted like a charm and all ill-feelng
vanished. The entire regiment will
march through st. Paul and Minneapolis.
The trains bearing the Minnesota men
will leave tomorrow in three sections,
one battalion on each. One travels over
the Great Northern and two over the
Northern Pacific. Only one stop will
be made-in Portland for twenty-f ur
hours. After that the train will go right
through to st. Paul, arriving on the
morning of October r.
The event of today was the visit of the
paymaster to the Presidio.. At 9 the
paymaster started from headquarters
with the cavalry escort to the sub
treasury in the city. attracting much
attention AT the building the sacks of
gold and silver were loaded on the mule
wagon, and with a sharp command firm
the officer in charge the troopers drew
drawn by four mules started at a sharp
! trot up Market street and out to the
| Preside camp.
The Minnesota regiment was waiting
for the paymaster From colonel to p l.
vate, all were there except the sick men
in the hospital, and it was just a fsw
minutes before 1890 when a shout went
| up: Here they come"
! Then the bows turned loose They were
no longer soldiers, having be:n mustered
out and had no fear of the guard
house. Lined up in a solid mass. Fae
Minnesota men clustered around tie
paymasters wagon and escort as they
drove into the camp.
whats the matter with the paymas-
ter?' was the cry from lusty throats A
mighty shout went up, Hes all right
and Gen. Shafter, half a mile away, sent
his orderly to find out what the shouting
was about
For the last time the boys lined up
to the tent, company by company, and
each man received his final discharge
papers and the money coming to him
The men averaged about g., and every
one knows what that means to one who
has been short of money for weeks.
Every man in camp was astir early this
morning. Notwithstanding preparations
had been making for departure for the
! past forty-eight hours, many things re-
NAMED to be done, and these were taken
| care of before the time set for the ap
I pearance Of the paymaster.
Baggage wagons were on the ground
early and seven great loads of trunks
| and boxes were soon en- route to the Oak
land mole, where baggage cars were
waiting. By night, every piece was
loaded and there will be no delay in start
ing promptly on time
20, D ~
was presented with a magnificent diamond
| ring by the enlisted men of his company
this afternoon. Ever since the regiment
left Camp Ramsey Capt. Rowley has been
| very popular with the enlisted men of
| his company.
Several private soldiers will be left be-
hind in the general hospital They are:
Joseph F. Kretta, Company C; William
| Gore, Company F; Ray c. Davis, Com
| pany A; Albert Clarkstrom, Company G;
| Charles Jacquinet, Company M; Frank
| McAllister, Company I; E. M. Van
| Slyke, Company I.
Yesterday afternoon the agent of a
notorious saloon in the city visited the
camp and began distributing tickets
among the men, good for free drinks
He was told that Minnesota men could
Pay for what they ordered and warned
to keep away. This morning he returned,
dressed to represent Uncle Sam, and be-
gan again to distribute his tickets. A
blanket was brought and he was soon
posing in the air. When he had been
! tossed sufficiently he was let down his
! vari-colored garments stripped Off a cast
off suit given him ard he was kicked off
/ tie Preside.
The first South Dakota will be mus
| tered cut and paid tomorrow, out will
not leave the city until Saturday morning
Private Chapman, of Company 3,
South Dakota was posted today as
deserter and guards are searching. the
city for him. This morning a civilian
reported that he was assaulted and
robbed of $500 and jewelry while walking
in the South Dakota camp He picked
out Chapman as the culprit and Chap
man was arrested and placed IN the
guard house. Today he broke away and
is row in hiding.
Twenty-Five men of the South dakota
regiment are reported today in the h s.
pital. They cannot leave on Friday
with the regiment on the special trains.
Their names are: Privates Ssockinger,
+ Ferris, Company F; Corporal Larabea,
Company NJ; Sergeant Spetham, Com
pany NJ; Artificer Rasmussen. Com
pany M; Corporal Cosgrove, Private
Bennett, Company H; Private Killion,
Musician Crandal, Private Theils7n,
Company B; Prtvates Daley, Rrisboss,
Converse, Seward, Anderson Butcher
Norton, Company d; Privatas Finn:gan
Walser, Green, Owens, Clifford Latta
Oriley, Company G; Vincon, Company c.;
Davis, Company l..
Plans at Pierre.
PIERRE, s. D., Oct. Awhile the date