The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-04
GEN. YOUNG ATTACKED.
Charged With Drunkenness by an
Officer of the Fifteenth

Officer of the Fifteenth
= Notwithstanding the asperslons made
against you, and the blot placed upon
your good name, before us you stand ac-
quilted of a charge which you have never
been given an opportunity to refute."
said Gov Lind to the officers and men of
the Fifteenth Minnesota at the CONNER
rial club reception last evening. The ut
terance was greeted with rouslng ap-
= plause by the immense audience present:
and the men themselves appIauded the
governor to the echo.
The sensation of the evening however
came when Capt. Leonard, of Company
X, was called upon for a speech. He re-
Bponded by making direct accusation of
habitual drunkenness against Cen
Young, and stated that he had kept silent
heretofore only because he had been a
United States army officer, and not in a
position to speak. Last. evening he spoke
as private citizen; and he did not speak
unadviSedly.
For one month"; said he, Il was on
Gen. Young's staff as assistant adiutant
general. and during that time L saw him
only twice when he was not under the in
iluence of liquor. | stand perfectly will
Ing to repeat this statement before the
board of inquiry which is to assemble
shortly in st. Paul, should the members
Of that board desire my testimony"
Capt. Leonard also explained the cause
Of the outbreak in the Fifteenth, which
has created SO much talk, stating that
the news of the murder of one of their
companions was brought to the camp
by Southerner, who related the occur
ence with sneer upon his lip and with
the added statement that the police
Wotild protect the man who did it, all
right" This Infatuated the boys, and on
the next morning they gave the police
: an opportunity to fulfill the Scutherner' 8
expectations.
The receItio was attended BY hundreds
OF people, and must have been a source.
of great qualification to members of the
returned regiment, if only as an indica-
ton that their friends at home do not
censure them for the outbreak which oc-
cured shortly before they We're. mustered
out of the service. So large was the
crowd that the club officials were COM
PEELED TO throw open the gymnasium to
afford floor accommodations and even
then the rooms We're packed almost to
suffocation. The various speakers We're
all received with enthusiasm; and the
affair as whole was probably the most
successful venture of the kind ever at
tempted in Minneapolis.
Gov. Lind, himself a volunteer was a
prime favorite everywhere, and when he
remarked during the course of his speech,
that should he pe called upon to furnish
a regiment of Minnesota troops for the
support of the American flag, he knew
OF no body of men ne would sooner send
than the boys of the fifteenth, he was
-Tcheered uproariously. He welcom-
ed the members Of the regiment, both in
his official capacity and as comrade.
and extended to them the heartiest assur-
ances of his cooperation in all ways to
secure their vindication from the charges
now hanging over them.
Those records" said he, should be
eNpunged from the records of the war
department They shall be expunged,
Will say that they must be expunged. The
people of this state have the utmost
confidence in your integrity and in your
loyalty. We did not wait until your re-