The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31


That Kept Them From the Front
Does Now, Exist.
Adjt. Gen.44a,nbert yesterday issued
general order calling for the reorganiza-
ton of the oldsFirst regiment N. C. s. M,
late the Thirteenth Minnesota-vo volunteers.
Contrary to expectations the. adtutant
general Instead of revokng the, leave of
absence graft sdS at the time the regiment
was mustered into the service, outlines
an organization of a different basis cal
culated to make the regiment as much
of a Thirteenltth regiment .orga pization as
possible
In compliance with the order All provis-
feral recruits, those enlisted 1ats Camp
Ramsey and San Francisco, will be dis
charged with the privilege Of Immediately
re-enlisting If they<se desire. The part of
the order that threatens to meet with
serious opposition from certain quarters,
Is that which provides that all old men,
bcrs OF the regiment who did not respond
to the call to arms In 1898 be Immediately
discharged unless sufficient excuse is
given and assurance given that the same
causes which prevented them from ans
wering the call then does not exist now
o.
the order yesterday, ST these men can
not prove that the same cause does not
exist now, they are Of little value to the
national guard, as they could not answer
another call If 1t came The national
guard Is maintained by the state for it's
protection. and If its members cannot re-
spond to call, they are of little use for
national guard purposes. One of the
reasons l did not revoke the leave of alb
nj Inc I,of
order would Immediately. transfer the
Fourth regiment to the reserve forces,
and that would be unwarranted until 1t
is known definitely whether the old First
will report"
The .order requires ell company. com
TGanderS to report within ten days to the
regimental commander the names of all
those who did not go to war and then the
wedding out pfocess~of the stay-at-homes
VIII begin. The order in effect viii re-
duce the regiment from war footing of
lO6 men to the state militia basis of 76
men and nine companies. To make the
new or rather old organization as much
OF Thirteenth regiment affair the order
says that a majority of each company
shall be composed of honorably dis
charged soldiers Of the Thirteenth Min
nesota: OF - necessity If this is
found impcactfcabIe later order
III be issued calling for enlist
ment of other recruits than those
specified. " Following this petition will
be presented to the adjutant, general by
ali the old members of the regiment that
the indefinite leave of absence granted
when the regiment enlisted for the Span
ish-Alnerican4 war. be, revoked. Y-4
1t Is understood that the order, while
not being. Specially satisfactory to those
who did not or were hot able to answer
the call, the basis Of organization pro-
posed Will please the greatest number of
men and tend to perpetuate the old Thir-
teenth regiment organization If the pro-
posed plan is successful, the Fourth reg
fment will be retired as a reserve, with
a. posslb1lity that one, and perhaps two
companies will be mustered into the old
First to complete the full nine companies;
The text Of the ,adjutant generals order
is as follows:
Headquarters National Guard. State of
minnesota! Adjutaht's Generals Office,
st. Paul, Dec. 80, 1S99.-Generaf Orders
no; 30: l. The organization and numer-
IcaI strength Of the First regiment of in
tanfry, M G: SIN, increased. Under the
PROVISIONS prov of section Is Of the Military
Code, will be reduced to the nIfYnber nre-
scrfbeds In sections Is, II and Is and all
provisional recruits enlisted pursuant To
General Orders No. s, A. G. O., series Of
1873, will be honorably discharged. Such
discharge, however, will be no bar to a,
new enlistment for the term, of three
years, to date from the time of proviso
1ona1 enlistments, provided the legal
stdPength OF .the company is not exceeded.
T. Company commanders will within
ten days, report for discharge to the ragt-
mental commander the names of oil mem
bers of the First infantry, in their re-
spond TO the call of the commander-in-
chief under General Orders No. 8, A. q.
o., series of 1885, and present themselves
for muster into the Minnesota volunteer
service n T3T1cr
Spain, unless such failure is Justified
upon grounds which are shown no longer
10 exist: A statement of the grounds re-
He'd on by the absentee TO excuse his dis
obedience OF the orders above nentiond
Will be made, in writing, in each case.
and delivered to the company commander
Tor transmission through channels to
q. After compliance with the foregoing
paTagrapns the companies of the First
infantry will be recruited up to their re-
CURED strength, subject to the. provis-
ions of General Orders Nos. z and ii. A
u. o., c. s., a majority In each COMPANY
TO be composed. Of honorabIy discharged
members of the Thirteenth regiment
Minnesota volunteer Infantry. ComnenV,
commanders will then prepare and for
ward to these Headquarters. through
proper channels. complete muster rolls
OF their respective commands. showing
the name and giving name in FIJI and
postoftice address of each officer and en-
listed man, the date Of his first enlist
Ai-CipC anu ldSI F6-en1lSIinenC and for what
term, whether present at the company
station and available for service or dis
charged under paragraphs one. and two
OF these orders, and such other inforTna-
ton as may be called for on blanks fur
n1shed for that purpose.
Ihey Will also transmit to these head
quarters, properly attested by indorse
ment thereon, joint application, ad-
dressed to the adjutant general and sign
ed by all the active members of their re-
specLlVe- companies, requesting that the
the commander-in-chief,t to the First reg
1ment of Infantry, N. G. S. M, while en-
gagged in the service Of the United States
during the war with Spain, be revoked.
4. AS soon as complete returns have
oeen received at regimentaI neadquar-
ters from all the companies Of the First
infantry, N. g.: s. NJ, as required, the
commanding officer thereof will forward
the same, properly Endorsed, through
gether with enlistment papers or refer
ence to transfer orders covering all gains
also the written statements of all 1nen
not discharged. pursuant to para granh
two Of these orders. The regimenfaI
commander will, before forwarding his
final report accompanying these returns.
from time to time, report the progress
made by the companies of his command
5. The brigade commander when for
warding the returns and report herein
required, will certify by Endorsement
thereon that he has examined the same.
and that they comply with all the nro-
visions of these orders.
By order Of the Commander-in-Ch Chief
George G. Lambert,
Adjutant General.