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
Pay for Each Grade of Officers,
Non-COmmissiOned officers and
Enlisted Men-The Amount Much
pated-Think Otis VIII Retire.

pated-Think Otis Will Retire.
With the multiplicity of statements
| made by the war department to state or
| ficials and interested individuals, the rel
| atives and friends Of 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 were month ago.
Many are the inquiries received from par
ents majority Of which show that only
the Vaguest 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 1t 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 Thir-
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-
rartment state that the transport Sher-
idan, on which the MinnesOtans are to
return, lis 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 moro days must elapse before she
can be coaIed for the return trip. Then
it will require two or three days to load
he MT ha o,ca
rate the Sheridan, which is one of the
best transports the government has in
the Philippine service, will hardly set
sail for home 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 geEer-
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 1900 officers and men who
set sail on the City of Para and went
later as recruits, but 1,1C5 will return, ac-
cording to the latest reports received
from Adjt. Gen Corkin. The deaths in
battle and from disease and the dis
charges granted, permitted promotions
and necessitated changes in the muster
roll of the regiment. All this and the ne
cesslty for great care in making I'D a
record TO stand for pension cases will
call for the greatest accuracy on the mart
OF the mastering ort officers The men
III most cases are worn after their hard
service and will be given the fairest
puySle5t! examination. This will require
hlucn time, and cannot In any way be
avoided Army officers In St Paul es
innate that tC 90 this properly Will re-
Iulre not less than twenty-five DAYS and
possibly a month.
Inc above information IS the concensus
Oh opinion OF most of the army men in
81. aul- who could be consulted and
n ay be considered as a basis for , on1.
pIans row being made for the recention
VI CAe regiment upon it's return Com
n!ttee8 from st. Paul, MinneanoIis
otlIlWdter and Red Wing are thorougl1Iv
pCsted as to the situation and are for
i1IuIa iIg their plans accordingly. The
"e'aiis' OF course, remain to be arranged
WHAT THEY WILL RECEIVE
IN this connection it may be interestipo
to know something of the ren,nnar 80 t tilrs
n'aoe by the government to the Mime
S Sola regiment and a table prepared bv
zen. =. 5. Bunker shows a computa+io1,
OF travel pay for each grade of officer
Io o1r-tfc , officer and enlisted
aista, ION IS san francisco to st. Paul. The
Instance by the shortest route is Q leo
miles, and equal to Jos days. accordi,a a'l %
government 81 sor allowance. The figures sI'' are
1 lon nf alto. of travel pay for each
and eniiSt Ul5iceI, hon-commissioned officer
81 DI Oeu man from San Francisco to
, nj; Paul: Distance shortest route > f fS
mics, equal to los days, accordin,o 10y 10