The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-24
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With a flag, with Company A, Thirteenth
| Minnesota and the firing squad. The po-
lice cannot find anything to throw light
on his death. 1t is supposed he was as
saulted and robbed by water front thugs.
The Wyoming battalion was mustered
| out this afternoon, after receiving pay
for three months and the travel ration
and clothing allowance. The men slept
in the city tonight and will go home to-
morrow individually. The state promises
{ TO refund the money to them after they
! get home.
Fitzgerald says all the sick in the Thir-
teenth Minnesota hospital are doing we'll.
! Any unable to travel with the regiment
! in the tourist cars will be taken in a
| special with the nurses and doctors
| The officers of the Minnesota regiment
are working hard on the discharge pa
pers. Those for some Of the companies
are finished
| The Valencia, with the remaining port
| of the Montana regiment, is expected late
| tonight.
The North Dakota regiment will be
mustered out on Monday
The companies of the First Montana
volunteers, which arrived yesterday on
the Zealandia, debarked at $50 this
morning While they We're yet en- board
the ladies of the Montana delegation had
sent large quantity of flowers on board,
| and as each man came down the gang
plank, a bright bouquet was protruding
| from the nluzze of his rife The Third
artillery, acting as infantry again acted
! as escort, and led the procession through
Market street, which was densely packed
1Ey-i h N-11.N
ment of artillery came the field and staff
officers Of the regiment, preceded by Gov.
/ Smith on horseback. Company A. Thir-
! teenth Minnesota, also acted as escort,
] its place in the line being next to the
| MOntanans
cheer rose all along the densely pack
cd streets as the men came in sight
headed by their band. They wore their
yellow khaki uniforms AMI marched like
! the veterans they are. they We're given a
! tremendous ovation. After them came the
caHnons of the Third artillery, drawn by
black horses, and these were followed
/ b. troops of cavalry.
The men reached the PIcsidio at noon.
/ Minnesota and South Dakota gave din
ner 20 the Montenans at the comp. Mon
tetna occupies the camp next to Mime
Sofa, just vacated by the First Caiifor-
/ MIA.
CHEERS EXCHANGED.
At the same hour the Montana men
| left the wharf, one of the new volunteer
regiments started from the Preside to
march to the transport Sherman to start
fer the Philippines. Thousands of people
were lined on broad Market street TO
| cheer for Montana. Suddenly the sound
/ OF martial music came from the opposite
direction, and every one saw the new
| regiment coming down the street, while
| from the other direction the MOntanas
! with their escort came along AS the
regiments passed each other discipline
was cast to the winds, and the returning
soldiers cheered the outgoing men, who
returned the compliment. People on the
sidewalks yelled wildly, women and chill
dren breaking the police ranks.
The Montana men threw the flowers
given them by the Red Cross ladies to the
departing soldiers, and as the battle-torn
rags OF Montana passed by the outgoing
soldiers all saluted, the same being done
by Montana and Minnesota and the reg
ulars escort to the new flags of the de-
parting regiment. San Francisco never
before witnessed such q sight as this
meeting of returning and departing regi-
ments.
The Thirteenth Minnesota regiment is
! now discussing the question of coming
home. 1t will travel in three sections.
The officers wives will return via the
IT
END saltwater companies will waive the
right to go to their own towns direct.
and will parade in the Twin Cities
On board the Zealandia were Albert
! Bobeter son of Col Bobleter, and Oscar
f. Gustafson. Third artillery, and an old
minneapolis man. Young Bobeter who
IS member Of the hospital corps. ca ger
~ asked about his father whom he ex
pected to see in San Francisco having
read OF his arrival in the papers He
was greatly disappointed when informed
that his father had returned with the gov
ernors staff. Bobleter came on the trans
port unexpectedly on sick leave. Gustaf-
son is on clutches, having a Filipino bull
let in his left foot. Two other Minneso-
tans left over by the regiment at Yoko-
hama are also on the transport
WAITING FOR DISCHARGE
To the people of this city and the mill
tary and civil authorities who have in
the past few months come in contact
with thousands of men in blue, 1t is
general expression of satisfaction that
the Thirteenth Minnesota regiment has
upheld the reputation it made when it
came to Camp Merritt last wear
Life at the Preside camp for the Thtr-
teenth consists of killing time, that is
as far as the enlisted men are CON
cerned. The officers and non-comrn' g
SAOA4Su iAlSlA are Justly engaged IN maxi
ing out the muster rolls and other re-
ports required by the war department
before the Thirteenth can leave the
service.
Col. Ames is not very strict with his
men. He does not require them to be
in camp all the time, and a furlough
can be had from him almost for fhe
asking, so that the men can visit some
of the famed resorts of California Many
of the soldiers do not sleep in, camp
preferring the comforts to be found in
the city's hotels and rooming houses
Nearly all the officers are domiced at
the hotels and are only required to he
in camp from 10 a. m. to p. m
To the credit of the enlisted men, it
can be said with pride that they have
so far not taken advantage of the kind
ness of Col Ames, and by that it Is
meant that they are not to be found at
night carousing in the many pitfalls
with which San Francisco alb unds
The Minnesota soldier is a we'll and
sensible fellow in every respect. and
though many of them came from the
small cities of the Northwest state their
experiences of the Philippine campo 'gn
have opened their eyes to the folly of
spending their money in rotous living,
which cannot be said of all the volun-
teer regiments which have come home
During the past few days. and especially
when the men of Minnesota received
their pay for August, the question was
frequently asked by the men how they
could send some of their money home
to relatives or friends
In many tents of the st. Paul com