The Saint Paul globe., 1899-07-15
just What These VIII Be Were Not
Developed at the Meeting Yes
terday-WiI Obtain Definite Fig
ures About Transportation and
What Other Cities VIII DO-BOys
Expected to WhOOp 'Er Up.

in the G l o b Q Wednesday morning, in
which the governor suggested that ST.
Paul. being represented in the regiment
by four companies, arrangements could
probably be made by which transporta-
ton could be furnished the st. Paul COM
panies from San Francisco after the boys
had been mustered out. Similar letters
were also sent by the governor to the
executives of the cities Of Minneapolis,
Saltwater, Red Wing and st. Cloud, from
each of which cities companies were
raised when the regiment was mustered
in.
d. r. Noyes inquired how many mem
bers of the Thirteenth were to return
from the Philippines.
c. s.. Banker said according to the
latest reports from Gen. Otis there were
1.165 officers and men in the regiment, and
there was at present seven in San Fran
cisco, making a total of LIB who would
have to come back from San Francisco.
OF this number the st. Paul companies
had 319,-the Minneapolis companies 465,
the Red Wing company 100, the Saltwater
company 104 and the st. Cloud company
LOG.
In reply to questions to the cost of
bringing the regiment from San Fran
cisco to st. Paul, Mr. Bunker said he
had given the matter some attention,
and the cost would be about $40 each,
which would mean about $23,5OO.
DIVIDED AS TO CITIES.
Divided as to cities the cost would be
about $4,000 for st. Paul, $500 for Min
neapolis and $1,000 each for Red Wing,
st. Cloud and Saltwater.
Continuing Mr.. Bunker said each pri-
70 y
mustered out at San Francisco, which
would include $SS.56 as travel pay, $40
for clothing account and $46 pay for three
months, one month being for the time
between departure from Manila and ar
rival at San Francisco, one months pay
for the time it took to muster out and an
additional month which the governments
allowed volunteers when mustered out.
The regiment, as whole, would draw
about S1S0,000.
D. R. Noyes suggested that the first
thing to do was to see the railroad COM
panies and ascertain the cost of bringing
the men home. If the government paid
each private $50 travel Pay and it cost
but 500 he did not see why the cities
should pay for bringing them home. It
would, he thought, be better to give them
a grand welcome care for the sick and
contribute to a fund for them while out
of work than to spend money in securing
free transportation to ST. Paul. The bust
ness men of the city, he said, were bur-
dened just at present, and he had hardly
been able to turn to his desk during the
day, owing to persons calling and re
questing contributions for this and that
purpose.
Mayor Kiefer stated that it was the be-
lief that II the fare of the soldiers was
paid from San Francisco to st. Paul the
regiment would come home in a body
md fhn If~iTl of tTST1 1GT1nT a inr
would be an inducements for them to all
come home together. He read a commu-
nication from Thomas Cochran, In which
that gentleman suggested that Gov. Lind
cable the officers of the regiment at
Manila to have the pay rolls and muster
out rolls made during the voyage from
Manila and thus
SAVE TIME AND DELAY
at San Francisco. Another suggestion Of
Mr.. Cochran was to have Gen. Corbin is
sue orders to have the regiment paid on
the cars after leaving San Francisco, or
to make the vouchers payable In ST. Paul
Mayor Kiefer favored the suggestions
made by Mr.. Cochran. If it was possible
to make out the pay rolls on the boat
and get an order for the regiment to be
paid on the train or at st. Paul the city
could we'll afford to pay for the train.
J. E. Meyers said, leaving sentiment
out OF the question:, was q SOOO DuS1-
rcc5 proposition to have the regiment
brought back in body If this was not
done the chances were that the boys
would spend their money and drift back
broke the cities could easily afford 70
spend 70 per cent of what the regiment
would get in order to land the men in
the state and have them spend the money
here. 1t was a good business PROPOSE
ton, good advertisement for the state.
far
would be just the thing to have a grand
review of the regiment in the Twin
Cities.
Mr.. Bunker informed the committee
that it would take twenty-five days to
muster the regiment out at San Fran
cisco, and during that time the men
would have to remain in camp.
Henry Hazenwinkle declared "we must
see that the boys are not paid in San
Francisco" His son, a member of the
regiment, had written that the bows in
tended to paint the town red when they
arrived there. at is,' he said, "the dutv
Of us all to prevent the regiment being
paid in San Francisco"
Mr.. Gregg thought it very doubtful fe
the plan to have the regiment come home
in a body would be successful The Gre
gon regiment, he noticed, had refused
to accept free train from San Fran
cisco and go home to Portland and De
mustered out. The governor of Oregon
had visited San Francisco and a grand
demonstration had been planned, but
the regiment refused to agree to This
and decided to be mustered out at San
Francisco He thought it a question if
the Thirteenth could be held In San
Francisco, and if an attempt was made
to dictate and say they shall not be paid
until they reached st. Paul the whole
regiment would be up IN arms If the
thing was done there would have to be
considerable diplomacy used.
Mr.. Hazenwinkle thought the question
was Can we get then home with their
money in their pockets?"
BEYOND MANS POWER.
Mr.. Noyes answered this by saving
that, in his opinion, nothing short of the
direction of God Almighty could do this
He did not believe in Withholding the
money from the boys until they reach
ed st. Paul. They would all kick at this
and it would make trouble. Even with
free train, after the regiment was mus
tered out, he was afraid not mora Ihan
half the men would take advantage of
the opportunity. After being under
strict discipline for over a year the men
would feel like being free and having
their freedom for a while.
Mr.. Gregg thought the regiment should
come over the Great Northern road il
possible. President Hill had given the
regiment fund $500, and it was nothing
more than proper if it could be arranged
to have the regiment come back over
thatGoad.
Mr.. Noyes said the first thing to be
done was to go to the railroad companies
and see what the lowest possible rate
would be from San Francisco to st. Paul
with a fifst-class train
committee of three, with Mr.. Gregg