The Saint Paul globe., 1899-12-07
Ell MODELO CIGARS.
bod for gold and silver Democrats.
REGULARS WANT JUSTICE.
Pointed Communication Called Out
by Tribune Criticisms.

Pointed Communication Called Out
by Tribune Criticisms.
The following communication from a
commissioned officer of the Third in
fantry now in Luzon is self-explanatory.
and especially cogent since the paper re-
ferred to has continued its attacks on
the regular troops:
The distressing news comes that four
men OF the Third regulars at Cebu were
ambushed by the natives and three of
the Americans killed. The regulars evil
IDENTIFY have not learned how to fight
natives and deal with them effectively
as the veteran volunteers have done, but
II their officers are dilligent they will
catch on in time. The natives unques-
tionably regard the substitution of the
rookey regulars for the experienced
volunteers as "a pudden" for them.
Ihe above paragraph, taken from the
Minneapolis Tribune of Aug. 81 IS very
amusing, no doubt, and If any of the vol
unteers should happen to see 1t. their
implied superiority over the regulars
would warm their hearts and perhaps in
duce some of them to subscribe; but, hap
PLY, the report Is entirely unfounded.
Ye editor should rejuvenate his knowl-
edge Of military nomenclature before he
again publishes anything pertaining to
military affairs. He spoke of the Third
/ regulars" as having lost three men
Now, there is Third infantry, the Third
cavalry and the Third artlilery, all of
which are regular regiments; which regi-
ment was supposed to have lost the men? /?
II matters little, since the three above
named regiments are, and have been since
their landing, on the island Of Luzon.
therefore, it is not possible for either of
them to have lost men at Cebu
1e editor patrontzingly remarks that If
our off1cers are dilligent we regulars will
catch on In time" Very kind of him.
f: 1t Is really encouraging to know that
IN time we rookie regulars" officered
oy men who have seen years of service
lighting Indians and Spaniards, NAV
know as much as green volunteer outfit
which has spent six months or less in the
held! 1t is natural and right that a Jour
nal should laud and exploit the doings Of
its state troops, but in order to do tI:is
1t Is not necessary for 1t to make. dispar-
aging remarks about the doings of an
other regiment of which it knows less
than nothing
In comparing volunteers with regulars
he again shows a woeful Ignorance of
military conditions. The volunteers made
great showing in Cuba, did they not?
That crack regiment, the Seventy-f1rst
New York, for instance. Some of them
did good work here and were given amnla
credit for it-they had to do the work
as there were but few regulars here then
We receive periodicals from nearly all
the states in the Union and the articles
read therein about the doings of the vol
unteers are, in general, a source Of
amusement to US, nothing more. We
know what they have DONE and what
they have failed to do. We are willing to
do the major portion of the work and see
others get all the glory because we are
regulars, but we don't like to have
fairy tales published to our discredit
A volunteer wishing to impress a
sweetheart CT friend with his bravery,
would write a lurid epistle filled with ac-
counts of heroic charges, pitched battles,
ETC., and gradually these stories found
their way into the papers, being accepted
as gospel truth. Then a cartoon would
appear representing a regiment or so of
frightened "Googoos' being chased by a
doughty volunteer with an impossible
Springfield. But they don't do it that
way over here, you know, and, strange
to relate, few indeed of these hand-to-
hand battles and daring charges were
reported officially
1t is edifying to learn that the natives
regard US as a "pudden'." Perhaps We
editor would have some difficulty in con-
Vincing those same natives that we are
so easy"
We are not very good sprinters. of a
have made the mistake of att9cking u.s.
some of them have escaped with compar-
ative ease.
The Third cavalry has but lately ar
rived at the island, but the Third infantry
and Third artillery have been in the game
right along and their records will bear
inspection We regulars have nothing to
say against the volunteers as a class
The Thirteenth Minnesota in particular
are as brave and accommodating set of
fellows as one might wish to meet-in
fine, gentlemen. 1t is not their fault that
twc-thirds of their time was spent doing
police duty in Manila While they were
in the 1eld they made a record for
bravery and effectiveness and it is not at
oil likely that one of them would indorse
such an article as the one in question.
We would advise the editor of the Min
neapolis Tribune to be sure of his ground
before he makes any more sighting re-
marks regarding the capability of any
regiment or regiments now in the Phil
ippines. If he wishes to give the volun-
teers puff let him do so in manner
which viii not leave him open to honest
criticism.
"A Member Of the Third Regulars
(Who cannot consistently be called a
"rookie'O.