The Dickinson press., 1899-09-09
What the Mon sr.

What the Men Sax.
Aspecial from Frisco says: Lieut..Col.
Treuman, the commander of the repi.
ment, was a hard man to interview, as he
looked longing)y at his wife and child,
who were on a tug near the Grant.
"Who would not want to say something
nice about such a regiment as the North
Dakota?" he replied, in answer to the
question as to how he considered his men
had conducted themselves. 81 cannot
find fault with anyone" he continued.
1.-The men have behaved like soldiers all
through the long and trying campaign,
and you can tell The people of Dakota
and Minnesota that every man did his
duty. Everything went along smoothly.
We were very fortunate in the small
amount OF sickness, due to a large extent
to the great care the line officers and
physicians took with the men. Thew
looked after their health constantly, and
we are happy that we are coming out of
this trouble in suchgood shape physically.
w had less losses by sickness than
through casualties" said Capt. Moaet,
Bismarck. "rhe Philippine Islands are
not healthy for soldiers, but l do not n
slider it is an unhealthy country. Do you
hear the band playing "A Hot Timer
The Filipinos think that is our national
tune, and they play it constantly. Tell
the people OF Bismarck that l am proud
OF the men in Company A. am happy
to say that the health of the company is
good. For myself, l have never missed
one days duty since left here and was
considered an invalid for a long time.
1t cannot be such an unhealthy country
when a man can aythat about his health
1.-THE North Dakota regiment had the
lowest sick report of any regiment in the
islands all the time we were there" said
Maj. Pease, Wahpeton, the chief surgeon.
II will only except a week now and then
from that statement. The officers took
care OF the men and the men looked after
themselves fine. They seemed deter.
mined to preserve their health, and it is
almost remarkable when you conside,
what they have been through that the,
came out of it SO we'll. The sea voyage
has been a fine thing for them and while
there are a number who will have to &c
to the hospital their cases are not serious
Dysentery troubled our boys more thar
anything else. We had had two cases Of
smallpox but they recovered easily"
practically every man in Company H
gained from 10 to 20 pounds is the besi
news can send to the people of James
town." said Lieut.. Gruschus. I'VE have
had an experience that was trying a,
times, but we would not have missed il
tor anything and now that we are at home
again we are all happy. We con
graduate ourselves that so many of US
were permitted to return to the onl,
country on EARTH"
Company l are all gaining fesh," said
Lieut.. Slattery of Wahpeton. "We had
a very fine voyage home, though oil
course it was monotonous at times. The
men have not complained any that l know
OF, and believe that everyone was given
as good Accommodations as possible on
this ship. 1t is a grand old boat, and you
cannot say too much for the captain. !
believe that there were about thirty
North Dakota men who re-enlisted, but
we left only two commissioned officers
there. One is Lieut.. Smith, formerly
sergeant-major, who is a first lieutenant
in Bells regiment. Lieut. Hildreth has
received his discharge, but will remain
in that country for a time. There are
some privates who took discharges and
will tour Japan. l would not be sur
prised if part of the thirty l mentioned
had that in mind rather than ~re-enlist-
ment. 1t is hard to say just what the
Philippine situation is. 1t will take a
whole lot of men to end the trouble.
do not know that the situation is dis
couraging, but many of the men think
that the government possibly might have
hurried their departure for home more
than it did, and you will doubtless find
them rather sore on the Philippine ques-
ton"
"There is certainly nothing encour-
aging in the Philippine situation" said
Lieut.. Aspinwall. Wahpeton. 1.-THE men
are doubtful about the situation, and we
all think that the government has quite
a contract on its hands in subduing the
natives. The regiment had a marked
honor paid it when it left Manila. The
l4th infantry band escorted it to the
transport, which is something a band of
the regular army seldom does. The two
commands were in close touch with each
other much of the time and it speaks
for the work of the Dakota boys when
the regulars showed this mark of appre-
citation of their work."
"We had a fine time at Yokohama"
said Lieut.. Mclean, Co. A. 1--WE were
royalty entertained there and since we
have been on this ship there has been
nothing about which we could complain.
Cabt. Baker, OF the Grant, is a royal fell
low and l want the people of North Da-
kota to know that he took the best pos
sible care of us. 1t is a great boat, and
we did not have a case of s%easickness."
"We lost n man by death on the way
home," said Lieut.. Osborne, the adiutant
of the regiment. at was entirely un-
expected. He had spinal meningitis and
an abcess behind the ear. He was sick
but three days. His father is we'll known
in Dickinson and l presume will want
the body sent home Immediately. There
were II deaths all told, but no assertions
or d~ishonorable discharges. There was
very little need of a provost guard. The
men have been easyt to handle and every
one got along lovely with everyone else.
We have been in about forty engage
ments, some of them not important, of
course. The enlisted men have alwavs