Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-05-08
n. D. TROOPS.
Senator Hansbrough Pays "A Fine
Tribute to Them in the Session Of
the U. S. Senate.
Shows a Different Status Of Affairs than
that Reported BY Senator
Pettigrew.

ing his attack on the administration
for failing to send nome the First
South Dakota volunteers because con-
ditions were such3that the troops could
not be spared, Senator H~ansbrough
made a brief statement Of the feelings
Of the North Dakotans with regard to
this same matter and one that reflects
great credit and will be pleasing to all
of the members of the North Dakota
regiment. Senator Hansbrough said:
| assume, Mr.. President, that the
two regiments made up of ABOUT
the same kind Of material, the same
class of people. The men who COM
posed the North Dakota regiment came
from the shops and the stores and the
farms. I had the honor to be on a
committee that went from my state to
San Francisco to meet the North Da-
kota regiment when it returned from
Manila, and I remained there for two
weeks, assisting in any way that i
could to arrange for their ~transporta-
ton home. I talked with a great
many members of that regiment, and I
do not recall hearing a single COM
plant from any of them in regard to
their treatment, o did I hear of any
regret from any of them over the fact
that they had gone to the Philippines
in the service of their government.
The service of the North Dakota
regiment was equally remarkable with
the service Of the South Dakota. regd-
mont Err r rom nrnhor 4 40 NV 49, 81
onel OF our regiment relate an incident
of that service which it seems to me is
very c~reditable, and which I shall re-
fer to here. When Captain Young, 1
think it was, from the state of Utah,
applied to General Lawton for the priv
ilege Of organizing a company of
scouts, he requested that he be per-
mitted to select his men from the
North Dakota regiment. General
Lawton replied to him that that would
not do, as it might cause some jealousy
among the members Of other regi-
ments. The scouts were organized,
however, and IS out Of the % were
North DakOtans. | do not refer to
this by way of disparagement with re-
spect to any other regiment in the
Philippines. I understand and believe
they all served with distinction and
bravery. :
The state of North Dakota paid the
expenses of transportation for our
troops from San Francisco home. The
citizens put their hands into their
pockets and raised some $4,000 for
that purpose; and, as 1 have said, Mr..
President, / have never heard from the
mouth of any member of the North
Dakota regiment a single complaint
Or a single regret that they were in
the Philippine service.
Y The discussion of political questions
was not allowed, was not tolerated, in
the camp, as I am advised. At San
Francisco, when our committee, con-
sisting of the two senator's, the mem
Der of the house of representatives, and
several state officers, arrived there,
we observed that some of the troops
showed no little feeling over the fact,
Indicating that they were not pleased
with the presence there of men who
were engaged in politics, or that we
should have gone there to meet, them.
and thus subject them to the suspicion
that political influences were at work.
So much for the patriotic spirit of
those volunteers.
Mr.. President the North Dakota
regiment was composed of democrats
and populists as well as republicans.
On their return home I was at several
receptions which were given to those
troops; and recall that Major Frame,
n of the officers of the regiment,
made a speech at one of the receptions.
Major Frame vas a democrat. In the
speech that he made at this meeting he
Endorsed the action of the administra-
tion with respect to the conduct Of the
war, and said that even if he had the
work to do over again he would be
found in the ranks on his way to the
Philippines as before.
Mr.. President, I think it is due that
l should make this statement in behalf
of the regiment from North Dakota by
way Of contrast with what has been
said here in regard to the South Dakota
volunteers, because, I have yet to hear
OF a single complaint against the gov
eminent or against the treatment OF
our North Dakota volunteers while
they were in the Philippines in the
service of their country. Il
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