The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-31
UNCLE SANS BOYS
DETACHMENT OF FOURTEENTH M
EANTRY FROM SAN FRANCISCO
ARRIVES AT SMELLING
FINE LOOKING BODY OF MEN
Magnificent Appearance of Nearly
Five Hundred StaIwart Sol
diers Who Won Lau-
reIs in China.

Travel-worn and somewhat chilled by
change of climate the detachment of the
Fourteenth infantry, U. S. A., which has
recently been assigned to Fort Smelling,
! arrived in St. Paul shortly after O'Clock
| last evening, over the Northwestern
| road. Upon arriving at the union depot
the troops were transferred without de-
| lay to street cars which were in wait
| ing on the depot loop, and conveyed at
! once to the fort. This comamnd is the
! second battalion of the Fourteenth, con-
sisting of Companies Z, F, G, and IL, ana
comprises IA officers and 447 enlisted men.
| The present commanding officer is Lieut..
| Col William Quinton, Col Joselyn beng
| on leave The other officers are as fol-
lows: Mai. Eltonhead, Capts. Learnard,
| battalion adjutant; Frazier, battalion
commissary; Hasbrouck, and Weeks;
| Chaplain Groves, DR.. MusgroVe, ana
Lieuts. Gohn, BrambiIa, Regain, Dun
can, Major and Gregg. TIE regimentaf
band, which accompanies this battalion
| and is made up of enlisted men, is now
| reduced to 13 members, IA of their men,
| bers having taken advantage of the eX-
! piration of their time of enlistment ana
| left the service a short time before the
regiment left San Francisco. The First
battalion of the Fourteenth has been d.
| vided between Fort Porter at Buffalo,
|
| The appearance of the troops when
they arrived here last evening, even after
! a week of railroad travel under condl-
! lions not the most luxurious, was such
! as to detract in no particular from the
| high reputation of the regiment to which
! they belong and was entirely in Keeping
with the creditable service record which
accompanies it from China and the Phil
! irpines. No finer looking body of soldiers
| in
with but few exceptions, are young,
! clean cut, well set-up, active-looking fell
| lows, and as a body they are We'll
! groomed and entirely soldierly. they
wear the khaki uniform with the cam
paign hat, but the uniforms are well-kept
and neat.
MAKE SPLENDID IMPRESSION.
| Neatness and discipline appear to be
marked characteristics of the Fourteenth
as they were seen last evening during
the few moments that they remained at
! the depot Immediately upon the arrival
| of the train Decentralization was begun
and without the least unnecessary hustle
and confusion the cars were emptied and
| the troops were formed in the road, be-
tween the depot and the freight houses,
in light marching order Quite few
| friends of members OF the command were
/ on hand to greet them but their oppor>
| tunities for visiting were brief, and they
were compelled to give way to military
discipline. Roll call of each company
was taken and the order to march was
! then given. Without impeding the usual
/ traffic at the depot, the troops were
marched to Third street, and sWacouta
street, near Third where eight trains of
two cars each were waiting on the street
! railway loop. With much less fuss. than
| is frequently seen at the corner OF
| Seventh and Wabasha streets in loading
one car the entire AGO members of the
| command were embarked in the cars and,
! within thirty minutes after the train
| pulled into the depot; were on their way
to Fort Smelling.
QUINTON HERE IN SOS.
Col. Quinton, who was seen by a rep
resentative of the Gle for a few
minutes at the depot, said that the trip
from San Francisco had been q pleasant
one and that in the entire command there
were only two men on the sick list
Il know quite a few people in your
city," remarked the colonel "for 1 was
stationed here once. before with the Sew
enth infantry. l was mere from 10 to 81
| and I like Fort Smelling and ST. Paul very
/ much. AS soon as l can get around 10
it I shall look up my old friends. The
last duty I performed at this post" add
! ed the colonel with q laugh, was as OF
fcer of the guard. 1 was first lieutenant
| then.
Pointing to two flags in oilcloth cases,
the colonel said: There are the colors
that waved above the wall of Pekin. If
you will visit us at the fort we will show
! them to you"
HAS FINE RECORD.
| The Fourteenth won an enviable record
! for service in China. 1t was the second
regiment sent there from Manila and
was the first to scale the Pekin wall.
! Throughout the fighting done by the al
! lied troops this regiment played prom
inent part. From China the Fourteenth
returned to Manila and last November
was ordered to San Francisco. from
| which place it las just been transferred
! to Fort Smelling.
Tonight Col Ray, who has been in
command at Fort Smelling. will leave
| over the n. P. road for Fort Harrison,
Mont, where his regiment, the Eighth
| is now stationed. He VIII be accom-
panied by Company C, of the Eighth
! which is now at Smelling, and about 1W
| recruits gust arrived from the station at
Columbus, Ohio. The ohcr officers of the
Eighth who will go to Harrison with
Col Ray are Capt. Knudson, Lieut.
Janda and DR.. Bradley.