The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-16

| Adjutant General Office, st. Paul, July
81, 1903.-General Orders No. 23-The
following. changes have taken place in the
military forces of the state since the pub
LEGATION of General Orders No Fl, A. q. O.,
| C. s., June 80, 1903:
| Resigned-Second Infantry-William P
Townsend: first lieutenant Co. B, dis
] charged July 80. Third Infantry-John
promoted May 26, 1903 to captain.
Retired-First Infantry-First Lieuten-
ant Frederick M. Catlin, judge advocate,
| July 6, 1903.
Cimmissioned-G Staff-Edmund
| III. Ozmun, of st. Paul, aid de-camp, with
| rank of colonel, Jan. 5, 1903 First In
fantry-!Edward S. Mellinger, of st. Paul.
judge advocate, with rank of first 1ieuten-
ant, July 6, 1903 vice Frederick M. Cat
! lin, retired Second Infantry-Peter John
| son Jr, of Austin. second lieutenant Co.
| promoted. Third Infantry-John Mckee
| Heffner, of Brainerd captain Co. F, May
| 26, 1908, vice William Nelson, resigned.
| corations-Faithful Service Medals
captain and chaplain, First brigade, June
| %, 1903. Faithful Service Medals Go
yearsl--Frank ]. Vogtli. Of st. Paul ,pri-
vate CO. G, First infantry, June 5, 1903
apolis, has been elected second leuten-
ant, vice Pratt, promoted to first. The
vacancy was caused by the resignation of
| Lieut.. J. c. Strachan Sergt Luce is
| very popular in the company as the vote
showed
The engineer company will hold a
| cessor to Capt. M. 3. r. Tolty.
General Service and Staff College.
Lieut.. w. H. Johnson, first lieutenant
! Eighth United States infantry, and who
| served with the Thirteenth Minnesota
volunteers. as first lieutenant Of Co. F, is
staff college at Fort Leavenworth. Kan,
and in recent letter states that in all
| probability Capt. A. W. Bjornstad and
Lieut.. w. A. Carleton both old members
| of the Thirteenth and now in the Phil
| ippines, will attend that college next year.
| In referring to the college Lieut.. Johnson
| says 1t is fine place for a young officer
| who has not been through West Point
real work and no play. He says:
| "Our first term. from September to
| Christmas. was put in learning theory in
| both the engineering and tactics depart
ment and this time we have had law or
ganization and tactics, army regulations
! and extended work in the field in both
tactics and field engineering. Our most
! trying subject was topography and the
midnight OIL burned freely while we
| were having that pounded into our heads.
I'm the part two weeks we have been
busy with patroling Can old Thir-
| field engineering. In this it is a case of
work We have shelter trenches dying
kneeling, standing), loopholes (head
log, sod and sand bag). obstacles (abatis
low wire, HIGH VIE, pdllSduSS, OlCJ, anu
we have to build all these ourselves.
There are no soldiers detailed to do it for
US. Once these things are made, how
ever, you may be sure we understand how
it's done and it will always be remem
| bered.
Before the end of the term we are to
build treStle spar and pontoon bridges,
and so we have had an extended lesson or
two in the use of cordage and spars.
Lieut.. Johnson's regiment is now To-
Gated at Fort Columbus, New York, and
he is very anxious to join his regiment.
In his last examination out of class of
! ninety-four he stood thirty.
Brigade Consolidated Report.
The consolidated brigade report, show
| ing the attendance at drill for July, gives
| first place to Capt. Rensbergers COM
| pany F, of the Second regiment. at Roch
lester. The percentages are very small
| but this can be accounted for by reason
| that many of the companies take couple
of months rest after camp and the boys
! are not very ambitious to drill for awhile