The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-29

NEWS OF THE GUARD
Hopeful View Taken of the Status
Of the Appropriation Before
the Legislature.
Quarterly Inspection in the First
Jail Sentence and Discharge
for Drill shirker.
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special TO Vne JOurnAl. .
Lake CITY, Mimi, Jan. 29.-Legislation
for the national guard is progressing very
nicely The bill, has been recommended
to pass by the house committee on mill
tary affairs. and has gone to the appro-
.priation committee. General, Libbey has
received figures from several states, which
show that Minnesota stands very low IN
the list. Massa chusetts, with $3.50 te-
ceives $330,26S annually; little Rhode
Island, with 1880 troops, receives $685.
$50 more than Minnesota will have
for it's 2,400 men, If the appropriation
asked for is allowed; Connecticut, with
1881 men, gets $4,000, and Wisconsin
$125,OO0. Minnesota receives $5o,500 an
nually, and asks for $65, 500. . 49, /; 81
The dates Of quarterly inspection in the
First regiment have been set as follows:
Company A. Minneapolis. Feb. 49,; Com
pany B, Minneapolis, Feb. II; Company
c, st. Paul, Feb. 16; Company D, st. Paul.
Feb. 10; Company e, st. Paul, Feb: II;
Company r, Minneapolis Feb. 20; Com
pany G, Red Wing, Feb. II; Company I,
Minneapolis, Feb. 1S; Company K, Still
water, Feb 10. The battalions will be
inspected by the respective majors.
Major Seebach now has Companies F, G
and K; Major G. r. Spear, Companies G,
D and E; and Major Corrfston, Com
panies A, B and I.
First to Serve jail Sentence.
A member of Company E, First regi-
ment. St. Paul, was the first to serve q
sentence in the county Jail as the result
of a finding by court martial. He was
tried for non attendance at. drill and f1ned
50, and on refusal to pay was committed
to Jail by the sheriff of Ramsey county
where he served ~ days-the military
code STIMULATING that one day shall be
served for each 81 fine. He was also dis.
honorably discharged. A dfshonorable
discharge can only be given on conviction
by court-martial, and it then disbars the
delinquent from ever holding military
office In the state, and also prohibits him
from entering an armory or visiting {
military camp.
Lieutenant A. B. Coke, Eighth United
States cavalry, recently visited st. Pau
on leave, having been transferred from
Fort Riley, Kan, to Jefferson barracks
Missouri. He is an old Minnesota
guardsman, and served with the Four
teenth Minnesota volunteers as regi
mental quarternaster. He now rank
twenty three in the list Of second lieu
tenants of cavalry. and will soon receiv,
his promotion to first. :>:5
Minnesota boys serving as officers II
! the regular army are getting well along il
| line. Captain w. K. Naylor, Merriam
Park, and Captain William Bjornstad
| who served captain of Company K
! Thirteenth Minnesota volunteers, are s
and 81, respectively, in the ranks Of frs
lieutenants Of infantry; Captain E. Hug
| Cooke. once commanding Company G
| Third regiment, Duluth, is 165 in the sam
| list; w. A. Carleton who commando
| Company F, Thirteenth Minnesota volun
| teers, has recently been promoted to frs
lieutenant and ranks sS6 in the list. Lieu
tenant Perrin L. Smith Of Winona,; bat
! TALON adjutant of the Second regiment
| is 365 in the list Of first lieutenants; Lieu
| tenant Reuben Smith, Company G, Thir
| regiment. Of Duluth, stands 351 in line
These men received commissions in tn
regular army from the Minnesota volur
i teer regiments. ....@%
i designations and Appointments.
Captain Conrad, Company Ell, S
Paul, has resigned, and the company
now commanded by Lieutenant j.
Snow, who will undoubtedly be electe
| captain. -.
Captain Roy G.. Staples, Company X
} Saltwater, has been appointed deputy c
Inspector for Washington county.
Commissions on the governors sta
have been issued to c.. j.. Montfort,
Paul, as commissary general; Rev. J.
Montgomery Minneapolis, schaplat
with rank of COLONEL Colonel Gusta
Widdell, OF Mankato, has been promote
A to inspector general, and Colonel Charl
D. West, of Austin, has been commi
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