The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-13
the third will be the placing in position
Of the soldiers monument, across Sew
enteenth avenue Sc from the armory.
Mine Who Died.

$685.. Nine VINO Died. = : l. II
While the university soldiers monu-
ment is to be dedicated to all the stu
dents of the university who served in
the Spanish war, it will be in the ma
tures Of memorial to nine Of -. the
young soldiers who died either as the
result Of wounds or as the result Of sex-.
posure2 during the war. Of this mum
Der three were students when they en-
listed, the other six being alumni and
former. students. 49, ..,s.., <e7- =.
When war was declared many Of the
students who were members of the First
Minnesota militia regiment 5gvolun-
teered for service and became members
of the Thirteenth Minnesota. In Co.
B alone thirty-fve students and FORMER
students were enrolled and this COM
pany contained more Minnesota uni
versity men than any other in the SER
regiment numbered on its roster one or
more of the men whose names are en-
graved on the tablets to be placed on
the armory walls. r. nv
*s s'S Where Students Served. @
q. IN the Twelfth, Fourteenth, and Fiji
teenth Minnesota regiments there was
also a generous sprinkling Of uni
versity students, while the rolls of other
volunteer and" regular army regiments
and the: navy rolls show ffty-seven
former students enlisted.
Three Of the young men who enlisted
in Co. A Of the Thirteenth died in the
service in the Philippine islands. They
were C. E. Payson Colwell, Harry L..
Currier and Sidney Pratt.
G. E. Payson Colwell was a Junior
in the classical course at the university
when he enlisted. His home was in
Minneapolis and he was one Of the most
popular men in the university. He died
In Manila, while hostilities were at
their height, and his body was brought
family home.
Harry L. Currier was also Junior
at the university when the war broke
out. He was enrolled in the mining
school and he became a corporal in Co.
A before he succumbed to a fever in
Manila. His home was in River Falls,
Wis.
Sidney Pratt was probably the best
known in Minneapolis of the university
men who gave up their lives in the war.
He had attended the university for two
course at the outbreak of the war. His
home was in Minneapolis and he died
In Manila. 's ss%
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In Co. M Of the Fifteenth regiment
Were two former students Of the: uni
versity, O.. II. Rask and Fred G. O,
Smith. Both Of these men, the sole
representatives of the Minnesota insti-
tuition on the company's roster, died in
l7the service. sfs s,s i.
Fred G. o. Smith was "a: freshman In
the literary course at the university and
one of the youngest men in his com.
| panY. His home was in 7Pipestone and
he went south with his regiment. He
was taken sick in camp at Chicamauga
and never recovered, dying In a Min;
Ineapolis hospital after he, had been sent
Ehome on sick leave.
10. III. Rask entered the army as 8
lieutenant in Co. M, Fifteenth Mime.
sofa, but afterward accepted q commits
sion in the marines and ranked as 8
result Of privations, in Bacoor, Phil
! ippine islands. He was the only one
Of the Minnesota contingent whose body
was not brought home for burial an6
every year on May 80 a United State.
flag and Minnesota pennant, sent BY
Professor Haynes, decorate his grave II
the Philippines.
l. George II. Edwards Of Menominie
WIS, a former student of the univer
Efantry and served with his regiment
during the campaign in Porto Rico. SHe
became quartermaster sergeant, but
died in Coama, Porto Rico, the victim
asOf fever. =
One Graduate Dies.
[ Only one Minnesota graduate, August
F!oss, a corporal in the Second Nebras.
ka volunteers, died in the service. Foss
was graduate Of 1897 in the engineer.
ing department., and had hardly started
in his profession when call for vol
Eunteers came and he enrolled himself
| with the. Nebraskans. His home was Il
aEsRus hf ford Mimi and he dad In cCaAf IN