The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26
BUTTE'S BRAVE BOYS
Everybody 1t Appears Wants q Crack
at John Bull.
NO TROUBLE TO GET MEN
All OF the Old Veterans Are Ready
to Shoulder Arms In Defense
Of the Monroe Doctrine and
Grover Cleveland.
NO TROUBLE TO GET MEN

According to present indications
Governor Richards did not overesti-
mate the truth at all when he tele-
graphed a Chicago paper that Mon
tana could and would furnish 800 SOL
diers within "a hours and 5000 on 30
days notice. Montana could undoubt-
eddy furnish much more than 900 on
"a hours notice, for Butte alone calcu-
lates to put that number forward on
the drop of the hat.
The Irish National alliance held q
meeting in Hibernia hall on Monday
evening at which resolutions were
passed endorsing the presidents poll
cy in UNFOLDING the Monroe doctrine.
Furthermore a volunteer list was open
ed for all who wished to be ready at
the call of the president, and more than
800 signed the roll. That is one half of
the governors 600 already. and only
one of the various organizations heard
from. Resolutions of endorsement
have also been passed by the Junior
Order of American mechanics and the
colored lodge of the A. p. AS. and
both organizations pledge themselves
to fight for the Monroe doctrine IL a
fight Is necessary to uphold it. There
are many other national societies in
Butte. including the Christoforo Col
ombo society, the Krieger Verein. the
Sons of st. George, the Canadian In
stitute. the Scandinavian society. etc.
and probably all of these will pass res
olutions UNFOLDING the American doc
trine. If all of them volunteer in as
large numbers as the Irish National
alliance, Butte's quota alone will reach
several thousands.
Col. ]. d. jerks has proffered his
services. He has written to his old
dAx- Gax.
governor of Iowa, asking for any po-
sition he might choose to give him in
case of a war. The colonel would In
some respects prefer to fight with Mon
tana's regiment, but he Is acquainted
with the old Iowa soldiers and fought
from that section during the civil war
and would like to enlist from there
again.
1T scarcely think there will be war;"
said the colonel. but IL 1t is necessary
to fight to uphold the Monroe doctrine
then we must fight. The United States
was ready to go to war for the Mon
roe doctrine just as soon as the civil
war was over. The regiment of which
i was a member was one of those that
was sent to the Mexican border in
1865 ready to stop the aggressions of
the French under Maximillian in Next
co. We didn't have to go beyond the
border as the Mexicans themselves
disposed of MAMMALIAN about that
time. Some of the old confederate
regiments are ready and anxious to
march with us to Mexico to uphold
the Monroe doctrine"
1t is generally expected that Gen.
c. F. Lloyd would have the command
of the first regiment that might be
sent to the front from Montana. Gen.
eral Lloyd's long service in the reg
ular army and the, respect in which
he is held by militia and citizens gen.
orally prominently fit him for the po-
sition. Colonel Kessler is now In Ber-
lin and while he has cabled that he
will return in case of war 1t is under
stood that Colonel Kessler is not in
good health at present
officer w. Z. Grant, the policeman
who captured two footpads single
handed, was a regular soldier for a
number of years and is understood to
be planning the enlistment of a volun-
teer colored company as soon as hos
tilities begin.
Major ]. E. Dawson has just re-
turned from his old home in Canada.
There is no war talk to speak of
over there" said the major. THE peo-
pie of Canada don't want war and
don't expect 1t. They seem to think
all the talk in the United States is
political party talk and won't amount
to anything. In New York city there
was considerable excitement and there
was war talk everywhere"