The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-08

A STRICT EXAMINATION
The Troop Will Probably Be Mus
tered Here and Then Procsed to
Chickamauga-Good Horses
Should Be Selected.


flee to a successor appointed to MI his
place during his absence and Is de-
voting his entire attention to prepar-
ing his troop for muster. With the
constant rush of applicants for men,
bership i'm the troop and the attention
he Is required to give the innumerable
details of a hurried preparation, his
hands arc full. but he is proving equal
to the emergency and will present the
mastering officer as fin a troop of
men and horses as Colonel Grigsby
will have in his regiment. Captain
Stivers wired Colonel Grigsby yester-
day inquiring as to the number of men
he will be allowed i'm his troop and re-
ceived a reply that his troop would
consist of "a men, exclusive of COM
missioned officers. BY this il will be
seen the troop Is not to have the
maximum quota of a cavalry troop,
which is SO officers and men. Captain
Stivers now has on his roll lis men,
from among whom he will select his
q men when II comes to making up
his muster roll. He proposes to have
every man examined by a physician
and will drop all who do not come up
to the physical requirements. After
that he will select his men for the
muster roll for their ability to ride and
their efficiency at drill, and when he
presents his roll to the mastering ON
Ger he does not expect to have a man
turned down.
1t is thought the troop will be mus
tered here, as IL Is thought the mus
tering officer will be ordered to pro-
coed TO the points where troops are be-
ing raised to inspect men and horses
to avoid taking men and horses to
s.nrnc uiynn niana and RIM a chance nf
having to send some of them back. 1t
Is likely the troop, as soon as mus
tered. will proceed direct to Chicka-
manga, as IL Is believed that will be
designated as the point of rendezvous.
Information on these points came to
Captain Stivers yesterday i'm a tele-
gram from a prominent Washington
official. who has interested himself in
the Butte troop. The telegram read:
1T Is likely Lieutenant Ahern will
he detailed to muster in Montana cav
airy troops. Have requested that
board of inspection be directed to go
direct to Missoula. Butte, Billings and
Miles City to examine and accept
horses of troops instead of requiring
them to rendezvous at some common
points for this purpose. Such horses
as are accepted will be paid for by
the government, the price to be fixed
by the governments agents. Horses
Snoulu weigh IRON. ?EJ 10 l,UtJ DouDuS.
and be from 4 toAS years old. should
have good legs and feet and be sound I'm
every way and about Is one inch
high. II horses are inspected at Butte.
there should be extra horses to fill
places of those rejected. All other
equipments. including uniforms, will
be supplied by the government at the
point where the regiment will be or
dered to rendezvous. which IL is now
understood. will be Chickamauga.
Official orders touching all these de-
tails will soon be issued. Good horses
should be selected. such as will pass
inspection. and he troop should per-
feet itself as rapidly as possible i'm all
details. as orders to move are likely to
issue very soon
Captain Stivers hopes to uniform his
men before leaving. and to that end
wired Colonel Grigsby yesterday. ask
ing him to ascertain II the uniforms
left by the regular troops I'm the forts
of the state could not be issued to
his troop. The matter was turned
over to the Montana senators to make
the request. There is no means OF
telling just when the troop will be
mustered in, but ii is not believed 1t
will be later than a week or 10 days
from now. as the cavalry Is wanted for
| special service and will doubtless be
used as soon as the regiments can be
made ready for duty. According to the
progress Captain 6tivers' men have
made thus far in learning tactics, 1t
ought not to be long before his troop
is ready. They are an unusually in
telligent body of men and have picked
up the drill at an amazing rate, SO
rapidly. in fact, that a few squads will
be tried on their horses to-day. for.
although 1t is Sunday, drill will go
ahead just the same as any other day,
- -
armory at 10 o'clock. OF the men now
drilling in the effort to win a place in
the troop. 10 are old cavalry men who
saw service in the late war, five are
from the ranks of the mounted police
of Canada and five have seen service
in the armies of foreign nations. One
of the latter has already fought in
four wars. These will doubtless be on
the final muster roll. and the rest will
be made up of BONA fide range riders.
Many of these have had previous drill
ing in militia companies. so II is easy
to understand why the drill has been
picked up so quickly.
The nucleus of another military or
ganization was formed last evening
which. should another call for troops
be issued. will furnish at least a bat
talon and doubtless a regiment IL Nt
a full brigade of the finest equipped
men physically hat ever shouldered
muskets. as IL will be composed almost
entirely of the hardy men OF the
mines. In response to a call by First
Lieutenant Steve Holland of the
Meagher guards, abou 100 members of
the guard and miners. not members.
assembled i'm the council chamber OF
the city hall. The purpose of the call
was to organize a company of Irish
volunteers. and a long list of names
were attached to the roll.
The meeting was called to order by
Lieutenant Holland. who. in stating the
object of the meeting, said II was called
for the purpose of organizing a COM
pany which. should the necessity arise.
should be the nucleus of a regiment.
and he hoped even a brigade of Irish
men. to volunteer in the service of the
nation. The hall resounded with cheers
at the announcement. and business was
at once proceeded with. w. +. Deeney
was chosen chairman and Iohn Grim