The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-01
AMONG THE JAYHAWKERS
Experiences of Troop F on It's
Way to the Front.
A TROOP YELL ADOPTED
They're Flirting With the Pretty Girls
Along the Route and Astonishing the
Natives with Impromptu Exhi-
billions of Rough Riding.

Missoula, May 31.-A letter received
last night from the Standards CORE
spondet with the Missoula troop, mail
ed at Hoisington. Kan. says: Grass.
cattle and mortgages In full bloom.
The level n~othingness of this country
has made the boys think so much that
they have composed a troop yell, which
has been adopted unanimously by the
troopers. This is how IL goes:
Who are-who are-who are We?
We are-we are-Third cavalry.
Troop +. u. s.. rah. rah. rah,
Hardtack. bushwhack, ha, ha. ha.
Missoula. Missoula, Montana
That yell has Weakened the echoes
all the way along the road and has
startled the ~Jayhawkers more than
once. 1t will be remembered all along
the line of railway we have travelled,
| am sure.
AT one OF the towns near the Utah
Colorado line. Dewey" managed to get
left. He made a desperate effort to get
on and every one tried to give him "A
hand. but the train had too much
start. We pulled the air, however. to
the disgust of the trainmen, and soon
had the dog on board. The boys nat
lfNfas va ,'iiti Foiib otb INV
Grand canyon. We passed through II
in the night time and only a few of the
boys took the trouble to see II all.
Storey and i o our position on the
~cowcatcher most Of the way and saw
all of the sights. especially in the Ten
nessee pass. We crawied back into the
car before we reached the long unnel.
The train was run In three sections
through there and until we got to Sa-
Ida 20 There NHa hnI "a sla x-ayarF Of
about four hours. waiting for the rear
sections to come up with the horses
and the forage. A guard Of three men
was left on the train and we went up
town.
Some went liking but most OF the
fellows p~romenaded up and down the
street with the Salida girls. There are
now "a great many buttons missing
from the uniforms of the boys. and we
are approaching the thoughtfulness Of
the ladies of Missoula i'm putting safety
pins into our needle cases. The town
is notable for Its pretty girls and bur
ros. Storey and | borrowed two of the
latter and gave the people an exhibit
ton of rough riding on the main street.
A short time before roll call. about I
o'clock. we strolled off on a side street,
and Storey-ever alert for mascots-
tried to buy "A white burro from a
Jun io'f III a. pfe = ~
would have done 1t all right II the
girls mother had not come To her res
cue. The mother said she would gladly
Civ the burro to the brave soldier
boys. but IL was "A great pS of her
sons. She told us. however. that by
going to the pound and paying a dollar
we could get "a very nice one. We went
to the pound bat the poundmaster was
not there. As our time was short we
took the burro without paying the
dollar, and both of US mounted the
beast. Storey riding In front. We rode
to the train and the little mule went
right up on to the ear platform. The
boys adopted the donkey at once and
TOOK him aboard. Lieutenant Cav
reprimanded us for levity and lack OF
dignity. storey, saluting, offered I'm
excuse the statement: We saw that
we We're going to miss the train. so We
bought "A horse
There are no bear in this country,
so the boys jump off at every station
with their empty bean cans and beg
milk from the patriotic Jayhawkers,'