The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-06

along the line the crowds were inn
and 1t was frequently necessary
to halt to drive the people back in
order to get room to pass through.
house tops were covered with them.
and men and boys even climbed up tel
egraph poles to get a view OF the
troops. People had decorated very gen
orally along the line with flags. and
portraits of Commodore Dewey were
marched along people Quiz run into
the column to shake hands with an
acquaintance. and the cheering was al
most continuous. AT Aluminium and
Arizona streets IN veterans and w.
r.. c. opened ranks, and. hating, al
lowed the remainder OF the column to
pass through, they returning to the
city.
At the station.
Thousands of people followed the
troops to the station or preceded them
there and the boys found the crush
greater than at any other time. Lines
OF box cars were covered as well as
the train itself which was TO carry the
troops and the jam on the platforms
was something terrible. The special OF
six coaches and two freight cars for
horses n baggage stood awaiting on
a side track. 1t was decorated from
Oilt Suu " lit ONIC Ill Gtus Nitft oAto
blue. and on the sides of a car at the
center were streamers bearing the
words: Pride of Silver Bow-Montana
volunteers" The companies were lined
up on the platform and a few minutes
given in which to say goodbye to
friends. and they were taken advan-
take of in so demonstrative a n
that. dear as the attentions were to
them. they must have been glad to es-
cape to the train. Friends and relatives
and sweethearts rushed OF them. en-
braced them. shook hands and said
goodbye a dozen times, kissed them,
bestowed keepsakes and did all man
ner of things to prove their endear-
ment. From the conduct of h crowd
one would have thought they were con-
vinced every last boy of them was GO
ing never to return. One mother who
had given two sons to the regiment was
nearly Frustrated and chung to their
necks and kissed them again and again.
In another instance, a young fellow,
who only came to America a year ago
from Scotland. had enlisted. His old
mother was broken-hearted. for he left
her alone She chung to him till the
train actually began to move. and then
stood sobbing till long after II was out
Of sight. One pretty black-eyed girl
kissed her lover goodbye a dozen
times, and then, just as the train was
leaving. took a cigarette he had been
smoking from his fingers and, pinching
! off the fire. slowed the butt carefully
away in her purse as a keepsake. Dur
ing the brief time the boys were turned
over to their friends innumerable SINH
lar incidents t~ranspired.
The boys were eventually ordered to
get aboard. but even then their friends
would not let them go. but tried to get
into he cars with them. On being re-
fused by the guards stationed at the
steps, the men among them actually
climbed in at the windows, and a few
women succeeded in crowding past the
guards and remained till II became
necessary to stop the train after 1t had
started to put them OF.
One of the most pathetic l~eavetakings
was that between Lieutenant Colonel
Shoemaker and Major Cook. They had
been for years closely associated i'm the
| guard, and Colonel Shoemaker had fully
expected to be appointed to the place
| that belonged to him. He failed to re-
ceiye the commission from Governor
Smith, however, for some reason. and
when he saw his old friend going to the
front and he left behind he fell on
Major Cooks shoulder n wept like a
child.
At last all was ready for the start.
and exactly at 11:34 the train pulled
out. AS it grew small in the distance,
a musician was heard prscticing on his
bugle. He was blowing taps.
The Roster.
The correct roster of the men of the
three companies VINO went to Helena
is as follows:
Company k'-Captain, w. l.. Hill;
first lieutenant, q. Nickel second heu-
tenant, A. keppner; nrst sergeant. A.
keppeler; second sergeant, j. Il. Wea-
yer; third sergeant, r. j. CoberIy;
fourth sergeant, &. Hill; battalion
sergeant major, Gus Hess; corporals,
James Taylor. Al Ayers; musicians. J.
j. Viegeant,3 william %Johnson; pri-
Yates, M. s. Hail, Frank Otis. j.. J.
Backer, w. b. r. Harris, Bruce A.
Mason, A. ID. Sheldon, Charles Patton,
william Raymond, Robert Gaffin,
Charles Huepele, Burt Ackerman, i.
Written, Edward J. keefe, j. w.
c. Ii. Evans, A. G. Malone, c. II. Val
entine, c. w. ElwelI. c. w. Harvey,
Joseph Frangen, Louis Olson, w. r.
Turner, w. II. Harris, Michael Nugcnt,
ii. X. Bucks. ID. Carmichael, G. n.
Pyle, Albert Galbraith, Frank Mcneil,
v. l.. Hitter, r. J. Johns, J. J. Nor
gard, Lorenz Schraub, Matt Osberg,
a. c. Abbott. Jesse Jones, J. j. Evans,
A. ii. Hall, owen King, George Aud
ley. l.. ID. Smith. j. s. Falsberg. J.. r.
Craver, Alex McAlfrey, John Stengel,
Joseph Brauer. 4. Leosch, NJ. l.. James,
T. T.. Tate. w. NJ. Mccartney. H.. Il.
Hinton, George Maedel. Samuel Gil
lam. J.. A. j. Beckman. r. V. X. Rob
inson. T.. Caddy, william Gotlieb. Gus
Shudamon. j. l.. Trahart. j. Caddy. +.
Shaxel, John Jonas, Edward Bowen,
w. H.. Walch. ID. l.. Williams, f. j.
Reneux, C.. NJ. Walker. Ernest Grasti-
ger. John Strasser, Louis WeigIe.
Company G-Captain, +. w. Wynnc;
first lieutenant, Il. $. Paxson: second
lieutenant, w. r. Knowlton: first SER
geant, r.. j. Bordeaux; second ser
geant. w. G.. Tucker; third sergeant.
A. II. Dowd corporal, Frank Morford:
musicians. j. Il. Dunn. Harry Paxson;
privstes. w. u. Alexander. j. L. An
derson. Charles Boyer. ID. ID. Babcock,
Guy Bellenger, 4. Il. Benwarc, +. r.
Beland. w. j. Boast, w. j. Borthwick.
Robert Brown. q. J.. Byers, q. G.. Bar