The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-05
BUTTE News.
THE THIRD CONTINGENT
Volunteer Engineers Leave Butte
for Salt Lake.
WILL GO TO THE FRONT
They Were Given o Rousine Cheer as
the Train Pulled Out-They win
Probably Be Ordered to
the Philippines.

The third, and since SIMPSONS vic
tory, the last contingent OF Montana
volunteers that will be accepted for
service in the army in the war LETT
Butte yesterday afternoon. They were
the men recruited by F. j. Mills of Salt
Lake for Col. Willard Young's regiment
of volunteer engineers which. ii is ex-
pected. will be ordered TO the Philip
pines. There were "a of them. n they
went away with the last echoes Of a
rousing cheer ringing in their ears,
which went up as their train pulled out,
from a crowd of friends, acquaintance
and admirers.
IL was an appropriate day for sol
diers enlisting TO help fight the battles
Of their country. TO leave home for the
front. The thought seemed TO be in
the minds of the men and of those who
went TO the station to bid them God
speed. and the farewells that were said
by and TO the soon-to-be soldiers while
the air resounded with the explosion of
bombs and firecrackers incident to the
celebration of the national day, were
impressive in the extreme.
The men were recruited here last
week by F. j. Mills and were left in
charge of l.. j. Browning. n of their
number, with instructions to come for
ward when notified. saturday evening
Mr.. Mills wired Mr.. Browning to start
yesterday, and preparations for the
journey were made. Arrangements
were made TO give the men a send-of
and have the Boston and Montana
band accompany them to the train, but
by some misunderstanding the band
portion of the programme miscarrlod.
There was quite a gathering of people,
- n. H. Afa-sana ITnfna AnRnf
from which the men were to take their
departure for Salt Lake over the ore
gon Short Lin at 4 o'clock. Mrs. Ben
Calkins had provided material for deco
rating the car in which the detachment
was to travel, and II presented a hand
some appearance. Ropes of paper
fringe in the national coloTs were
stretched from end to end of the car
on either side and were festooned at
the center, where a gorgeous shield
was fastened. making an exceedingly
pretty and tasteful design. Half an
hour before the time for the train to
depart. every one of the recruits were
at the station. but all were not to go.
The two recruits from Anaconda, Rich
ard Arndt and j. =. Noonan, had been
prevailed upon by their families to stay
at home. n they came to inform Mr..
Browning. who will have charge of the
detachment until IL reaches Salt Lake
that they had changed their minds.
All the rest of the recruits were ready
and anxious to get on the way to the
front.
During the half hour before the train
left. the men chatted with their friends,
and as 4 o'clock struck they said their
last good-byes and got aboard, n as
the train pulled out, as by a common
impulse. the crowd gave three cheers.
the men, leaning out of the windows,
waved their acknowledgment and were
gone. Should the crushing blow the
Spanish have received at Santiago not
bring an end to the war too soon, the
men of the detachment will be mus
tered in at Salt Lake and will probably
go to the Philippines.
This is the roster of the detachment
as il left: Harry Preston. Frank Fun
ME. John +. Jackson. George w. Nc
Colgan. Roy Lalen, Edward ]. Dunn.
Morace T. Ricard. W. J. Kyd. Edward
c. Hefin. Willard Rayford. L. J.
Browning. Nathaniel Anderson. An
drew F. Monroe, Oscar Bell. James T.
Langstrom, +. j. Gillespie, Charles
Knutson, Fred NJ. Thompson. Albert
waldret, c. Il. Lloyd. Charles Il. Estp,
Charles w. Seyde, O. j. Quivey and
Fred Richubert.