The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-16
FRIENDS BY THE LEGION
Almost Impossible to Handle the
Crowds at Camp Smith.
IT WAS MARRIED BY RAIN
1t Was One of the Red Letter Days In
the History OF Helena-Good-Byes
Were Said-One of the Pa
thetic Incidents.

remembered among the memorable days
Of Camp Smith. The LIST regiment of
Montana volunteers were visited by
friends by the legion. They came from
Butte. Anaconda, Great Falls, Livings-
ton. Bozeman and intermediate points,
by special and regular trains. So. many
people have not been seen in this city
since the famous free excursion trains
Of the capital campaign. From early
morning until late tonight the streets
have been damned as in the early days.
The streets M crowds leading to
Camp Smith resembled the description
Of roads to the race track on the En-
glish Derby day. Men, women and
children bound for the camp mad the
journey on foot, I'm street cars and in
carriages and hacks. Such a day in
the history of the local transportation
facilities OF Helena was probably never
seen.
The means of conveyance were to-
tally inadequate to the occasion, al
the street car company to handle the
crowd. With cars running at
frequent intervals IL was impossible
for the company to handle the crowd
and hundreds, rather than miss seeing
the camp, walked. What promised to
be a day Of pleasure for many was
marred this afternoon by the rain,
which. for a while. descended in tor
rents, to the discomfort of those who
were going or returning from the camp.
The restaurant and hotels did a rush
ing business all day. The people Of the
city worked hard to a the stay of
the visitors as pleasant as the circum-
stances would permit.
The great bulk of the visitors came
from Butte and Anaconda. Those cities
were never more generally represented
here. Three special trains brought the
people from those cities to Helena, two
over the Montana Central and one over
the Great Northern. The Montana Cen
trail special arrived In two sections. the
first at about / o'clock and the other a
few minute afterwards. In all. LIS
from Butte n Anaconda, 30 from
Boulder. 20 from Basin, n a few from
other intermediate points. The specials
were run out to the camp grounds,
where many left the train amid ear
splitting cheers from the volunteers.
Many of the west side visitors were
provided with their lunches and spent
the day at camp visiting with relatives
and friends. About 600 visitors arrived
from Butte and Anaconda over the
Northern Pacific special, which reached
the camp grounds shortly after the
Montana Central special. This train
also brought many from Deer Lodge
n intermediate points. A special from
Great Falls brought about SOC, while
specials from Livingston and Marys-
vile swelled the population by several
hundred.
The camp grounds were given over to
the visitors all day. The best Of order
prevailed. only II or two of the visi-
tors becoming so noisy that they had TO
ing episodes this afternoon when the
time for the g~ood-byes was at hand.
The eyes OF many a volunteer glisteued
as he bid farewell to wife, mother, sis
ter, brother or perhaps sweetheart. Tn
officers were as lenient as possible In
granting permission to leave camp to
those who desired to come up town to
see loved ones for perhaps the last time.
The day passed without any serious
mishaps and will 20 down in the his
tory of the state4es one of the red letter
events.
All special trains left this evening
about on the published time. The vol
unteers drilled twice this morning and
then proceeded by companies to the
B~roadwater plunge for a bath. A few
Of the companies drilled this afternoon
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the volunteers spent the time entertain
ing visitors. Permits to leave camp
will be pretty hard to obetain hereafter
except In a limited number daily. as the
following circular issued to-day by
Colonel Kessler explains:
Not more than five passes will be
approved from one company for one
day, nor for a later hour than 10 p. m.
The first sergeants will have all passes
f1r tha dau af fhA ndfnfQntA office be-
fore 10 o'clock each morning. Mem
bers of the old guard will be excused
from camp and all duty until 3 p. IN.
of the day they march on, reporting
their departure and return at the guard
tent. The old officer OF the guard VIII
furnish the men with a list or the mem
bers of the old guard. First serseants
will be excused from first morning drill.
One officer from each company will be
present at reveille and will report the
result of the roll call to the battalion
adiutant, who will take post In front
of the majors tent. Battalion adJutants
will at once proceed to the command
ing officers tent n report for their
battalion to the officer Of the day. who
will take post there.
The vaccination OF the entire regi-
ment Will commence tomorrow. As
the boys are probably going 10 a
country where smallpox is said to be
prevalent the year around, vaccination
is imperative.
No orders were received from WASH
ington to-day as to the regiments fu-
ture. Lieutenant Marquart, the COM
missary, however, received a telegram
from Washington in regard to supply
ing coffee money" for the regiment
funds necessary to buy coffee. etc,
while i'm transit. which inclines To the
belief that the day of the regiments
departure is near at hand. Nothing
was heard to-day either o the uni
forms or other equipments. The rank
of the officers has been liked by Colo
mel Kessler. He makes the ranking or
the officers as follows, calculated in
order of muster and service in the ma
tional guard: First major. James w.
Drennan: second major. Byron Cook;
third major, John r. Miller. Captains:
First. George w. Ref. Company ID;
second, Charles Gardner, Company h;
,h,ra william l.. Hill. COMPANY F,