The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-26
ORDERS ISSUED THIS MORNING.
GUARDSMEN IL SHENANDOAH, MAHA-
NOY CITY AND GIRARDVILLE
HUSTLING.
The Officers in Command Say the
Boys Are Ready For Duty and Will
Report Promptly Thursday Morning
at hit. Gretna, the Point of Rendez-
Vous.

The call for the National Guards has been
issued at last and within thirty hours the
companies located in this county will be on
their way to Mt. Gretna the place selected
for the rendezvous
Shenandoah will be represented in the as
sembly by Lewis Hopkins, corporal William
J. James, William Williams and Patrick
Smith. VIM. Penn will send Henry Fogle
and Charles Dressler. Fishers patch, the
little settlement behind the coal dirt banks
near Ellangowan, will send Steve Linden
muth formerly Of this town, all members of
Co, f, sth Regt.
Governor Hastings received the call for the
National Guards from President Mckinley
last evening and few hours later the Cover
nor telegraphed his orders to the offices in
command at the several headquarters in the
state.
The entire division will be mobilized at
Mt. Gretna by Thursday noon The camp
equippage Of the division will be ordered on
cars at the state arsenal tomorrow morning
and shipped to Mt Gretna.
The order calls for 10, 500 infantry as the
quota from this state by the national govern
ment. In the reorganization these men will
be divided into 10 regiments of IL companies
to the regiment and four batteries of heavy
artillery. The companies are to have a
minimum of 81 men and a maximum of lO6
The batteries will have 2O4 men each.
Capt. Danks, of Co. F, sth Regt., Grard-
vile, and Capt. Comrey, of Co. f. sth Regt.,
Mahanoy City, received their official notifca-
tions at ten o'clock this morning from Col
McGee. The orders read as follows:
"Wrightsville, Pa, April &c. 1898.
Report with your command at Mt. Gretna
on Thursday morning, April 2Sth, at 10
o'clock. Consult railroad officials.
FRANK j. MCGEE"
The orders were received by telegraph, but
were not unexpected. For several days the
guardsmen had been impatently awaiting
the orders to march and were ready to do so
upon an hours notice.
Many times have the Keystone state boys
gone to that pretty spot-Mt. Gretna-which
General Gobin's brigade encompasses, but
never before have they gone as prologue to
tho grim tragedy of grisly war On this
visit the lines will be drawn more strictly
than ever before. 1t will be dress rehearsal
for the debut on the field of tropical stage
1t is expected that the Guard will be at least
ten days or two weeks at Mt Gretna before
/ the volunteer organizations are perfected
and ready to move South. Just how many
of the Guard will volunteer is not known,
but an officer of the Eighth Regiment says
he is sure that at least 90 per cent. would
volunteer, and that they were simply waiting
for the President to issue his call.
The intention, after the Guard is mob
ilized at Mt. Gretna, is to have the men
volunteer by regiments, SO that the
Governor can commission their present
officers. A feature that is liable to mako
trouble, however is the formation of rsgi-
ments Of three battalions and 1900 men. In
order to do this it is claimed, regiments will
have to be broken, as it will take at least
two OF the present size to make one Of 1900
men and three bsttalions. The bsttaliOns will
also have to be reformed, and three battalions
made out of four. This will necesstate the
dropping of number of colonels, lieutenant
colonels and majors, according to the date of
their commissions.
While the Guardsmsn naturally desire to
have the present officers retained it is un-
certain how the commands will be brgaded,
and there is a feeling that the general officers
| VINO Will DO commissioned Dy the President,
win be appointed from the regular army,
and consequently, if sent to Cuba there is no
certainty that the Pennsylvania boys will all
be together.
According to the latest reports received
from Pottsville Girardville and Mahanoy
City the companies of the National Guard at
the respective places will start for Mt.
Gretna tomorrow night, probably between
Ita L - . Il
tination between and o'clock on Thurs
day morning. The p. & r. Railway officials
at Mahanoy Plane are making arrangement Is
for the transportation of the companies and
had made no definite announcement when
the HERALD went TO press.
When Capt. II. IL. Danks of Co. +, re-
ceved the orders from Col. McGee this
morning the members of the company con.