Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-07-13
OFF FOR SERVICE
Company Started for Whipple Bar
racks This Afternoon Amidst
Great Enthusiasm.
THREE OFFICERS, 1903 MEN
Sketches and Personals of Officers and Men
Splendid Work Of Ladies Soldiers
Aid Society Affecting Scenes and
Fond Farewells.


who came here from other towns to
in the service of their Il
and without doubt, in the service of
progress and liberty.
At 2:30 p. m. the march to the station
began and the boys were heartily cheered
all along the route.
The procession was headed by the
1st regimental band and following anne
about 20 members of Carleton post, &.
A. R., about 100 citizens in line also
preceding Company c.
Arriving at the station the time in
tervening before the departure of the
train, shortly after 4 o'clock, was con
sumed in the leave-taking of fond par
ents from their sons and the many
farewells said by friends.
Many hundreds of people crowded
around the station and the send-otf
given the Rough Riders" was repeated.
When the Young men boarded the cars
they were loaded with presents of va
rious kinds, from the useful underwear,
shirts and other wearing apparel to the
dainty box of bon bons and exquisite
bouquet of flowers.
Tastefully prepared luncheons, neatly
done up in packages. We're given toeach
by the Soldiers Aid society, that Or
ganization of noble who have
done 50 much for the soldiers comfort
while sojourning in this city.
The parting was indeed sorrowful.
Women who had sustained themselves
with brave hearts until the hour of part
ing had actually arrived, could not re-
,+poi, thn tnn ~ g frpn, crrinrinr IN thnir
eyes as they clasped their brave boys IN
the farewell embraces.
The train that will convey the SOL
diers to Fort Whipple is made up of
three coaches and a baggage car which
will go through as the second section of
Mol Santa Fe passenger. The cars were
attractively decorated with red, white
and blue Streamers and with a banner
on the side of each car. One of these
read: ''God Wills 1t So and So it Is.
We are Soldiers on the Way" Another
with the following: Like a Thief in
the Dark, by an Electric Spark. In the
Dark it was Done by Spain, but by
Gods Bright Light in open Fight, we
will make them Remember the Maine
The banner on the last car read: Com
pany C, New Mexico Battalion U. S
Volunteer Infantry"
Personnel of Company C..
List of members of Captain William
Strover's company, Arizona, Oklahoma.
New Mexico, Indian Territory U. S. vol
unteer infantry. Muster July 13, 1898
Captain, VIM. Strover; 1st lieutenant
Page b. Otero; I'd lieutenant, John w
Catron.
First sergeant, James G. Leahy; quar-
| termaster sergeant. Albert f. Easley
%Sergeants Richard Gutterman, Dewitt
Pearce, Harry l.. Ormerod, Hugh Kirk
man.
Corporals: Jay Il. Manning, Joseph G
Lujan, Arthur R. Hurt, James B. Read,
William d. Warren, Fred w. Maestas
Silas Bent, John p. Walsh, Toney f,
Kyle. John Callaghan, Andrew S. Robin
son, George Willis.
Musicians, Thomas Smith. Maurice
Goldoft.
Artiticer, Ernest E. Stetton.
Wagner, Richard Warrick.
Privates, Woodruff Alexander, Harry
P. Allen, Leslie Allen, Abraham l.. 30
Itch, John B. Barber, Otis r. Bates
William Bennett, George w. Bliss, JOIN
Borswick, James Brown, Peter Braith
wood, Charles Brown, Eugene Burton
Luis Butieres, Juan D. D. Castillo, Dan
lei r. Carter, Thomas P. Cannon, jane
Cawley, Alphonso p. Cherry, Eugene
Chaves, James Christopher, Joe Glen
fuegos, Alfonso Clouthier, Frank L. De
lany, Frank S. Dettlebach, William
Downey, James f. Donley, Homer l
Douthitt, Lucien /. Duncan, Frank A
butcher, Charles A. Eckles, Jasper III
lis, Walter Gilmore, John Elder, Canutt
Espinosa, Ignacio Garcia, Lewis s. Ora
ham, Alexander Hamilton, Samue
Heard, Ora Helm, Edward M. Hudnal
Francis M. Jackson, Edward M. Kelley
Nicholas Ketcham, Samuel D. Kearney
} William s. Kreeger, Manuel Lovato
Samuel HI. Laird, George B. Lindsay
Andrew Mcclellan. William McGinnis
Demostenes Martinez. Charles W. Mel
win, Patrick Miller, Malcolm Murphy
Robert Murphy, Joseph Mullen, Rober
Parks, Ralph l.. Priest, Edward Schultz
John G. Sena, William Shelton, Jane
B. Sheedy, Hollis NJ. Smith, Pearl A
Skinner, Edward E. Tafoya, Luca
Telles, John G. Thompson, Robert II
Tooker, Lucas Trip, Walter Upton
George Washer, James Walsh, August
Warick, Gus Wendt, Ora p. Whipple
Richard Wilkerson, James s. Williams
Lon Workman, William M. Young.
Commissioned Officers.
Captain David Mitchell, of the 18th in
fantry. who has been commissioned ms
jor to date July 4, by Governor Otero,
q native of Missouri and was %appointe
q I'd lieutenant in the army from civ
life, February 20, 1878. Promoted to
1st %lieutenancy January 31,1ss2, and to
captaincy July 10, 1896. Major Mitche'
saw hard and arduous service with hi
regiment in this territory, Arizona an
the State of chihuahua, Mexico, durin
the Victoria Apache Indian campaign
in 1877, 1878 and 1879, and took part |
the expedition under command of Co
onel Buell. that drove Victoria and h
band of Hot Springs Apaches from tn
territory into Chihuahua and into Me,
lean territory. where the band was fiji
ally wiped up by Governor Terrasas, {
Chihuahua, in the fight at Tres Casti
los in September, 1880. wherein &c
Apaches were killed. In 1879 MajC
Mitchell commanded a company of tn
18th infantry, when the regiment wa
sent to Colorado to take part in the VI
war after the Thornburgh massacre. II
served then in Colorado and Dakota; h
also took u course of two years at the il
fantry and cavalry school at Fol
Leavenworth, where he graduated wit
honor. He was on recruiting serviC
for two years in Columbus, O., Memphis
Tenn, Wheeling, w. Va. From 1898 I
1897 he was with his regiment at Fol
Sheridan and then came again to Ne
Mexico. Major Mitchell was appointe
mastering officer Of the territorial vo
unteer infantry regiment for New Me,
leo and was offered the position {
major by Governor Otero. He has a fin
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