The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-02
VESTED WITH AUTHORITY
The Governor Tells Colonel Hal
lahan to Raise a Company.
SPLENDID MEN ON THE LIST
1s IL Now Captain Hallahan, First Lieu.
tenant Conrad of Butte ana Second
Lieutenant Kennedy Of This City.
A Sermon on the War.

I AT s O'Clock last evening Col. John
Hallahan's volunteer list had reached
80. The colonel takes great and justif-
able pride in announcing that each re-
cruit' upon critical superficial examina-
ton, meets the requirements in respect
10 stature and health. The volunteers.
as a whole. are splendid specimens Of
physical manhood. While he has not
nor even assumes the authority to re-
Ject applicants. he has a very admirable
faculty of %persuading men whose gen.
erai demeanor or appearance stamp
them as ineligible to desist from their
enorts TO enlist under the banner Of the
nation. and by this method he has been
signally fortunate in entering upon the
list the very best men available. Many
or them nave the advantage of military
training. They are young. robust men
and give the pleasant impression tina
they are capable of coping with a Span
Ism army greatly superior i'm numbers.
But. as everybody knows. the Spani-
ards are not fighters in the modern def
milton of the word. and a few regiments
OF Anaconda recruits could be expect
ed to do serious damage to an army of
Spain's best.
Something may drop that will place
the p~roba bility Of Anaconda's volun-
teers going to the front out of the aues-
ton: for instance. If a few more naval
matinees of the Dewey class should be
recorded. there will be nothing for vol
unteers to do but return to their daily
~avocations and wait for the next for
eigner to come forward to take a spank
ing. However. the enlisting will pro-
coed. and now hat Colonel Hallahan
has executive authority to raise a COM
pany his e~ndeavors will be doubled.
n
yesterday soon after IL o'clock:
John H~allahan-You are authorized
TO raise one company of volunteers for
III LIST regiment. You will be captain
of the company, Bryan Conrad of Butte
first lieutenant n J.. NJ. Kennedy sec
ond lieutenant. ....
Robert B. Smith. Governor"
The colonel later in the afternoon re-
ceived the following telegram:
'John Hallahan-Have been appoint
ed first lieutenant of your company.
Wire instructions.
Bryan Conrad"
As soon as more definite Instructions
are received from the governor and
when the company Is recruited up to
the limit. 81. Colonel Hallahan will be
In a position to give his men all the
information they want At present he
is unable to do much more than accept
mighty good, first-class men as volun-
teers.
Apropos of the times Rev. Mr.. Euster
OF h Methodist church preached ali
instructive and patriotic sermon last
night on THE Signs of the Times in
relation to he Anglo-Saxon race as
seen in the light of our wal with Spain.
He spoke from the text-"Can We not
discern the signs of the times ?"-Matt.
xvi. 3. He said:
: This is certainly equivalent to say
ing that we should De alert about
knowing the signs of the times. A great
discussion is going around to-day since
Chauncey NJ. Depew said the ministers
are altogether too favorable for war.
and as to whether the ministry should
take much interest i'm these things or
not. / think il We take these words of
Christ for what they mean we. as min
listers, shall be compelled to take inter-
est in war, and in a war of his kind
especially. and not only take interest in
1T but show its Justice and want of self
ishness. Some people fear grave COM
lplications. but ] do not believe any peo-
pie will so TAR forget all righteousness
as to fight to save their interest in
bonds. and by thus doing fight against
a nation whose only object is liberty for
an oppressed people.
Some people fear thai religion will
suffer very much on account of this
war. I do not believe that true religion
will suffer at all. This is about the
" ittI6iouS var tldt HlStOTN VIII
have to record. God always brings out
matters so that real religion will not
suffer. 1t has not suffered at other
times when the war was not as right
eous as this. The idea Is tina the war
spirit will o~vershadow everything else
n cause evil to predominant. but this
Is not certain, for the idea of humanity
Will come out upon the surface at last.
Then there are Others who claim that
hy the very fact of having a war with
we Indicate our degeneracy. This
Is not true at all to the man who stud
les history with his eyes open. This
country had its first great war over a
century ago hat war was for indie
pendence from the mother in
1t was not because of such dire inhu-
man and slavish government or cruel
oppression, but ii was a wal against
without representation. That
war was bravely fought and the VIC
tory won. The world has honored that
as a war worthy m just. The next
great war was one of internal purifica-
ton when he clash of arms was heard
because of the fact tina a huge blot
was seen upon the flag of the nation. |
Human slavery was the shame OF the
nation. and while the guns at Bunker
Hill. Lexington and Monmouth were
fired against foreign rule. and the guns
at Gettysburg. Memphis and Richmond
were fired against slavery. which was
to disrupt the union. the
guns hat will have been fired across
the bays OF Cuba and send shot and
over her fair fields once so luxu- |
rant and so prosperous will have been
fired in even a nobler cause han either |
the others. The first was a war for