The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-07

pathetic. There were crying women
BY the score. wives. sisters. s~weetheorts
and mothers Of the departing troopA
and there were old comrades who
pressed through the crowd to the SIDE
of some nan in y to say good y
While there had been cheering along
the whole Of the route previously
over, the scene at the station
was marked by its almost silence. or
at least only subdued talk. 1t was
there that the serious side OF the mat
ter began to present itself and to be
felt.
In addition to the regular members
of the company. quite a number have
been mustered in during the last few
days, so that those who were In line
and who left on the cars were a little
over 125. There was no special train
for them, but several additional coach
es were taken on the regular afternoon
stub train. BY 2:30. half an hour at
ter the schedule time, the last farewell
had been said. and h last recruit had
found q place in the train. which then
moved slowly out of the station, while
the band played The Girl I Left Be-
hind Inc "Partant Pou La Guerre.'
the last minute was marked. 1t was
not that the crowd had lost its en-
thusiasm, but there were too many In
the densely packed platform who had
a personal interest In the matter Tor
any loud demonstration. A number OF
those who Ave sons In the company
will probably go up to Helena during
the next few days to get one more good
bye word.
1t was the most impressive spectacle
ever witnessed in Great Falls, and the
crowd was the largest that had ever
been seen in the city. In ADDITION 70
the citizens. there were those who had
l-:.-- H. T~,~~n The porar and n AIN
to all his there was a train load OF
six cars which arrived from sand
Coulee this morning. and left for home
at 4:30 this afternoon. Not the least
prominent feature Of the parade and
the crowds were the veterans, federal
and confederate. IL such a 70
still remembered. Some of them had
boys In the departing company. and
others had SOM who had already gone
from other parts of the country. They
were as full of fire as the younger men
and felt that the occasion belonged TO
them almost as much as 1t DID to the
younger generation. Many OF them
are hoping to be accepted in case oil
a second call to duty. n In the mean.
time they have with their advice ano
words of encouragement done mucn &c
help these boys forward.
Many expressions Of regret wer'
heard that Company / from LewfstowI
could not nave Oeen on manu- " diu IL
the parade. Through some error trans
portation was not furnished them r
| Belt to this city in time for them q
arrive before 2:30. The first news o
| their reaching Belt was given out by
Standard bulletin made up from tn
Standards correspondent at Belt. ina
announced their probable departur
from Belt at 4 o'clock in the afternoon
The train of three cars conveying then
reached this city at s p. m, half a
hour before il was expected, and II
the station and platform
were deserted when they came in. Tn
band, the veterans n a few other or
ganization were hastily mustered an
the was escorted down Cen
trail avenue to the armory. The num
Der of enlisted men is So and three ON
GERS, as follows: Captain Preston, f1rs
Lieutenant Foster and Second Lieuten
ant Croft. The latter is the assessor Q
Fergus county. While the men with
out uniforms presented a somewhat In
harmonious aspect for soldiers. II coui
at once be seen that they were a mn
body Of men and n which could Z
relied upon to give a good account {
itself in action. They will remain owe
night and go up to Helena on IN
afternoon train tomorrow. Most (
them have been accustomed to a III
on the range and are strong ana mar
better perhaps fitted for rough III
than the men who left this city. II
night they are being entertained Q
friends in this city.