The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-10
KESSLER IS N COMMAND


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INC. 3EEnlisted men win leave b
encampment only by pass signed by n
company commander and approved by
the commanding officer. and Will report
their departure and return.
No EOne officer Of each company
will be present In camp at all times.
Field and staff officers and captains will
be granted leave by verbal application
to the commanding officer. Lieutenants
will be granted leave by request In
writing of their respective captains n
approved by the commanding oficer.
All officers will register departure and
return in a book kept for that purpose
In the adtutant's Office. Oftcers school
will be under the supervision OF Lieu
tenant Colonel r. b. Wallace. Nom
commissioned officers school Will be
under the supervision of Major b. a.
Cook. Major ]. X. Miller h hereby d.
rected to take charge Of guard duty.
and the officer Of the day and the guard
will be under his orders In everything
pertaining to guard duty"
The Standard reporter was at the
camp at 8 o'clock tonight and found
the enthusiasm Of the volunteers some
thing remarkable. Every scrap Of news
relating to the movements OF Samp-
sons fleet was eagerly sought after.
Some one started q report that Porto
Rico had been captured without a shot
being fired. 1t was, OF course, q fake, but
the effect In camp was electrical. At
last reports tonight the alleged victory
was still being celebrated. All OF the
companies drilled to-day, including
those who marched to town and back
for muster. Captain Hallahan marched
Company NJ into town to the armory,
where he obtained SO muskets, the
last there were, to be used for drilling
purposes.
Milton Valentine, an Anaconda man,
enjoys the distinction of being the last
man mustered into the serv-
ice. He came to the camp intending to
be mustered into Company NJ, but as
there was no opening, he waited until
this afternoon, when q vacancy pre-
scented itself in Company ! of lewis
town, and his was the last name signed
to the roll.
Company H of Kalispell was the first
to be examined and mustered to-
day. The company lost but two men
on examination, one OF whom was
Captain Eaton. The physicians decid-
ed that he was physically disabled,
owing to some affection of the heart,
and would have to be rejected. The
decision OF the examining board was
received by the members of Company
II. with sincere regret. Captain Eaton
was also deeply mortified. He has
worked hard to bring his company up
to a high standard and naturally feels
considerably put out. He is a vet
of the late war. who would have been
a valuable acquisition to the regiment.
Governor Smith, ii is announced. will
appoint the first lieutenant of Com
pany II, Frank Green, to the vacant
captaincy. AS Company III was being
mustered three men left the n
amid bowls of derision. Company 1
- >xxfofnu-n lnof ~ man m oYn NINA
| ton, a majority of those rejected be-
ing thrown out for symptoms OF her
MIA.
Company l. was the last to be mus
tered. As stated. 1t was a up of
volunteers from Bozeman, Livingston
and Helena. The Bozeman men are
from Troop b of cavalry, the Helena
men from Battery A, while the Liv-
ingston men are recruits. Captain
Keown. late of Troop B.. is captain,
]. r. Mercer of this city first lieuten-
ant and w. II. Poorman of Livingston
second lieutenant. The company lost
eight men on examination.
Lieutenant Ahren mustered In all of
the field officers to-day, including the
surgical staff and the chaplain. To
morrow he will visit camp n muster
the entire regiment, at the same time
verifying the record to ascertain il
every man on the roll is present. This
proceeding Will take pldce at ~ CioSh
Including the services OF the mastering
officer at this point, he has been or
dered to proceed to Missoula. Billings
and Miles City in the order named fol
the purpose of mastering in the cav
airy troops of those cities. Then he !:
to report to the commanding officer a
St. Paul.
Captain Dillon Of X company wa!
officer of the day to-day. Tomorrow
Captain Moran Of A company will b'
officer of the day, with Lieutenant
Bryan Conrad Of NJ company officer o.
the guard. Austin O'Mally OF X com
pany, who was taken TO the hospita
suffering with an attack of typhoid
fever, is reported considerably bettel
tonight. Private Heligan OF NJ com
pan is another Anaconda man con
fined in the hospital. He Is SUFFERING
from a sprained knee. Regimental Sur
geon Adams has arranged for hospita
quarters In a brick house adjoining tn
camp, and will establish himself Their
tomorrow with his assistants.
Lieutenant Ahren received order
from the war department to-day to re
duce the number Of corporals from !
TO six. This Is lone to conform witt
the reduction OF the companies IRON
100 to 81 men each.
s. A. j. Dorm Of this city has been ap
pointed first sergeant in M company.