The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-09
N IS INTACT
Not One Nan IL Rejected by the
Examining Surgeons.
WERE FOUR MEN TOO MANY
Anaconda Holds the Record So Far in
Examinations n 1t IL Likely 1t Win
Not Be Equalled-m-Natured
Insinuation Denied.

AHdConud may now De LOUDLY proud
Of h men she sent to the front as
volunteers in esponse to the call of
President Mckinley for soldiers. ON
Saturday night one Of Anaconda's
companies had beaten the record for
the fewest number of recruits rejected
on account Of physical disabilities.
Company X was forced to part with
one man, which is by long odd the
smallest number that has beer rejected
from any Of the companies at the rem
devious.
Yesterday Company NJ saw Company
X and went 1t one better, or rather
went 1t four better, for Captain Halla-
hans men were every one of them ac-
cepted and mustered in. And when
the full total of the number required
TO NIL the company was reached there
were still four men left for whom
there was 10 place.
That much is explained in the fol-
lowing telegram received yesterday aft
ernoon:
Helena, May SD. F. HalIahan.
Anaconda: Not n of my
rejected by surgeons, but had -four
~ Lhty u dfIIlOSl lis
consolable because they cannot go.
JOHN HALLAHAN."
There were some who expected thai
there would be at least five or six re-
1ected in each of Anaconda's conn
panies, and the news that only one out
OF the entire lot was not accepted is
more than gratifying. Anaconda's two
ompanies AVE set a pace that is more
than likely to go u~nequaled in the mat
Ter OF eX1 nlnlfion tho In sLA
w companies left Anaconda the
Standard stated hat there would be
no two companies i'm the state in bet
ter shape, mentally, physically and
morally. than those which left this
city. That statement has been veri-
ned' at least so far as physical proper
ions go, by the examinations. and as
to the other two items, any city in
the state will have to search for a
long time before it finds two
les of men more intelligent and of
higher regulations than the men i'm
Companies X and NJ.
The acceptance of all of the mem
bers OF A~naconda's volunteers, one
alone accepted, is most gratifying. The.
condition is the result of the care which
the two captains exercised in the Sc
lection OF their recruits. Both Captain
Dillon and Captain Hallahan refused
to enroll at least 100 men who were
more than anxious to enlist. but who
were not considered fully up to the re-
quired of physical perfection.
Some there were whose teeth were bad,
some had h slightest suspicion of a
stoop, and none Of these found a
place open in the ranks. During the
last two days of the enlistment espe-
cially were the captains strict in their
examination, and scores of men were
sent away disappointed who, to the
ordinary observer, looked to be as fine
specimens Of manhood as could be
found.
Persons who accompanied the bows
to Helena and who returned to the city
yesterday, state that the one man re-
jected from Company X is p. j. Ma
loney. His refusal is due to his age,
which Is said to be 55. and considerably
over the limit. They say that when
Mr.. Maloney was notified of his rejec-
ton he broke down and wept like a
hild Mr.. Maloney was one of the
first to volunteer his services and he
was the most earnest OF all the earnest
men in his company. 1t does seem hard
to be refused. after having worke as
hard as Mr.. Maloney did. The news
of Mr.. Maloney's rejection has not been
confined.
Frank Foskett yesterday received a
telegram from ack Onarheim, stating
that he had been examined and mus
tered in.
The painful news of the serious ILL
ness of Austin O'Malley of Company
X was received last night. Mr.. O'Mal-
ley is a well-known resident of this
city and he has a legion of riends in
Anaconda who will pray for his
speedy recovery.
Despite the fact that it has been an
unc a dozen times hat the two
Anaconda companies are composed
solely of Anaconda men. there seems
to be a great deal of jealousy regard
ing Anaconda's fine showing. What
the motive for the i'll feeling is cannot
be guessed at, unless 1t be ascribed to
envy. Yesterday, in Helena, one of the
Butte officers made the remark. in
speaking of the mastering in of Com
pany NJ: Yes. but you had to get
your men in Butte" Very properly
an officer of the Anaconda company
denied the senseless and il~l-natured
insinuation at once. The only men,
bers of the two Anaconda companies
who were Butte men were n or two
who had served in the regular army
with Captain Dillon and the six men
who were taken at the earnest solicit
tation of Lieutenant Bryan Conrad of
Company NJ.