The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-04
ARE WILLING TO
FIGHT THEIR FOES
But Draw the Line on Homestead and
Lattimer Calls.
OLD COMPANY | REORGANlZlNG
In Response to a Call from Captain
General stewart the Members OF
Captain Duggan's Former Com.
mnnd Get Together and Agree to
Offer Their Services for War with
Foreign Foes But tor That Only.
viii Tell the Adjutant That.

viii Tell the Adjutant That.
Friday Adjutant General Stewart
wrote Captain Joseph II. Duggan, of
Providence, asking If his services were
at the command of the state If they
were needed and if it would be pos
sible to reorganize his former conf
mand, Company !, Thirteenth regi-
ment.
Captain Duggan responded forthwith
that he was at the service of the state
in any capacity he might be fitted for
and that at the earliest opportunity he
would ascertain whether or not re-or-
ganization of Company 1 was possible.
With this latter end in view Captain
Duggan caused the following notice TO
be printed in Saturdays papers:
The members of former Company l. Ma
National Guards Of Pennsylvania. are re-
Quested to meet at Regan d Flynn's hall,
West Market street, tomorrow at p M,
for the purpose of reorganizing the com
pany for active service.
Joseph II. Duggan, Captain.
In response to this call meeting
was held and steps taken to organize
a company but not such a company as
the adiutant general, possibly, had in
mind when he wrote to the former cap
tain of Company |.
At the hour for which the meeting
was called, there were fully one hun
dred men about the hall building, but
only fifteen or twenty went upstairs
to the meeting place. The majority
of the members of the disbanded COM
pany were either in the crowd lounG
ing about the hotel lobby downstairs or
among the handful that sought the
hall on the second floor.
THE CAPTAIN KNEW.
Captain Duggan did not show the
least signs Of disappointment at the
rather slim response to his call. He
rather wore a sort of knowing air, that
/ as much as said Company I is all
/ light Just wait"
Before the meeting had proceeded
many minutes all this was verified.
There was a niger in the fence. When
| he had been uncovered and satisfac-
tOrily disposed of Company is war
stock went up above par. Company I
was all right, as Captain Duggan's
| knowing air bespoke.
Captain Duggap called the meeting
to order with a brief speech outlining
his correspondence with Adjutant Cen
| eral Stewart and concluding with the
! remark 1--WE are here to find out how
many men are ready to fall in line in
defense of the flag. Put my name
down first"
Robert Z. O'Boyle, who was chosen
secretary, wrote down the captains
name and then looked up inquiringly
from his note book and allowed his
eyes to travel around the line of men
seated along the wall. Mine" said
the first man to the left of the line in
a voice that was determination itself.
Down went the name of "Patrick
Davitt," and again the secretary looked
up inquiringly.
The next man on the bench to the
left broke the silence with quietly
spoken mine, too"
your middle name, Mike?" queried
Secretary O'Boyle.
"Francis-Michael Francis. Put it al
down and there'll be no mistaking it
REASON GIVEN.
Three or four others gave in theil
names and then there was a long pause
1t looked as IL the list of volunteers
was exhausted.
ANY others?" inquired the captain
calmly and without any betrayal O.
impatience or anxiety.
"Well, it is like this. We might a.
well have it understood now" spoke
up Secretary O'Boyle, rising to his feet
J IF we form company here to fgh
for this government against Spain Of
any other foreign foe can we secure
our dismissal when the war is over o.
, will we be subject afterwards to calls
like those of Homestead and Lattimer
. That's what the men want to know"
? Captain Duggan to whom the inquir!
was addressed, said he was not pre-
pared TO answer that question. HI
also said he did not think that enter
ed into the matter under considera
! ton. The question, he said, was, jus
: then, how many men were ready t
: enlist in defense of the flag?
! There was a little discussion alons
this line and finally ii was brought t
! conclusion by a motion by Patricl
, Flynn that a committee be appointed
. to draft resolutions setting forth tn
sentiment of the meeting to be that
military company be organized for de
: Tending the nation against foreign foe
and for no other purposes.
This prevailed and after a recess O
five minutes Secretary O'Boyle an,
, Edward Connolly, the committee ap
pointed to draft the resolutions, report
ed the following:
. We, the undersigned, in meeting AS
1 sembed, have agreed to form militar
9 company, subject to the laws and regu
!. lations governing the state militia.
Resolved, That we offer our services I