The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-27
WILL LEAVE on MONDAY
THE INFANTRY IS READY
Many Applications for Enlistment Made.
Mayor Harrington Receives .
Letter From the National
Volunteers Reserve.


guard will not leave Butte before the
first Of e week. orders to rendez-
vous at Helena are expected to be is
sued Saturday. and in that event the
companies will probably leave on Mon
day or Tuesday. This statement was
made by Colonel Kessler when he re-
turned last evening from Helena. where
he had been summoned to a conference
will the governor. Colonel Kessler
said the message Governor Smith re-
ceived from the secretary Of war stat
ing that infantry was wanted instead
OF cavalry was very brief. and did not
state how many companies the regi-
ment was to contain, or how man. men
would compose a company. The mes
sage said full Instructions had been
mailed, and as they cannot reach Hell
ena before Saturday, an order to assem-
BILE could not be issued until then. As
soon as the Instructions arrive and the
governor learns from them how to act
the order to assemble will be issued,
and Colonel Kessler expects the order
to come Saturday. Colonel kessler
further stated that as soon as the first
regiment leaves the state Governor
Smith will organize another regiment
of the national guard. The guard of
Montana has between 81. 900 and $1S,-
900 due from the government in July.
and this would equip another regiment
very nicely. AS it is not known how
many men will be needed further re-
cruiting will be discontinued until the
order to rendezvous Is issued.
Since the message came to the stand
ard Monday announcing that the infan-
try would go to the front instead of
the cavalry, enthusiasm has been at
zenith pitch at the armory In the
place of long faces caused by the for
mer announcement that the infantry
will stay at home, every c~ountenance
is radiant over the prospect that the
men of the first regiment will soon have
an opportunity to show what they are
made of. and the captains of the three
companies are besieged by applicants
who wish to join. Captain Hill of F
company received 80 signed applica-
lions to enlist yesterday alone, and this
is but the experience the captain of each
has daily. There would be no
more difficulty in recruiting two full
regiments than there will be In filling
the three companies to the quota desired
if all the applicants are sincere, as they
evidently are.
Meantime, the certainty that the in
antry is to go to the war is causing
as much sadness among the relatives
and friends of the guardsmen as 1t mas
gladness among the men themselves.
1t was Il company's drill night last
evening. and relatives of the boys
flocked to the armory and sat around
the sides of the big hall in rows with
curious expressions on their faces as
they watched the boys go through their
military evolutions. 1t was evident
that were ii not for disheartening the
s~oon-to-be soldiers i'm dead earn ~.
many of the ladies who were present in
large numbers would have INDUCED the
desire to cry. After drill 90 new re-
cruits were added to the company.
As has been the case since the war
began. East Broadway. in the vicinity
Of the Standard office. has been
thronged all day by people watching
the bulletins and many were The ex-
pressions of satisfaction ut The st'as
the messages had be
taken.
Mayor Harrington YESTERDAY received
a letter from the officers CT the Ma
tional Volunteers Reserve. an organiza-
tion which has sprung into eNisrent1
since the present trouble with spa III
begun. Its objects will be shown by
the letter, which is signed by scfEe oil
the most eminent military men OF the
nation. and which reads
washington, ID. c.. April Fl. 1895.
ITO His Honor. the Mayor VI Butte
City-My Dear Sir: On behalf of the
distinguished leaders whose names az
pear on the military committee If the
National Volunteers Reserve. We beg
leave to request your aid and co-opera
ton i'm the movement, which. with IRE
active assistance of the citizens m l of
fcials of our country, we believe viii
have a powerful influence, not only In
the present. but in the future destinies
of our country.
.'Tbe National Volunteers Reserve
-aaxrDv.nnf iQ n Hlttf1a nN-nT two Wnaks
old and we are able to report the &C
auisition to our committee of nearly 1O'
veteran generals and admirals of botf
sides in our late struggle. The growth
of the movement has already exceeded
our expectations. Applications for en-
rollment blanks nave come to us by tn
thousands. and already large numbers
have been received at this Office dull!
executed. The work is going on In
many sections of the country. Thu
governors of nearly all the states hav'
already signiied their approval. an
kilograms from the secretary Of wa
and assistant secretary OF the nav!
sneak the approval of the nationa
government and a bill In now befor'
congress with the strongest approval .
the secretary of war, giving the Ma
tional Volunteers Reserve full recog
milton and We are hourly in expncta
ton of it's passage. The Volunteers
reserve Is intenueu 10 DC a pctihui'tn
institution. 1t will forever put asic
the shadow of s~ectionalism. ~strengthel
the presidents hands and declare tn
firmness and loyalty of the peopie I
the nation and weld together pubticl,
a new North, South. East and West
II will have the effect of the prcs'
dents calling out volunteers withou
expense or delay to the government. o
creating too much feeling or unneces
sary alarm, or require an act OF wa
to place US in a formidable position. ]
will increase the loyalty of our penpl
and improve the quality Of our citizen
ship. =.
'The plan In no way conflicts wit
national OF state authority or with tn
militia. and the National Volunteers
Reserve will act as a reserve. encouf
agement and auxiliary to the Nations
Guard. The president OF the Unite
states is ~ex-ofiicio the commandment
.l.of - the National NoIunteere' Re