Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-05-25


teers, was born in Cape Vincent, n. Y.
June 20, 1916. He was educated at the
university Of Syracuse. On the breaking
out of the war he went with the Twelfth
New York volunteers as drummer boy
In 1868, when the time of the enlistment
of the regiment expired, he reenlisted in
the Thirteenth New York cavalry and
served until September, 1865, being mus
tered out as second lieutenant. He sub
sequently served eight years in the Twen
ty-first infantry, being first sergeant ol
Company G, during seven years of thai
period. When the Nez Perez war broke
out in 1877 he was placed in command
of the north Idaho volunteers as colonel
For four years he has been colonel of tn,
Uniform Rank, X. OF p., Of ulis state.
In 1891 Major McConville was appointed
by President Harrison to the position OF
superintendent of the Indian training
school at Fort Lapwai, which position he
has held up to the present time.
Montana.
Wheat is being marketed in large quan.
titles at Kalispell.
Private Monroe and Private O'Leary,
Of Company NJ, served under Gordon iu
quelling the Chinese rebellion, and it Is
said that each is wonderfully proficient
in the use of chop sticks. Each speaks
the Chinese language tluently, and should
the regiment be ordered to Manila they
will run up to Hong kong and visit old
friends.
Inspector Routledge, of the mounted
his patrol in the Yukon country, having
made the ll00.mile trip to Fort Simpson
at the mouth of the Lizard, and returned
to Edmonton, in all 300 miles, by dog
trail, in three months and 10 days. In
spcctor Routledge returned in perfec
health, and his only regret is that hi,
patrol did not continue farther anc
through to Dawson City, which he il
confident he could have reached by the
end Of April.
Company A of Great Falls broke tn,
record upon examination for mastering
N and did not have single man rejected
Jut of more than 100 who were brought
o the city. The record is considered b,
military men as being little short of won
ierful, especially when il is considered
hat the examinations in other states
onducted upon the same basis and in
Enforcement of the same regulations are
resulting in the rejection of large pei
tentages.
DIR. Leroy Southmayd of the staff OF
surgeons among Montana volunteers is.
while IA young man, an o.. timer at tn,
same time. He was born in Madison
county, "in the gulch," as the pioneer
If that section say, and is graduate OF
Ann Arbor university. He practiced med
lcine at White Sulphur springs time
md is consequently well known there.
lis name is a famous one in Montana,
eroy Southmayd, his falner, having tn.
sen prominent part in the work OF ex
terminating the bad element from the
country in the days Of the vigilantes.
Company l., of Helena, First Montana
infantry, Is no longer without com
nander. A. L. Duncan, county attorney
Of Missoula county, has been appointed
captain of the company by Governor
Smith, and later was mustered in and
commissioned. Captain Duncan will take
the place offered to John NJ. Evans oi
Missoula, who found that he could moi
settle up his business affairs in time to
go with the regiment. The new captain
was once commandant Of the Virginia
military school at Lexington, Va.