The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-25
STARTED. FOR THE FRONT At LAST
Buttss Rough Riders Join Those From Missoula at Silver Bow
and Together They Leave for Chickamauga.
Parting Scenes and Incidents.

and there was a delay till a switch en-
CINE could be sent from Butte. The de-
lay was not long. however. and the first
section of the train pulled out of Sill
yer Bow for the South al 1 O'Clock.
Is minutes earlier than the time that
had originally been set. The first sec
ton bore all the members of the two
troops, except one commissioned officer
from each troop, with a squad OF 20
men to lake charge OF the horses, which
travel with the second section. The
stock train followed the first section. 20
minutes behind. Nearly 100 Butte peo-
pie boarded the train with troop l. n
went to Silver Bow. They watched the
last train out of sight. n then re-
turned to Butte.
The last night of the boys in camp
was a lively one. The men had all
been given their liberty the day be-
fore up to the usual hour of turning In,
at 8 o'clock In the evening, to bid good
bye to their friends. n all We're in
camp when taps was sounded, but
not long afterward. Quietly, one after
another stole out and scaled the fence
and came back to the city n had a
good time till nearly morning. but they
were all on hand at roll call, with three
exceptions, and they had proper leave
Of absence. Those few who remained
in camp during the evening put in the
III tiiiis tohS toheo III
having a general good time.
II appeared to be pretty definitely set
tied last evening that the Butte COM
panies of the LIST Montana infantry will
not be allowed to come through their
home in order to see their friends be-
fore they leave. The members of the
citizens committee tried all day to get
some information concerning the move
ments of the troopers In the hope the
people of Butte would still be able to
do something for the boys. but they
could obtain no satisfaction. They could
get no word from Helena, n IL the
railroad officers knew anything they
kept IL to themselves. All the informa-
ton they could get was that the regi-
ment would break camp at Z o'clock this
morning. and two train loads would
come through Butte. but what part OF
the regiment the rains would carry
could not be learned, nor the hour the
trains would get here. except that II
would probably be somewhere near
noon. The members of the committee
finally made up their minds that it was
the intention to Illustrate n attempt
on the part of the Butte people to show
their good will to the soldiers. and to
try to get the trains through without
giving people a chance to congregate
at the depot. The committee at last
gave up i'm despair and disgust.
u tSi VI INV '1Ne fDf
the BOYS once more is not to be entire
ly thwarted. however. There is no law
against going to the place where the
soldiers are. and Auditor Calderhead
and superintendent Burns of the Mon
tana Union propose to give as many as
feel like going to Silver Bow to see the
soldiers they are interested in an OPP
p~ortunity to do so. A special train.
composed of observation cars, and as
many as are required to haul the crowd,
will leave the Montana Union depot at
IL o'clock this forenoon, and will run to
Silver Bow. 1t will bring the people
back after they have had all the time
they wish 10 visit the soldiers. The
hour Of IL o'clock was set, as IL could
not be learned what time the troops
would be at Silver Bow, and ii was
thought the people would prefer to wait
at Silver Bow IL the troops were not
there when they arrived, rather than
run a chance of missing them. 1t Is
expected that a big crowd will go to
Silver Bow.
The Soldiers Aid society gave a musi-
cal and literary entertainment at the
Auditorium last evening for the pur-
| pose of raising funds for the aid of the
dependents OF soldiers who are left in
need. of whom. It is said. there are sew
eral. The entertainment was well at
tended. and was highly successful. At
the conclusion of the programme Ice
cream and cake were served, and a neat
| sum was realized for the n