The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-28
Enlistment ROLL OPEN
Any One Desiring to Go to War
May Sign the List.
COMPANY K is DRILLING
An Hour Of Target Practice INDUCED In.
, The Soldiers Are Good shots-Many
Applications Received-Colored
People Want to Enlist.

Yesterday saw the first of the active
preparations for the organization of
Anaconda's company of volunteers that
will go to help make up Montana's
quota under the presidents call for vol
unteers. The Wolfe Tone guards, by
which name Company X of the Mon
tana National Guard is known. put in
the entire afternoon at drill practice,
and this will be kept up until definite
arrangements are made to rendezvous
the troops at some point in the state.
The company assembled at the Audi
torium at about 1 O'Clock yesterday aft
ernoon and after drilling for a short
tire Captain Dillon ook the men up to
Sheep gulch, where an lot of target
practice was INDUCED in. After the
shooting he company paraded the
streets until nearly 4 o'clock. During
the parade immense crowds of people
assembled on the sidewalks and cheered
the company as IL passed. When the
soldiers reached the city hall Captain
Dillon put the men through a long
course of musket practice.
Captain Dillon was seen at the Audi
forum after the parade, and in speak
ing of the company he said: Il have
as yet heard nothing definite from the
governor or the officers of the state
militia. but / expect to receive some
word from them by Saturday. All of
the men i'm Company X are more than
anxious to go into actual service. The
mpan now has a membership of A.,
all of whom are anxious to go, but
some. i believe, may remain behind on
account of their families. II needed,
however, no urging will be required to
enlist the entire strength of the COM
pany.
u have received to-day at least 25 APP
plications from persons anxious to en-
list and I have sworn in seven, who
drilled with us to-day. -Four of these
seven have been i'm the regular army
and they take naturally to the work. 1
have also been urged to swear in a
number of others. but / am not quite
sure as to my authority to do so. i may
say, however. that any persons who de-
sire to enlist and to take advantage OF
the practice to be secured before We are
called out, are invited to be present at
any of our drills, and i will do my very
best to teach them in the use of their
guns and put them through the move
ments together with the other men OF
the company.
las / understand it," continued Cap
tain Dillon, 1.-THE soldiers to be sent
from Montana are to be volunteers.
From this 1t will be seen that members
of militia companies are not compelled
to go. but If they go they go under the
same conditions that govern the enlist
ment of any other persons. ] am sure
that / can recruit the company up to
its full total of 100 inside of "a hours. IL
the word is given. / even believe that IL
hours would be sufficient time to raise a
full company in Anaconda. Therefore.
IL we receive orders from headquarters
at any time, we will be able to get I'M
der way within "a hours at least. I'm
til j receive the details of the arrange
ments. however. / am unable to say
anything further as to what our move
ments will be.
There is one thing further that / de-
sire to say. and that is that the impu-
tations that have been heard about the
streets with reference to the reluctance
of certain of the members of the COM
pany to volunteer, are entirely and alb
solutely false. There is not a m
of the company who has not expressed
himself to me as being very anxious to
go to war, and i am sure that their ex-
pressions are in dead earnest. The men
drilled well to-day, and l can say that
in all my experience in the regular
army ! never yet saw a body of men
who worked better at target practice"
Z. Captain Dillon resides at No. $40 East
Park avenue, where he will be pleased
to see any one who desires to drill with
the Ompan Inc company Will as
semble again this evening at 1:45 at the
Auditorium for drill practice. If the
weather permits the drill will be held in
the open air, otherwise the Auditorium
will be used.
After yesterday afternoons drill Cap
tain Dillon was approached by a colored
man., who had been a membe of the
regular army. The colored man told the
captain that the colored people Of the
city were anxious to get up a company
and asked permission to use the Audi
torium in conjunction with Company
X. Captain Dillon granted the request,
and after the regular drill tonight the
colored people will probably organize
their company.
Colonel John Hallahan has also opened
an enlistment roll. UP to 6 o'clock last
evening % men had signed the list. The
persons who called upon the colonel are
all young men, strong and vigorous,
who are sure to make excellent soldiers.
Colonel Hallahan states hat the men
who sign the roll will be formed into a
and he believes that there
will be ample opportunity for all who
desire to go to war to do so. 1t has
been stated that the men enlisted by
Colonel Hallahan are to form a reserve
company. This Is not correct. The list
is open for those who desire to volun-
teer under the first call of the presi-
dent. Colonel Hallahan can be found
at the Kentucky Liquor store, at the
corner of Commercial avenue and
Cherry streets. and all who desire TO