The herald., 1898-04-27
the SPEAKERS CHOSEN
FoR THE PATRIOTIC MASS MEET
ING TOMORROW NIGHT
WILL ELIMINATE POLITICS
Arrangements for the Event Com
pleted-Fraternal Organizations
Actively Recruiting

It was reported late last night that Brig
adler General Last had received q tele
gram from Governor Budd notifying hin
to have the state militia in readiness
man on horseback and much excited was
seen to dismount in front of the armory
and place in the generals hand mysteri'
Gus piece Of paper.
The stranger then rode away and mo-
ment later Brigadier General Last and
Lieut. Col. Schneider were closeted to-
gether in apparent SECRECY. Nothing was
permitted to leak out a. to the subject OF
their conversation.
There Is every indication just now that
the patriotic mass meeting to be held to-
morrow night under the auspices OF the
Silver Republican club in the cycling lot
adjoining their building will be grand
success, both as to the program and the
probable size Of the gathering. Many, 1t
seems, had gained the impression that
chairs, or seats Of some kind, were to be
provided for those present. and Secretary
Charles ONeill of the club had numerous
applications for reservations yesterday, to
all of which he had to reply contrarily, but
while there will be no seating arrange
ments, the lot is spacious enough to allow
ample room to each individual. even If the
crowd should be immense.
The program for the event is now
practically completed, and shows the i'm
portance Of the affair by the prominence Of
the men selected to address those who may
be present. Among the speakers will be
Mayor Snyder, Rev. Burt Estes Howard
Judge ]. w. Mckinley. Judge Charles ST.
lent, George S. Patton, Judd r. Rush, j.
Noonan Phillips. The president Of the
evening will be Judge J. L. Murphy. In all
probability the attitude of congress in the
impending war with Spain will be ap-
proved, and other resolutions passed hav-
ing reference to the same subject. Moth
ing but war will be referred to by the
speakers, for politics and the like have
been eliminated.
The members of the first cavalry regi-
ment of volunteers have been notified to be
in readiness to march through the streets
of the city at o'clock tomorrow evening.
1t is anticipated that nearly 1000 men will
be in line. The downtown streets will be
traversed, and in front of all the public
buildings a stop will be made and the place
saluted. Undoubtedly there will be great
outpouring Of popular sentiment along the
walks of the thoroughfares that the men
will march through.
Troop I. of the First Cavalry Regiment
of volunteers. held meeting last night for
the election of officers, with the following
result Theodore Friese, captain; George
LIE Roy, first lieutenant; L. w. Morgan,
second lieutenant.
1iCtI, Il VII n ha1 1yac
have been made for Companies and X of
this regiment. Starin and Captain Dick
now claim to have about 1000 recruits.
The executive committee of the Silver
Republican club has wired Governor Budd
offering him. free of charge, the use of
their club rooms and the grounds surround
ing it for a recruiting office.
Lehnhausen has changed the hours for
the drilling of his men, doing away entirely
with the afternoon drill. This was found
necessary, he says, because many of his
men were engaged in the afternoons and
could not conveniently attend then Lehn-
hausen himself being one of this number.
So in the future the daylight maneuvers
will occur between the hours of 8 and II
o'clock in the morning, and as heretofore
between and 10 o'clock in the evening.
Companies A and of his regiment will
be inspected Thursday night by Major
Owen. and Companies and D on Friday
night next. While Sergeant Lehnhausen's
present headquarters have many advant-
ages, they are extremely hot in the after
moons, and cannot be used for any purpose
then. 1t is delightfully."- cool in the even
ing there, and the illumination is excellent.
University students to the number oe
over a hundred are ready for the call 10
arms, and, in fact, have already petitioned
Governor Budd to call upon them when he
makes his requisition for volunteers and
give them chance at the Spaniards. For
several weeks past the university boys
have been busy organizing cavalry troop
and had already signed the eighty men TO
compose the company when the news came
that cavalry were not TO be included in
the first volunteers-only infantry and ar
tillery. Californias allotment is four bat
teries of artillery, and the university boys
think they have fair chance to go.
A telegram was yesterday morning sent
to the governor offering the services of
100 men, at once available for duty The
full complement would be 122, officers and
men, as the company is organized on the
lines of the United States heavy batteries
and the light batteries of the n. G. C. In
this formation there are four lieutenants.
instead of, as is ordinarily the case, two
An election of officers was held resulting
as follows: l.. r. Garrett, captain; A. p.
Martin and II. L. Martin, first lieutenants:
c. E. Pomeroy and l.. W. Meyers, second
lieutenants. Although the offer to the gov
ernor was Of but 100 men, the members
claim to have the full complement signed
and ready for business.
The majority Of the would-be artillerists
are either students at the University of
southern California or graduates there
from. All are sturdy, athletic young fel~
lows, rev under p years of age. and all
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