The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-10
BOSSES TENTED CITY.
Seven Hundred Volunteers Camped
Near the Idaho Capital.

| Especial correspondence
! Boise, May 9-Seven hundred strong,
IGaho's volunteers are camped on the
Boise military reserve. They are stall
! wart sons of the gem of the mountains,
these inhabitants of Bosses tented
| city, and not a one of them who does
not fairly ache to take a shot at the
despised dons. Their motto is, Re
member the Maine" and those words,
spread on canvas sheets, appeared on
! every car carrying troops to the rem
devious. The boys have commenced
drilling, and if they are kept here a
couple of weeks longer, they will be in
fairly good condition to take the field
A more Jealous and patriotic class of
men it would be difficult to assemble
Though lacking even many of the So
called comforts of camp life, owing to
the great haste with which they were
rushed to the capital, they have not
glumbled. Even the university cadets,
for the most part young men who have
for good many years reposed on
dCwny cOucheS, accepted the situation
cheerfully, ate bacon and bad bread,
ard slept on ant hills without murmur
of discomfort. These boys are the pride
of the regiment They are assigned to
the First battalion, together with the
Wardner, Boise and Caldwell COM
panies.
About the most interesting lot of men
at the camp are those composing COM
pany F, from Wardner When the call
for troops was made by Governor Steu-
nenberg, Wardner organized full COM
pany, "a men, in less than two days,
and offered them for service. They were
accepted, and came on to Boise, being
accorded one of the memorable ovations
of the week For the most part these
men are miners, and it is said some of
them engaged in the 1893 riots in the
Occur d Alenes, arraying themselves in
opposition to the authority of the Unit
ed States Whether this is true or not,
every man of that company is ready
to lay down his life in defense of the
flag: and if they are ever given a
chance in the field, the Wardner boys
will soon show the Spaniards how
niountaineerS can fight. Most of these
men are siX-footers, the commander,
Captain Linck, being a giant in stat
ure and strength. The captain has
seen years Of service in the regular
army, having previously been a men,
Der of the crack company of the crack
a jack New Jersey regiment of national
guards. When he was discharged from
the regular army, he held the position
of sergeant major, at Fort Spokane. He |
gave the adjutant general excellent SER
vice in the laying out of the camp and
in making the temporary organization |
He was commanding officer for several |
days prior to the arrival of Captain |
Murphy, of the Grangeville company, |
who took charge by reason of his sem
iority.
Another very interesting company is
that brought to Boise by Hon. Thomas |
3. .Hamer from Fremont and Bingham |
counties These are mostly men from |
the farms, with muscles of iron. They |
came to the capital I'M uniformed and,
covered as they were with dust, they |
presented anything but a soldierly APP
pearance. But they had enlisted for
the war and not for dress parade. and |
on every face was a look of determine
ton. Leaving their plows in the fur
rows, they fastened to respond to the
call of their country, and when they
through Bosses streets, their