The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-28

from the bottom Of his heart he well
coined the young soldiers back to home
and friends.
Members OF the troop cherish copies
of the last order of Colonel Melvin
Grigsby. which reads as follows:
Headquarters Third United States
Volunteer Cavalry. Camp George II.
Thomas. Chickamauga Park. Ga.
Sept. 3. 1s9S-General orders No. 81:
The time being close at hand when
this organization viii cease to exist as
"a military body. I take this opportunity
10 thank the officers and men OF the
regiment for their patriotism. fidelity.
zeal and attention TO duty. The regi-
ment Is one hat u has been an honor
10 command. and OF which any COM
mander could be Justly proud.
Although IL has been a great disap-
pointment TO all of us that we were not
permitted TO form a part OF the line OF
battle at the front. IL cannot be said
or the cowboy regiment-either officers
or men-that they did not do every
thing possible. not only TO get ready
at the earliest possible m for ac-
tive service. hut also to induce those In
authority to select this regiment as a
part of the army OF invasion.
1T has been well and justly said by
President Mckinley hat those soldiers
who rendered their lives to their m
try and performed uncomplainingly
their duties in camps OF instruction
under conditions most unfavorable for
health or comfort-most OF them sub
jected to danger from diseases that are
liable to affiict men who leave their
Northern homes for a Southern climate
In midsummer. and who did not get a
chance tn go to the front-are deserv-
ing Of Just as much credit as those who
were chosen to go against the enemy.
And, I wish to add In this connec-
ton. that IL has been a matter OF In
finite pride and satisfaction to your
commander to near from all sides fa-
upon FOUR soldieriy appearance. YOU
proficiency In drill and perfect gentility
and soldierly courtesy that has char
acterized your relations with the camp
at large and the citizens OF Chattanooga
and vicinity. You have no well MAIN
tanned your characters as gentlemen
thai IL Is everywhere remarked that
the cowboy cavalry was one or The
most orderly and gentlemanly organ
izations that has been I'm Camp Thomas.
This reputation carries with IL a re-
sponsibility. and that responsibility ~
10 see hat we live up to our reputation
and leave Chattanooga and go to our
homes quietly. satisfied that we have
lone our wholly duty. and have left an
example Oh the true type VI nv H'"c'-
lean citizen-soldier.
do not imagine that the time spent
In this camp has been wasted for your
selves. or that your country has not re-
ceived full value for all OF the expense
incurred. You ave but to consult the
records OF the nation to discover that
a knowledge OF the duties OF a soldier
fits men to better perform many OF the
functions of civil life. The present
president OF the United States was a
private soldier In 1861. II Ii not un-
reasonable to predict that members OF
this cowboy regiment will hereafter
be found in legislative halls. In con-
gress and In armies that Will hereafter
be called into service. In n and all
Of these positions. as well as In the
humber station, the knowledge and the
discipline you have acquired Will De IN
valuable to man OF you as well as TO
your country.
Whatever may be your future con
dition OF life, whether OF low or high
degree. you will all be ever gratefully
remembered by your late commander,
whose latch string will always hang on,
for every man-offcer or private-oi
the cowboy regiment
Major Monteath took occasion 10 re-
| turn thanks to the members OF tins
troop for their kindly spirit and dis
position to do the best they could which
they manifested during their brief MILL
tary career.