The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-26
1T WAS GOOD NEWS.
Butte L. Ready tn Answer the Cal will
500 Men.

1W wen.
The call for 5000 volunteers will sure
ly meet with a most royal response in
Butte. Montana's apportionment of the
$4,000 is only 314. but Butte is organ
izing at a rate which gives promise of
sending 500 men from here alone.
For several weeks two companies
have been organizing in Butte. One is
being organized by Captain stephen
Holland of Centerville and is composed
chiefly Of the Meagher Guards. The
other is being organized by a.
N. Yoder. lately city treasurer. These
ompanies are already fairly progressed
in drill and will soon be able to take
the field.
Last evening a number of young men
met at the Office of National Commit
teeman Charles X. Leonard to organize
a of sons of veterans. sons of
both federal and confederate veterans.
A large number signed the roll of mem
bership and another meeting viii be
held tonight. when other sons OF vet
Grams of both the North and South viii
be enrolled. In case there are not
enough sons of veterans to hli out the
company others will be AIKEN.
Another cavalry troop was organized
last evening. A meeting was held at
the office of Architect william White.
Sixty were present and Joined the troop.
william White was elected captain, r..
s. Bouvet first lieutenant n A. q. NC
Kay second lieutenant. The troop VIII
begin drilling tonight in the yard back
Of the armory. the judgment of the ON
GERS being that outdoor drill is far pref
erable to indoor drill. There are a few
places left in the troop for others who
may desire to become cavalrymen.
A company of light artillery was or
ganized last evening at a meeting held
at No. Is South Arizona street. j. X.
Creighton was elected captain, o. f.
Humphreys first lieutenant, X. q.
Bailey second lienteuant. There were
50 members enrolled and 81 are needed.
kilograms were sent to Senators Carter
and Mantle asking for recognition and
equipment.
The Silver Bow Trades and Labor
assembly is recruiting a company OF
infantry from among the ranks of or
ganized labor. A recruiting Office was
opened up yesterday i'm the Mantle &
Bielenberg block in West Broadway.
and already the company is well on
the way toward the completion of its
membership. The Trades and Labor
assembly some time ago decided to or
ganize a company for a second call and
sent a tender of the services of the
mpan to the governor yesterday. a
letter was received from Governor
Smith stating the tender would be con-
sidered i'm the event of another call and
thanking the assembly for its patriotic
efforts. AS the call came even before
the governors letter, the officers of the
assembly decided To begin recruiting
h company and hope to nave IL ac-
cepted.
The Irish military organization Is
planning to raise an entire regiment OF
Irishmen, or men of Irish descent. in
Montana, n be known as the
"Meagher Guards Already there are
signatures enough on the roll for five
companies i'm Butte. and il is hoped Ia
raise enough Irish volunteers in the
state to fill up the regiment. One COM
pany each, at least, will De raised al
Anaconda, Helena and Great Falls,
and it is thought there will be no diff
Guilty in raising the full regiment. Last
evening two of the Butte companies
were partially organized at a meeting
held at the Armory, which was crowd
ed wit .Irishmen. Companies A and
Il were formed with a full quota OF
members each, and the captains and
first li~eutenants elected. John Cleary
was elected captain and Steve NJ. Hol-
land first lieutenant of Company A,
and Assistant Postmaster Thomas J.
Flavin, captain. and Thomas O'Neill,
first lieutenant, of Company H.. The
second lieutenants will be elected to-
morrow evening and the n~on-commis-
stoned officers appointed. The other
three Butte companies will be organ
lied soon. The meeting again in
dorsed Lieut.. George p. Ahern for colo-
mel of the regiment and Major Martin
Maginnis as one of the majors.
The guards have taken steps to re-
lieve the distress of any dependent on
the soldiers who have gone to the front
and ask hat the name of oh needy
be reported to Mayor Harrington.