Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-05-18
MOntana's Regiment Now on Its
Way to the Philippines.
The JOURNEY WILL TAKE FOUR WEEKS
Though Rejected by the Medical Examiners
Several of the Boys Succeeded In Get.
ting Admitted In Special Ca.
pacities.

from sergeant barton TO the erect
that orders had been received by Col.
Kessier that afternoon to move
with all possible dispatch to San
Francisco, taking your equipment
with you" The colonel at once
made requisition for transportation
and ordered the regiment to break
camp at s a. IN. today and prepared to
start on their long journey. The
colonel said it was unlikely that the
regiment would be detained in San
possibly not that long, as the secre-
tary of war was very anxious to get
aid to Admiral Dewey. Mr.. Barton
wired that the boys of Company i
were in good spirits and pleased that
moving orders had at last arrived.
was made every man in the regiment
sen up a cheer.
Tonight the regiment should be
close to the Montana border and
well started on their journey to near
ly the opposite side of the earth.
May the life of each be spared and
our brave boys be permitted to re-
turn safely home at no distant day,
is the earnest wish of all.
Ed Wright, who was rejected by
the board of medicaleXaminers, nue.
to his disappointment, returned to
Lewistown Saturday. He reports
that Ed Grindrod and Lewis Nava-
rine We're rejected on account OF their
height, but the former was at once
mustered in as clerk to First Sergeant
Barton and has a position entirely to
his liking and one which he is most
capable of filling, being a stenogra-
pher and typewriter. The first SER
geant keeps the accounts and rolls of
the company and has much clerical
work to attend to. Nayarine is also
likely to depart with the boys. He
can both talk and write Spanish, and
when Mr.. Wright left Helena it ap-
peared that Navarine would secure a
position as Interpretation the colonel.
Frank Caven, who was also rejected,
has been engaged as company cook
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From accounts of Mr.. Wright it
appears that the regiment is camped
on very low ground and that the
mud is terrible, causing much COM
plant. Several of Company / al
ready were complaining of bad colds.
The food the first few days was not
ut all what it should have been and
was a disgrace to the state. The
grain furnished as coffee only resem-
bled that cereal in the marking of the
packages, and the meat is jocularly
termed "round steak"-'round the
horn.
With all the privations and incon-
veniences, however. the boys seemed
in good spirits, though anxious to
reach the ext camp, hoping that
they would fare better. Mr.. Wright
said Lieut.. Croft was showing much
energy in making their camp as
agreeable as possible for the boys
and had already become the me-
dunn of communication between the
privates and their officers. Both
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file.
Fifty of b company are now uni
formed, having received the consign-
ment ordered for the guardsmen.
While the guns were found at Belt,
they were not received, being of the
was ordered. They will be returned
to the house furnishing them and the
boys will do without guns until sup
piled by the government.
The following is the complete and
authentic roll of the company. Many
of the names will be new to Fergus
county people, as several men joined
the company after leaving Lewis
town, two or three coming from
other parts of the state and taking
the places of those rejected.
Captain, Guy H. Preston.
First Lieutenant, Z. a. Foster.
Second Lieutenant, j. NJ. Croft.
First sergeant, Thomas ID. Barton;
quartermaster sergeant, Edwin h.
Cheadle; sergeants, Arthur W. Stod-
dard, William a. Shaules, Clarence III.
Barrows, George f. Young.
Corporals, Thomas HI. Harrison,
Eugene NJ. Abbott, b. G. Wiedeman,
L. l.. Skinner, Albert Pfaus, Charles
l.. Seifert.
Musicians, William Shugart, Rich
ard Roberts.
Artificer, Frank NJ. Partridge.
Wagner, Perry g. McHugh.
Privates-Seymour Addison, Carl
A. Anderson, Jacob f. Arsenshek,
William A. Bonham, Anton Bisjak,
Harry ID. Booth, Robert b. Bradley,
George Briggs, Frank n. Bristol.