Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-05-27

tered IN as major, First Idaho
teers' was born in Cape Vincent >o'un-
June %, ls46. He was e,ucatai ~ T..
university of Syracuse. On tina at the
out of the war he went with ,ho ,re'Aihg
New York volunteers Il, d,,n,s i"eihh
In 1868, when the time of ,ho a.n boy
of the regiment expired, he rq.en,; 's'i,ent
the Thirteenth New York cayaIr s.el IN
served until September. l,65 ho,a! and
tered out as a second lieutenant u mus
sequently served eight year, in t,a " sub
ty-trst infantry, being first ,erno, nsen,
Company &, during seven wears ", OF
period. When the Neg pe,ce ,,as mat
out in 1877. he was placed IN con, D'oAe
OF the north Idaho volunteers as 80,
For four years he has been colonel Of .e
Uniform Rank, X of p. Of ,h;. ', 'ie
In 1891 Major McConvile was anno 5'a'e
by President Harrison to the nos; ri,n'ea
superintendent of the Indian ,r,;'. "
school at Fort Lapwai, which no.;,;' A''S
has held up to the present time ' lit
Montana.
Wheat is being marketed in larcs ou..
titles at kalispell. quar-
Private Monroe and Private O1
of Company NJ, served under Gordon !,
quelling the Chinese rebellion. and !, :;
SAID that each Is wonderfully pro6c;on,
in the use of chop sticks. Each sDeaes
the Chinese language tluently. and shmld
the regiment be ordered to Manila thor
will run up to Hong Kong and visit olJ
friends.
Inspector Routledge, of the moun,s,
police, has returned to Great Falls fron,
his patrol in the Yukon country. bavn.
made the llc0mile trip to Fort Simpson
at the mouth of the Lard, and returned
to Edmonton, in all 300 miles. by dos
trail, in three months and 10 days. In.
spector Routledge returned in periec,
health, and his only regret is that hi.
patrol did not continue farther and
through to Dawson City, which he !,
confident he could have reached by the
end of April.
Company A of Great Falls broke the
record upon examination for mastering
in and did not have Il single man rejected
out of more than 100 who were brouph,
to the city. The record is considered BY
military men as being little short of won
derful, especially when it is considered
that the examinations in other state,
conducted upon the same basis and in
| 80 IS %ba L..
resulting in the rejection of large per
centages.
DR.. Leroy Southmayd OF the staff Of
surgeons among Montana volunteers is,
while young man, an o.> timer at the
same time. He was born in Madison
county, lin the gulch.' as the pioneers
of that section say, and is graduate of
Ann Arbor university. He practiced mel
icine at White Sulphur springs time
and is consequently well known there.
His name is II famous one in Montana,
Leroy Southmayd, his falner, having ia
ken Il prominent part in the work OF eN
terminating the bad element from the
country in the days of the vigantes
Company l., of Helena, First Montana
infantry, is no longer without COM
mander. A. l.. Duncan, county attorney
of Missoula county, has been appointed
captain of the company by Governor
Smith, and later was mustered in and
commissioned Captain Duncan will take
. the place offered to John NJ. Evans OF
Missoula, who found that he could not
settle up his business affairs In time 10
go with the regiment. The new captain
! was once commandant of the Virginia
military school at Lexington, Va.