The herald., 1898-05-10
THE COWBOY REGIMENT
An Enlistment Article That Breathes
of Arizona

1t may be of interest to your readers to
know that the first recruit who faced the
mastering officer for enlistmenSin the First
regiment, Volunteer cavalry, U. 8. A., or
THE Cowboy regiment" is a Los Angeles
boy. The mastering in of the Arizona quota
began on the 3Oth ult., and by noon of the
4th inst the work had been completed
Lieut.. Tutes, U. s. A., who mustered in the
Arizona column, declared he had never seen
o finer body of troops. There is marked
difference in the personnel of the two Arl-
xona companies. Capt. McClintock's troop
from the southern part of the territory is
composed mostly of Phoenix boys, splendid
riders, but, strictly speaking, not all cow
boys The troop, however, is none the less
qualified for active service, because a por-
ton thereof are city-bred boys, the pride
and the flower of Phoenix. The northern
troop, commanded by Capt. Buckle O'Neill.
is, for the greater part, of the genuine cow
puncher variety. They are big, burly fell
lows, sturdy mountaineers, who appear
capable of enduring the most severe hard
ship. At $3.50 p. m. of the 4th inst. the vol
unteers left Whipple barracks and marched
to the court house at Prescott. Here Gov
ernor Myron H. McCord made patriotic
lief corps, G. A. r., at Phoenix, presented
the half-formed squadron with battle
flag. This flag is to be carried in the troop
from Southern Arizona. Major Alex Brodie,
tn plain, soldierly way, responded for the
volunteers. The officers were then pre-
sented with their commissions, and THERE
was also the presentation OF belt and
revolvers to Capt. O'Neir. Upon the con-
clusion of the afternoon exercises the
troops marched to the depot, preceded by
part and followed by the remainder of the
population of Prescott.
AS in Phoenix, so in Prescott-the patriot
Ism of the people was most strongly mani
tested on the departure of the troops. Vol
unteers from without the city and from
distant counties were bidden good-by as
old friends, while the hands of the Pres
colt boys were wrung and re-wrung by
their fellow-citzens. The special left Pres
colt about 1880 o'clock, carrying with the
volunteers a young mountain lion as thu
Arizona mascot. At o'clock in the morn
ing the train reached Kingman. The night
was unusually cold and the ground was
thickly covered with snow, but a large
crowd and a brass band met the troops.
And now, at noon of the day following our
departure, we are rapidly nearing the bor-
der line of New Mexico.
Arizona, fare thee we'll! Land of the
palm and the pine thy children are robust
In frame, broad in mind, stout in heart and
pure in soul. Thy mountains and thy
valleys are peopled with natives of every
commonwealth in the union. Thy settlers
have come from the north, the south. the
east and the west. The traditions and the
history of every section are thy very own;
yet sectionalism cannot flourish within thy
border, for thy patriotism is equal in meas
ure to the area of the Union. Henceforth
the mothers Of thy children will sing to
them medley composed of the triumph
ant notes of Marching Through Georgia"
mingled with the weirdly beautiful strains
Of Dixie" yet through it all, as the theme
of song, will float the Star Spangled Ban
ner," and till thy granite peaks crumble to
the valleys, the world shall know that the
fires of patriotism are not dead nor do they
slumber, but burn with white heat and ra-
dance eternal.