The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-26
FUND FOR THE SOLDIERS
The Movement Started by Lieut..
Ben e. Calkins.
IT'S ABSOLUTELY NEEDED
Butte Companies Are Without Means of
Supplementing the Ordinary Ra-
tons and Procuring Deli
cacies for the Sick.

Lieutenant Ben r. Calkins, eX-regi-
mental adjutant of the 1st Montana in
fantry at Manila. has started a move
ment which should have been accom-
plished long ago 1t is the raising by
subscription of fund out of which to
create company fund for each of
Companies 3, F and G, the three COM
panies of the LIST Montana which went
from Butte. Lieutenant Calllins was
with the soldiers in the Philippines long
enough to know their needs He was
there when there was no fighting going
on, but even then many of the soldiers
experienced the need of the benefits that
would come to them from a company
, fund. In speaking of the matter yes
terday, Lieutenant Calkins said:
"A soldiers rations consist of the fol-
lowing: Beef 20 ounces; bacon, IL
ounces; salt beef. % ounces; picked
fish. Is ounces; soft bread, IS ounces.
hard bread, Is ounces; beans, 22-5
ounces; rice, 3-5 ounces; potatoes, Is
, ounces: coffee, 725 ounces; sugar, rs
ounces. He may have for d days rations
out of this list one of the kinds of meat
mentioned, to the amount given, one of
the kinds of bread, his choice of either;
beans. rice or potatoes and the allow
ance Of coffee and sugar. These rations
he gets every day. If he is sick or
wounded severely enough to be sent to
a hospital he of course, is supposed to
receive delicacies not included in ra-
tions, as there is a hospital mess calcu-
lated for the sick. but if he is not sent
to the hospital but is sick in quarters
he gets nothing but his regular ratons,
unless there is company fund out of
which delicacies may be provided him
or unless he is able to buy them him.
self. AS the vast majority of the SOL
diers who get sick or slightly wounded
remain in quarters and it is a pretty
hard thing for a sick man to eat army
rations, the need of company fund is
apparent. | have personal knowledge
that every company in the Montana
regiment except those from Butte have
good-siZed company funds out of which
delicacies, extra medicines, etc, are
purchased for the sick and wounded,
but none of the Butte companies has
fund. Anaconda raised handsome funds
for Companies x and NJ. Great Falls
for A, Virginia City for D, Dillon for
e. BoZeman for G, Helena for l., kalis-
peli for H and LewistoWn for l. yet the
Butte soldiers have been neglected by
their home people, who are far more
able to give than are the people of any
tell us our soldiers are fighting just as
valiantly as any of them; more nave
been wounded than in any other COM
ranies and, as they need company
funds now worse than ever, it seems
ITO me time for our people to do some
thing for them"
Lieutenant Calkins yesterday drew up
the heading for a subscription list.
which reads:
I'VE the undersigned, citizens of
Butte. approaching the splendid work
done by the three volunteer companies
from our city who are now in the Phil
ippines, do agree to pay the sums OPP
posite our respective names for the pur-
pose of creating company funds for
Companies B. and G, said funds to
be deposited with the First National
bank of Butte, which will transmit same
to said companies gratis
This will be circulated for subscrip-
tons beginning tomorrow, and ar
rangements have been made with
Colonel A. J. Davis of the First National
bank whereby persons who do not get
to see the subscription lists may call al
the bank and deposit their subscrip-
tions. Corporations may send their
subscriptions there also and the money
will all be turned into the funds. The
whole amount raised will be divided
into three funds, one each to be sent to
the captains of the three Butte compa-
MES. The captain of each company is
required to make a monthly account
ing of the company fund, the amounts
received and expended so there is no
danger but the funds will be properly
spent.