Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-30
Will be Accorded a Royal Re-
ceptiOn in Butte.
PLANS FOR THEIR COMING
An Effort Will Be Made to Bring the
Regiment as an Organization
to Butte.

Inc mass meeting nelu at the city
council chambers last evening for the
purpose of making arrangements for the
homecoming of the Montana volunteers,
was a success in point of enthusiasm, if
not wholly so from the standpoint of at
tendance. At 8 o'clock Governor Rick
ards called the meeting to order. Henry
Mueller was chosen as chairman and
John +. Davies elected secretary.
Governor Richards said he regretted
that the attendance at the meeting was
not larger. He believed that all inter
ested should get together and through
the interchange of opinion crystalline sem
timent in regard to the reception of the
troops. 1t had been suggested to him,
he said. that a committee, representing
every town in the state from which a
company had been sent, be selected and
sent to San Francisco to meet the volun-
teers and endeaVor to dissuade them
from the idea of being mustered out in
California. or that the governor go to
San Francisco and arrange for their mus
ter in as national guards as soon as they
were mustered out of the volunteer ser
vice. This plan would make it possible
to bring the troops home in a body. The
governor vas also of the opinion that the
STATE SnOulu give edcH SOluleI Il meudl 10
commemorate their service in the Philip
pines.
DIR. r.. E. Holmes stated that the mus
ter-out in San Francisco meant from $50
to 500 more for each of the soldiers than
they would receive if they We're mus
tered out in Butte.
Colonel Lloyd was of the opinion that
some definite plan should be adopted.
He was inclined to believe that the mus
ter-out would occur in San Francisco,
as such al arrangement would be to the
financial advantage of the boys. After
they had been mustered out they would
come struggling home, and the reception,
if held. should be held some weeks later,
when nearly all could be gotten to-
gether.
e. b. Howell spoke of the pride Mon
tanans had in the soldiers and of the
crcditable record they had made. He be-
lieved the people of the state should do
something for them in the way of secur-
ing employment for those whose positions
had been forfeited by their enlistment.
He was also in favor of the presentation
of a suitable medal.
DR.. r. NJ. Paxson was Of the opinion
that the volunteers would be pleased to
come to Butte, as it was understood when
he was in Manila that a royal reception
awaited them here.
j. j. knowlton suggested that the race
TRACK WOulu Nldkc an cSceilcllt camping
place.
Chairman Mueller said he had received
a letter from a member of the regiment,
who stated that Immediately after being
mustered out in San Francisco the writer
would leave for Butte, and he was of the
opinion that Is per cent of the members
of the regiment would do likewise. He
was of the opinion that if committees
were sent to San Francisco and the mat
ter properly represented to the voiun~
teers, the regiment could be brought here
practically as a body.
John II. Davies was not in favor of a
muster-out in Montana, which, he said,
would initiate against the boys fnan-
cially. He moved that the chair appoint
an executive committee of seven, of
which the chairman should be an ex-
oflicio member, to take any action
necessary in the premises. The motion
prevailed and Mr.. Mueller stated that he
would reserve the appointment of the
committee until today.
Governor Richards moved that the COM
mittee, after its selection, be instructed
to look into the matter of procuring a
suitable medal.
This motion also prevailed n the
meeting adjourned.