The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-09

" Of the Butte Inter Mountain, in
yesterdays edition. the asser-
ton that the Montana volunteers,
when they returned from the war, did
not parade in Butte and did not pass
under the arch. The assertion of the
Inter Mountain, without qualifying
words, is that "the celebrated parade
wasn't held .0.
IL the question thus raised interests
you. turn to the edition Of the Butte
Inter Mountain for the afternoon Of
Monday, October g. On page three.
under the displayed headline 1.-THE Pa
rade," you will find these words:
The great feature of to-day's celebration
was the parade. On account of the de-
layed trains the head of the column did
not pass under the Arch of Triumph until
4:So o'clock. All along the line of march
the streets were crowded. The mud was
forgotten as the people pushed toward
the street centers in their eagerneSS to
get glimpse of the Montana men. The
cheering was frantic and continuous. Col
onel Kessler and his staff were kept busy
returning the salutations of the enthusiast
tic and deep-throated throng. whose
lungs were apparently made of leather.
The blare of the bands as they played
airs of triumph were drowned by the glad
din OF the multitude.
Governor Smith and his staff rode at the
head of the Montana regiment, imme-
diately preceding the regimental band
The position of the regiment was near
the center of the division. When the
band and escort had marched by and the
rugged veterans of the Philippines swung
into line of vision with the jaunty stride
of the trained soldier the crowd yelled it.
sole H.
eXultation.
The regiment was in splendid FORM
Probably the occasion had something to
do with the appearance of the men. .
Marching with the soldiers was little
brown Filipino boy, who could not be
more than u years of age. He is the
mascot of Company D, and his Ameri-
canized name is Dee" He was delight
ed with the demonstration in noror OF the
troops. and in answer to the cheers would
yell to the people along the line ''mucho
bueno!' 'mucho hueno!''
Two emblems ,t!uttered proudly in the
parade to-day which were the cynosure
Of thousands of eyes. They We're the
battle flags of the regiment, the stars
and stripes and the state field upon a
! field of blue. Eighteen months ago. when
the regiment marched away to war these
flags were bright and new. They were
brought back to-day. borne at tho head
OF the troops, and their condition told the
story of the hard fighting through which
the regiment had passed Following the
First regiment came the members of the
third squadron. U. S. volunteer cavalry.
the Rough Riders, under command of
Captain Frank G. Higgins of Missoula,
and Immediately preceding the members
of Company X, U. S. volunteer engineers.
These soldiers were also the pets of the
populace, and their appearance was al
ways the signal for much cheering
There was a parade under the arch.
1t occurred hours after the Butte IN
ter Mountain was selling right on
Butte's streets the above fictitious de-
scription Of it. Yet yesterday the In
ter Mountain declared that. in fact,
there was no parade. Gee whiz, but
it's all a fake meaner and more COM
pick than swiping other newspapers
Dictures!