The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-29
BUTTE News.
A FITTING RECEPTION
Will Be Given the Volunte on
Their Return.
DEVELOPING THE PLANS
1t Will Take $50 900 to Bring the Boys
Home-Leaves Them Their Pay
Clear - No Difficulty in
Raising Money.

The preliminary arrangements for
the reception to be given Montana's
soldiers when they get home are de-
veloping a common sense plan of CIV
ing the boys to understand they are
honored for what they have done by
those who stayed at home. The chief
work of the executive committee at
present is the mapping out of a plan
for raising the money necessary and
appointing the various subcommittee
and allotting their work, but in the
meantime the minds of the committee
men are also turned to formulating
an outline of what ought to be done,
what would be most appropriate, and
so far as these plans have gone they
contemplate a very sensible reception.
Senator Mantle has some excellent
views on this subject. In expressing
them yesterday he said:
1T seems to me the first thing of
all to be considered is getting the boys
here without any expense to them. 1t
will take money, but it must be done.
They will need a little money when
they get here and if we bring them
home without any cost to them they
will have their pay clear. In my
subject to be considered and it must
be done. We will need at least 5000
TO do it, and we must raise it. l do
not anticipate any great difficulty in
raising the money, as there is now
something like $4,000 in sight, and we
have not commenced to raise sub
scriptions. Besides the amount volun-
tarily subscribed at the last meeting
Of the committee, I am in receipt Of
letter from Marcus DAILY in which he
states that his heart and soul are in
the matter and intimates that his sub
scription will be something handsome.
If everybody who is able to give man.
ifests the same interest we shall be
able to give the soldiers fitting re-
ception.
MY idea of what should be done is
that we should meet them at the train
with all the brass bands we can get.
There cannot be too many. In Utah
nearly every town in the state that had
a band sent it to Salt Lake, and they
ought to do the same in Montana, or
at least, every town that sent a COM
pany or companies ought to send a
band, and these towns ought also, /
think, to provide free transportation
for their company or companies from
Butte to their homes, as each town
will want to give it's soldiers local
reception, which the general reception
way Then we must erect a reviewing
stand at some convenient place where
we can seat the city's guests and where
the governor, as commander-in-chief,
can review the troops. The governor
will want to say a few words of well
come and Colonel Kessler will prob
ably reply, and there may be a few
brief speeches by others, but there
ought to be no long harangues, and
there should be absolutely no refer
ence to politics, for in this case it
doesn't matter what are the merits of
the Philippine war, these are the men
who volunteered when the country
needed them, and 1t is our place to suit
ably recognize their patriotism and
what they have DONE That is all we
are interested in at this time, and there
ought to be no politics mixed up in it.
Instead, it should be purely an ex-
preston of appreciation.
Then, l favor erecting a pavilion of
some kind for the banquet. The race
track is not a very convenient place,
and I think we should secure a large
tent or put up pavilion large enough
to accommodate all the regiment at
some place where the people can be
with them. Here the banquet will be
spread, and it would be nice If the
ladies would organize and volunteer
their services to wait on the boys and
we should provide them with lodgings
for the first night. OF course, many of
the boys will find their friends and
be taken care of. but there will be
many who win have no homes to go
to, and for these we should provide
cots and place them, probably in the
armory and Auditorium. If this is all
done in good style, l think the boys
will be given very good reception.
I'VE ought, too, to have an abund-
ance of flowers, and as we are unfor-
tunate here in not having the flowers
other communities have, it would be
nice IL surrounding towns and our
neighbors in Utah who are more bless
ed in this respect than we, would send
a carload or two of flowers. All they
need to do is to furnish the flowers,
and we will pay for their transporta-
tion here"
Committees to look after all these
varius side issues will be named in a
day or two. 1t has been suggested that
the vacant lot on the west side of
Jackson street between Galena and
Mercury where the dog and pony show
exhibited, would be a good place for
the pavilion, and the suggestion may
be adopted.