Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-26
SOLDIERS ARE
- SATISFIED
Many Call on the Chairman and
Express Their Thanks.
THE MEDAL OF HONOR
Them and They Are Crate
full For Hospitalities Re-
ceived.

Scores of volunteers have called at
Senator Nantes office during the past
two days and expressed to him, as the
representative of the executive commit
tee. their thanks and gratitude at the
generosity of the Butte people. To them
the reception was in no sense a failure.
What the returned volunteers anpre-
ciate most is the medals. which, although
they will eventually become the states
gift for Valorous service. the Butte peo-
pie are responsible for. The volunteers
realize that when the reception has been
forgotten the medals will remain a beau
tful token of a states devotion to her
gallant sons, and will be handed dow
from generation to generation as pre-
cious family heirlooms. The volunteers
also appreciate the fact that the citizens
of Butte furnished TRANSPORTATION and
subsistence to them from San Francisco
to Butte. Their muster-out in San Fran
cisco entitled the boys to certain travel
pay and allowances from the govern
ment, which would more than reimburse
them for the expense of the trip to their
homes. That was the reason the boys
voted almost unanimously for the mus
ter-out to occur in San Francisco. And
the bringing of the soldiers from San
Francisco to Butte as the guests of the
citizens of Butte was like putting / 1900
in cash in the pockets of the volunteers.
For this the boys are grateful also, and
they have not been slow to say so.
Substantially. for the reasons above
stated. the reception was a splendid sue
cess. aud from the expressed sentiment
of the volunteers, they know and appre-
clate the fact that the hearts of the gem
erous people of Butte We're with them.
from n Sn2rt1rulDr St3nHnnint
the celebration was a failure. The
weather could not have been much more
unfavorable. II for this no one can be
but even aside from the unfavor- ;
able weather, had the railroad company
its part n landed the SOL
Hers IN the city at any time before noon,
he celebration could have moved along
as outlined in the scheduled programme,
he parade would have taken place, the
people would have had the much-desired
opportunity of reviewing the regiment
n its triumnhal march through the
streets of the city, and the celebration
would have been a success from every
point of view. Or, if, when it became
that the lleart-breaking delay
1t Silver Bow could not be avoided. the
committee had been advised of the delay. !
he plans could have been altered and
portions of the programme de-
ferred until after the parade. The vol
illleefS themselves assert mat t1eN knew
of what was expected of them
and We're willing and anxious to parade
Or to do something to please the people
who We're so anxious to please them and
do them honor.
AS late as MIN o'clock the committee
adYices to the effect that the trains
would arrive in the city not later han
30 and if there had been an additional
locomotive on the last overloaded Sec
ion the volunteers would haVe arrived
n ample time for everything to be car
led cut as outlined in the programme
One feature of the programme was a
signal success. That was the name in
which the ladies of Butte performed
heir part. The banquet at the race
rack was a sumptuous reDast and the
and breakfast served the volunA
GERS at the auditorium We're equally
good. and many expressions of appre-
ration. on the part of the volunteers,
We're heard, regarding the hospitality
kindness of the ladies. of Butte. The
dea of the people of Butte was to please
he returned soldiers, and judging from
is being said of their treatmen by
he boys. this has been accomplished
accomplished handsomely.