Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-02
A HIGHLAND REGIMENT.
New York Scotchmen to Rival
the Irish Volunteers.
VOLUNTEERS NOW NUMBER 400.

Ihe luea WIS SuSkesteu At the JIM
ner of the Edinburgh and Glasgow
CIub by Mr.. w. Scott Patmore.
Committee viii Call Upon the Press
ident to Ask His Aid.
Dye hear the pipes a-shrieking? No?
Well, wait a bit. The Campbells are
coming and so are the Murrays and the
MacIarens and MacTavishes and the
Duncans and the Grants and all the rest
of the clans. They'll be in New York
from north and south, the east and the
west, and New York will have for her
W soon a real regiment Of highland
ers fit to gladden. the eyes.
"You' We got a regiment Of 1rishers,'
say the men from moor and mou ntain.
"All right What's the matter, then,
with a regiment of real Scotch? just
keep your eye on us, laddie, and see
what we can do" That's how it stands
now. At the head of it all is W. Scott
Patmore of the American Cotton COM
pany of New York. It's his idea, and
the men working with him are in ear
nest too. The clans will soon be gather
ing and New York will turn out a regi-
ment of killers fit to work shoulder to
shoulder with the best, the Black Watch
not excepted.
The idea Of this regiment was first
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burgh and Glasgow club in New York
a short time ago. Mr.. Patmore, in a
few %seasonable remarks, asked why the
Scots couldn't do something like unto
the Irish regiment. "Only better, of
course, said MI. Patmore with becom-
ing modesty. Murray, Murray shrek
ed the diners. Here you are then, said
Mr.. Patmore, as soon as he could make
himself heard. "Let's have a Scotch
regiment. There are many hundred
%highlanders in New York, men that
have served for the queen s shilling and
know the way of arms. | am sure they
will join in this 1--WE will!' yelled a
few dozen of the same that CHANGED to
be present.
So Mr.. Patmore was told to go ahead.
In going ahead, he knew what he want
ed, and it looks now as if he would get
it. His plan was to invite a few expert
enced Scotch soldiers to aid him, and
then to enroll recruits in the regiment.
"But it's got to be all American, said
he, "even though made up of the
Scotch" In other words, only men that
have declared their intention or were
already citizens of the United States
were to be accepted. To his aid Mr..
Patmore called. Sergeant Bartlett, late
Dragon guards, H. M. S. forces. The
sergeant has seen training and knows
what it is to knock a Draw, raw chiel Of
the moors into a ramrod, rodlike creature
of the machinery of war. So it would
be no new thing with him to knock
them into training though it be for I'm
Gle Sam and themselves.
In addition to the sergeant Mr.. Pat
more has unearthed in New York no
less than ten noncommissioned officers
late with the Gordon highlanders, the
crack regiment of Scotland. With Ser
geant Bartlett these men will take the
recruits in hand and teach them how to
stand up like men and respect the canons
of war. Round about the country, too,
Mr.. Patmore has his eye on a few dozens
Of brawny chaps, men that play foot
ball and cricket and golf and know
what it is to feel as hard as nails. He
has already got after these men, and all
Of them have agreed to toe the line
when the regiment is first called to at
tention. Then, again, Mr.. Patmore is
making up a Scotch team to show off at
the Paris exposition, and there are 10
men in this bunch that stand more than
six feet high and are not afraid of any
thing but too much rest.
Sergeant Bartlett, who has been ath-
letic instructor at both the Royal
aquarium, London, and the Edinburgh
academy, knows what these men can do,
and as he feels confident of getting
enough more like them to give the front
ranks weight and the files depth, Mr..
Patmore swears it will be the finest
regiment under any flag. To gather in
fresh recruits the originators Of the
scheme are now looking around among
the Scotch societies Of New York, Brook
Ign, Jersey City and all nearby towns.
So far they have gathered in about 400
volunteers and hope in a few weeks to
have as many more.
When the regiment has begun forma-
ton, a committee of officers will be sent
to Washington to call upon President
Mckinley. Inasmuch as the president
comes from good Scotch stock they hope
he will give assistance to them in form
ing the regiment. This committee will
be instructed, however, to tell him that
they do not want something for nothing,
but, instead, that they expect to lend a
hand to the American flag if the occa-
sion ever arises. In times Of peace the
organization, Of course, will be more or
less Of a social nature, an opportunity
to give the Scots in the neighborhood a
chance to know one another. But for
all this they will not forget that they
form a military body and will perfect
themselves in discipline and the manual
of arms.
Although the complete uniform Of the
Scotchmen has not been considered, it
will in all probability be similar to that
worn by the highland regiments in the
queens service. You can imagine, then,